Recent Updates
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Woman charged in NY infant snatching due in court
Court Alerts 02/24/2011A North Carolina woman indicted on a charge that she kidnapped a newborn from a Harlem hospital more than two decades ago is due for another court appearance in New York.Ann Pettway is scheduled to enter a plea to a kidnapping charge during an arraig...
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Ohio defendant called about drug money from jail
Court Alerts 02/24/2011A newly released document in a $3 million pot shipping scheme says a California woman placed several calls to check on proceeds from the scheme even after she was jailed. The updated criminal complaint by a Drug Enforcement Administration agent relea...
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Justices deny Houston man stay of execution
Court Alerts 02/23/2011The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to stop the execution of a Houston man scheduled to die for the 2002 fatal shooting of his 19-month-old son after an hours-long standoff with a police tactical squad.Justices Tuesday rejected arguments from Timothy ...
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Thurman stalker seeks plea deal in new NYC case
Court Alerts 02/23/2011Uma Thurman's convicted stalker is trying to work out a plea deal after a Manhattan court refused to toss out or pare down charges that he flouted a court order by trying to contact her again.A judge said Wednesday there was enough evidence to suppor...
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Utah's high court upholds ex-mayor's case
Court Alerts 02/22/2011The Utah Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that allows the former mayor of Eagle Mountain to sue the city for legal fees incurred during his embezzlement trial. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the ruling was issued on Friday. The ruling all...
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High court rejects appeal over divided jury
Court Alerts 02/22/2011The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a defendant who was convicted of attempted murder in Louisiana by a jury's 10-2 vote.The justices acted without comment Tuesday in turning down a plea from Troy Barbour to require juries in all criminal t...
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Texas man on Neb. death row appeals to high court
Court Alerts 02/20/2011A Texas man on Nebraska's death row for killing two men has appealed his case to the state Supreme Court.Marco Torres Jr., formerly of Pasadena, Texas, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in the 2007 shooting deaths o...
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Father of music group members pleads guilty
Court Alerts 02/18/2011His voice barely audible, the patriarch of the acclaimed 5 Browns classical music group said "guilty" to each charge of sexually abusing his three daughters when they were children.Thursday's admission in a Provo courtroom means that Keith Brown, 55,...
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Kerrigan lawyer asks court to toss out statements
Court Alerts 02/17/2011Defense lawyers for Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother are asking a judge to throw out statements he made to police after the death of their father last year.Mark Kerrigan has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the case.Prosecutors say 70-yea...
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Hearing set for 5 Browns dad charged with abuse
Court Alerts 02/17/2011A family of classical musicians that won widespread acclaim and appeared on some of the nation's top talk shows has been rocked by dual tragedies — their parents were hurt in a horrific crash that came after their father was accused of sexually abusi...
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Court rejects bid to remove judge in Pitino case
Court Alerts 02/14/2011A federal appeals court has rejected a bid to remove the judge overseeing the case of a woman convicted of trying to extort millions from University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino. The two-page decision issued Monday by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of...
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Ex-congressional aide guilty for World Series trip
Court Alerts 02/11/2011A federal jury on Thursday found that a former congressional aide broke the law by taking a trip to the World Series with a corporate official and lobbyist who picked up the tab. It was the 21st consecutive conviction in a broad corruption investigat...