Recent Updates
-
Man Pleads Guilty in Missing Girl Case
Court Alerts 03/06/2008A 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
Court Alerts 03/06/2008One 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
Court Alerts 03/05/2008A 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
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
Court Alerts 03/01/2008Enron 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
Court Alerts 02/29/2008A 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 Alerts 02/29/2008A 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
Court Alerts 02/29/2008A 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
Court Alerts 02/28/2008The 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
Court Alerts 02/28/2008Prosecutors 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 Alerts 02/26/2008The 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 Alerts 02/25/2008The 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...