Recent Updates
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Court says victim doesn't have to pay lawyer fees
Court Alerts 06/06/2011The Supreme Court says the family of a police chief convicted of extortion doesn't get attorney fees from his victim, another police chief.The high court ruled Monday for Vinton, La. police chief Ricky Fox, who doesn't want to pay lawyer fees to the ...
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High court denies former Sen. Burris appeal
Court Alerts 06/06/2011Months after Illinois' new senator took office, the Supreme Court says it will not consider overturning the election of President Barack Obama's replacement in the U.S. Senate.The high court on Monday turned away an appeal from former Illinois Sen. R...
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Former Vermont property manager pleads guilty
Court Alerts 06/03/2011A former Vermont property manager admitted on Thursday that he's guilty of fraud in the collapse of a Montpelier company.Sixty-four-year-old James Pumpelly, of Lake Charles, La., pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of fraud stemming from his work w...
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Yale lab tech faces sentencing for killing student
Court Alerts 06/03/2011A former animal research technician faces sentencing for killing a Yale University graduate student days before her wedding.Twenty-six-year-old Raymond Clark III is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in New Haven Superior Court.Clark pleaded guilty to ...
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NJ mom accused of starving child pleads not guilty
Court Alerts 06/02/2011Two women pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of child endangerment a week after an 8-year-old was found dead in their apartment from severe malnutrition and an untreated broken leg and her injured and emaciated siblings were removed alive. The c...
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E. Idaho investor pleads guilty in fraud case
Court Alerts 06/02/2011A former eastern Idaho investor has pleaded guilty to felony wire fraud and money laundering as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors. Daren Palmer, who appeared in U.S. District Court in Pocatello on Tuesday, remains on supervised release un...
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Colorado Supreme Court affirms water court ruling
Court Alerts 06/01/2011The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a water court's ruling over water rights being sought to serve about 50,000 people in Arapahoe County. As part of a project with the East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District, the United Wat...
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Court refuses to reconsider Spector's appeal
Court Alerts 05/30/2011An appeals court on Friday refused to reconsider music producer Phil Spector's appeal of his murder conviction, saying there was overwhelming evidence of his guilt. The California 2nd District Court of Appeal panel acknowledged it did not consider an...
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Ala. tried to close home where twisters killed 7
Court Alerts 05/27/2011The government sued last fall to close an assisted living facility where nine elderly, disabled people lived in two double-wide mobile homes parked in a valley miles from the nearest town. Yet the facility was still open April 27, when a tornado smac...
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Deliberations Tuesday in co-op lawyer trial
Court Alerts 05/27/2011Deliberations will resume Tuesday in the felony theft trial of an attorney accused of stealing from a Central Texas electric cooperative. Jurors in Kendall County failed to reach a verdict Thursday in the trial of Walter Demond, who did work for the ...
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CAS postpones appeals hearing in Contador case
Court Alerts 05/26/2011The Court of Arbitration for Sport postponed its hearing in Alberto Contador's doping case on Thursday, meaning the cyclist could compete in the Tour de France before the court issues a ruling.The CAS postponed the June 6-8 hearing, and the case coul...
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Documents: Former cop to plead guilty to ID theft
Court Alerts 05/25/2011A former Anchorage police officer accused of being an illegal immigrant living under a stolen identity plans to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court documents.Mexico-born Rafael Mora-Lopez, who lived for more than two decades in Alaska...