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  • Man Pleads Guilty in Missing Girl Case

    Man Pleads Guilty in Missing Girl Case

    Court Alerts 03/06/2008

    A man has pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Connecticut girl found at his home after a yearlong disappearance.Prosecutors are recommending a 30-year prison sentence for 42-year-old Adam Gault of West Hartford.Judge Dav...

  • 'Elvis' Shows Up at Kentucky Court Drunk

    'Elvis' Shows Up at Kentucky Court Drunk

    Court Alerts 03/06/2008

    One central Kentucky Elvis Presley impersonator may be singing "Jailhouse Rock" after showing up for court drunk and dressed like Presley.A Jessamine County District Court judge says 64-year-old David Blaisdell of Lexington must spend three days in j...

  • Man Who Punched His Lawyer Sent to Jail

    Man Who Punched His Lawyer Sent to Jail

    Court Alerts 03/05/2008

    A man who punched his lawyer in a Kentucky courtroom last month has been sentenced to six months in jail.Peter Hafer also has a new lawyer. Mark Bubenzer said his client is sorry and didn't mean to disrespect the court.But Scott County Circuit Judge ...

  • Guilty Plea in NYC in Quran Desecration

    Guilty Plea in NYC in Quran Desecration

    Court Alerts 03/04/2008

    [##_1L|1090226499.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]A man who threw copies of the Quran into a toilet after disputes with Muslims at the college he once attended pleaded guilty Monday to disorderly conduct. A Quran recovered at Pace University ...

  • Judge Delays Decision on Enron Funds

    Judge Delays Decision on Enron Funds

    Court Alerts 03/01/2008

    Enron Corp. shareholders and investors hoping to get their cut of more than $7.2 billion recovered as part of a lawsuit they filed in connection with the company's collapse are going to have to wait a little longer.A federal judge on Friday delayed a...

  • King Yaklin Wins $1M in Fee's, Georgia's Record

    King Yaklin Wins $1M in Fee's, Georgia's Record

    Court Alerts 02/29/2008

    A Superior Court judge has ordered a couple and their attorney suing Bishop Earl Paulk to pay more than $1 million in legal fees and court costs from a dismissed case. Mona and Bobby Brewer sued Paulk and his church, then known as Chapel Hill Harvest...

  • Court rules sex offender can't go home

    Court rules sex offender can't go home

    Court Alerts 02/29/2008

    A convicted sex offender who was forced to move by a state law can't return home. He has no rights to the property because his wife owns it, a judge ruled.   The man, identified in court records as John B. Doe, had filed a lawsuit challenging a ...

  • Businessman gets 33 months for contract fraud

    Businessman gets 33 months for contract fraud

    Court Alerts 02/29/2008

    A Chicago-area businessman has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for helping an American subsidiary of Siemens AG land a fraudulent contract with Cook County's Stroger (STROH'-jer) Hospital.Faust Villazan of Western Springs pleaded guilty in May ...

  • Mich. Court Rejects Detroit Mayor Case

    Mich. Court Rejects Detroit Mayor Case

    Court Alerts 02/28/2008

    The state's highest court on Wednesday rejected an attempt by the city's mayor to prevent documents from being made public that detail a city settlement that helped conceal an apparent affair with a top aide.The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously uph...

  • Body Parts Boss Can Plead Guilty in NYC

    Body Parts Boss Can Plead Guilty in NYC

    Court Alerts 02/28/2008

    Prosecutors had misgivings after making a plea deal with a man accused of plundering dead bodies and selling their parts to tissue companies for transplants.The victims' families clamored for a trial, and prosecutors felt there was plenty of evidence...

  • Court Rules Against Tobacco Companies

    Court Rules Against Tobacco Companies

    Court Alerts 02/26/2008

    The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a tobacco industry request to intervene in a lawsuit by over a thousand West Virginia smokers.The justices declined to examine a trial procedure in which a jury first determines whether smokers as a group are enti...

  • Court Rules Against Tobacco Companies

    Court Rules Against Tobacco Companies

    Court Alerts 02/25/2008

    The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a tobacco industry request to intervene in a lawsuit by over a thousand West Virginia smokers.The justices declined to examine a trial procedure in which a jury first determines whether smokers as a group are enti...

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