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  • Girlicious singer pleads guilty to cocaine charge

    Girlicious singer pleads guilty to cocaine charge

    Legal News Center 10/08/2010

    A member of the pop group Girlicious has pleaded guilty to felony cocaine possession and has received a deferred judgment that could result in the charge being dismissed.Los Angeles district attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison says Natalie Mejia ente...

  • Mental exam for Ft. Hood suspect blocked by lawyer

    Mental exam for Ft. Hood suspect blocked by lawyer

    Legal News Center 10/08/2010

    The attorney for the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood has blocked a military-ordered mental exam for his client.John Galligan is the lead defense attorney for Maj. Nidal Hasan (nih-DAHL' hah-SAHN'). He said he gave written objections Thursday...

  • Some states charge poor for public defenders

    Some states charge poor for public defenders

    Legal News Center 10/05/2010

    States increasingly are imposing fees on poor criminal defendants who use public defenders even when they can't pay, causing some to go without attorneys, according to two reviews of the nation's largest state criminal justice systems. A report out M...

  • New Supreme Court term opens with Kagan aboard

    New Supreme Court term opens with Kagan aboard

    Legal News Center 10/04/2010

    The Supreme Court is starting its new term with a new justice, Elena Kagan, and bad news for hundreds of parties trying to get their cases heard at the nation's highest court.The justices are expected to start work Monday by denying many of the nearl...

  • Court hears appeal in 'West Memphis Three' case

    Court hears appeal in 'West Memphis Three' case

    Legal News Center 10/01/2010

    Justices on the Arkansas Supreme Court sharply questioned the state attorney general's office Thursday, asking what damage could be done if a judge examined evidence that allegedly exonerates an inmate sentenced to death for killing three Cub Scouts ...

  • High court enters legal fight over Navy plane

    High court enters legal fight over Navy plane

    Legal News Center 09/28/2010

    The Supreme Court is getting involved in the longstanding dispute between the Pentagon and two contractors contesting the government's demand for $3 billion over the Navy's ill-fated A-12 Avenger attack plane.The justices on Tuesday agreed to hear an...

  • Court Strikes Down Overly Broad Oregon Obscenity Laws

    Court Strikes Down Overly Broad Oregon Obscenity Laws

    Legal News Center 09/21/2010

    The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week found two Oregon statutes ostensibly aimed at preventing the sexual abuse of children to be unconstitutional and in violation of the First Amendment. The court found that a “furnishin...

  • Court lets part of organic-milk case proceed

    Court lets part of organic-milk case proceed

    Legal News Center 09/16/2010

    A federal appeals court says a group of dairy consumers can proceed with parts of a lawsuit alleging that several national retailers and an organic dairy company falsely labeled the dairy's milk.Aurora Organic Dairy, based in Boulder, Colo., is the n...

  • Minn. court says hoisting pants not illegal search

    Minn. court says hoisting pants not illegal search

    Legal News Center 09/15/2010

    A Minnesota court says pulling up the saggy pants of a crime suspect is not an illegal search, even if it turns up a gun.The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday came in a case that arose after a drug suspect was stopped by St. Paul police offic...

  • Microsoft Scores Court Victory Against Waledac Botnet

    Microsoft Scores Court Victory Against Waledac Botnet

    Legal News Center 09/10/2010

    A federal judge has brought Microsoft one step closer to seizing control of 276 domains controlled by the Waledac botnet.A magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia decided Sept. 3 to recommend that a default judgment be granted...

  • Texas warden was last voice heard by 140 inmates

    Texas warden was last voice heard by 140 inmates

    Legal News Center 08/31/2010

    The voice of Charles Thomas O'Reilly is the last one about 140 people Texas death row inmates have heard over the past six years.O'Reilly has been the warden of the state prison simply called the Huntsville Unit, where he presided over more lethal in...

  • The McCourts go to court with L.A. Dodgers future at question

    The McCourts go to court with L.A. Dodgers future at question

    Legal News Center 08/30/2010

    Divorces are as common as plastic surgery in Hollywood, but the divorce trial between Frank and Jamie McCourt that begins Monday has a chance to be the most titillating drama in this city since Lindsay Lohan's late-night capers. This trial could dete...

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