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269 entries in 'Court Watch' |
2024/03/04
Prosecutors Drop Charges During ‘Hotel California’ Lyrics Trial
2024/02/28
Prince Harry loses a court challenge over being stripped of a UK security detail
2023/05/25
Adnan Syed’s lawyer appeals to Maryland Supreme Court
2023/03/24
Trump lawyer in court after being forced before grand jury
2023/03/13
Oregon courthouse security video shows escaping defendant
2023/01/18
Protasiewicz leads in money race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
2022/11/28
Hong Kong asks Beijing to step in into row over UK lawyer
2022/10/21
Ohio governor’s race split by pandemic, abortion, gun rights
2022/08/18
Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules
2022/05/11
Man denies killing mother at sea to inherit family’s estate
2021/05/05
Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue’s removal from courthouse
2021/04/23
COVID-19 concerns raised at St. Louis death penalty trial
2021/03/21
Israel revokes permit of Palestinian foreign minister
2021/02/24
Labor unions to hand out masks outside House sessions
2021/02/10
Polish court rules record compensation for wrongful jailing
2021/01/30
Dutch court orders Shell Nigeria to compensate farmers
2021/01/03
Appeals court vacates order delaying woman’s execution
2020/12/29
Hong Kongers charged in China plead guilty, relatives told
2020/10/23
German arrest order for Panama Papers lawyers faces hurdle
2020/10/15
Senate Judiciary sets vote on Barrett, Dems decry ‘sham’
2020/10/07
Greek court rules Golden Dawn party criminal organization
2020/10/03
Supreme Court to review Arizona ‘ballot harvesting’ law
2020/09/21
'Justice Joan' Larsen emerges as finalist for Supreme Court
2020/09/09
Trump releases list of 20 new possible Supreme Court picks
2020/08/23
California justices toss death penalty for Scott Peterson
2020/08/11
UK court says face recognition violates human rig
2020/07/21
California court upholds verdict in Monsanto cancer case
2020/06/11
UConn student fugitive in court on murder charge, police say
2020/05/26
Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts
2020/05/22
Supreme Court blocks House from Mueller grand jury material
2020/05/02
Black robes or bathrobes? Virus alters high court traditions
2020/04/23
Washington Supreme Court to hear COVID-19 inmate case online
2020/04/10
Court drops rape, other charges against megachurch leader
2020/04/04
Wisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concerns
2020/03/12
International court approves Afghanistan investigation
2020/03/02
A clinic prepares for Supreme Court abortion fight
2020/02/27
Ex-Phoenix area sheriff declares victory despite court loss
2020/02/16
India's top court grants equal rights to women in army
2020/01/24
Lawmakers slam Missouri Supreme Court over bail rules
2020/01/13
Indian state challenges new citizenship law in Supreme Court
2019/12/28
Court upholds creation of national monument in Atlantic
2019/12/22
Activists cheer victory in landmark Dutch climate case
2019/12/22
Saudis sentence 5 people to death for Khashoggi’s killing
2019/12/20
US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas
2019/12/15
Court Will Hear Trump's Pleas to Keep Financial Records Private
2019/12/13
Trump Has Successfully Gamed the Courts
2019/11/17
Challenger accuses Supreme Court’s Kelly of corruption
2019/11/08
Court sentences Congo warlord to 30 years for atrocities
2019/10/12
Analysis: Louisiana figures in 2 major Supreme Court cases
2019/09/28
Dutch Supreme Court asked to clarify euthanasia case
2019/07/08
Fines, jail, probation, debt: Court policies punish the poor
2019/06/24
EU court says Poland's Supreme Court reforms unlawful
2019/06/16
High court lets Virginia voting go ahead under redrawn map
2019/05/09
Supreme Court says 1 state can’t be sued in another’s courts
2019/04/14
High court declines to take Pennsylvania rap artist’s case
2019/04/04
Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling
2019/04/03
Philippine Supreme Court orders release of drug war evidence
2019/03/23
Unions in court over laws limiting Wisconsin governor, AG
2019/03/18
Veterans court may be collateral damage in immigration fight
2019/03/12
Detained Saudi women's rights activists brought to court
2019/02/25
High court deciding fate of cross-shaped Maryland memorial
2019/02/10
Hearing set on end to decades-old Everglades court oversight
2019/02/08
Liberals eye 2020 takeover of Wisconsin Supreme Court
2019/02/02
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate defends blog posts
2019/01/29
Out-of-state money boosts Collins after Supreme Court vote
2019/01/20
Lawyer: Incapacitated woman who gave birth not in coma
2019/01/09
Guatemala court blocks president's expulsion of UN team
2019/01/06
Court orders mediation in Maryland desegregation case
2019/01/05
WVa AG's help sought in Supreme Court impeachment appeal
2019/01/04
High court to take new look at partisan electoral districts
2018/12/27
Missouri death row inmate asks US Supreme Court to intervene
2018/12/16
California court blocks pardon of man who killed at age 14
2018/12/11
Man accused of killing tourist appears in New Zealand court
2018/12/10
Supreme Court won't hear Planned Parenthood case
2018/12/09
Mexico president blasts 'stratospheric' supreme court wages
2018/11/10
'Magic' campaign lands 17 black women on Houston courts
2018/10/27
Synagogue suspect at courthouse; survivors recall ordeal
2018/10/15
Colorado Supreme Court hears high-stakes oil and gas lawsuit
2018/10/09
Kavanaugh to hear his 1st arguments as Supreme Court justice
2018/10/08
Texas Supreme Court to hear sex offender law challenge
2018/10/02
Supreme Court could limit execution of people with dementia
2018/09/26
India's top court lifts temple's ban on women who menstruate
2018/09/21
Missouri court lets redistricting initiative go to voters
2018/09/17
Guatemala court orders UN anti-graft chief be readmitted
2018/09/13
Nebraska’s top court: Voters to decide on expanding Medicaid
2018/09/10
Indiana high court to consider city rental registration fee
2018/09/10
The Latest: Authorities: Officer arrested for manslaughter
2018/09/03
Rancorous, partisan start for Kavanaugh high court hearin
2018/08/30
Cooper, GOP lawmakers back in court on altered amendments
2018/08/27
Cities vying for 2020 convention court Democrats in Chicago
2018/08/12
Court, regulators clash over uranium project in South Dakota
2018/07/29
N Carolina elections board back in court in power struggle
2018/07/27
Court: Ban seafood caught with nets that harm tiny porpoises
2018/07/20
City attorney criticizes law used to arrest Stormy Daniels
2018/07/15
Florida school shooting suspect's statement issue in court
2018/07/01
Prosecutor to press court to release church abuse report
2018/06/13
Kansas court avoids ruling on execution for student's death
2018/06/09
Seals can keep using San Diego children's beach, court says
2018/05/05
Analysis: Voter ID Fight Testing Court as Much as New Law
2018/04/24
Supreme Court upholds challenged patent review practice
2018/04/21
UK Supreme Court declines appeal from parents of ill toddler
2018/04/12
Facebook to stop spending against California privacy effort
2018/04/07
Mississippi court: Woman has parent rights in same-sex split
2018/04/04
Russian authorities asks court to block messaging app
2018/03/30
Arkansas high court: Some execution drug info can be secret
2018/03/29
Supreme Court hears case alleging unconstitutional 6th District gerrymander
2018/03/23
Agency: School boards, counties should stay out of court
2018/03/10
Former Trump campaign aide Nunberg at court for grand jury
2018/03/03
Turkish court rejects request for Greek soldiers' release
2018/02/27
Court: US anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation
2018/02/16
Maldives court delays reinstating pro-opposition lawmakers
2018/02/10
Kushner firm seeks court change to keep partners secret
2017/12/11
Supreme Court declines gay rights work discrimination case
2017/12/10
Idaho man upset with court tries to crash into courthouse
2017/12/10
Court reverses itself and restores woman's murder conviction
2017/12/02
Cake case before Supreme Court has ties to barbecue decision
2017/11/28
Walker signs bill inspired by cabin-owners' court fight
2017/11/24
Court: Colorado county wrongly OK’d asphalt plant near homes
2017/11/02
Michigan health chief back in court in Legionnaires' case
2017/10/27
Burundi becomes 1st to leave International Criminal Court
2017/10/23
Washington Supreme Court to hear education funding case
2017/10/21
Court weighing whether graffiti mecca was protected by law
2017/10/20
Court extends house arrest for Russian theater director
2017/10/09
NC high court reviews death penalty of man who beheaded wife
2017/09/21
Court eyes Massachusetts church-state dispute
2017/09/19
With 2 in 3 months, Ohio executions could be back on track
2017/09/16
3 bank customers in Germany fined for ignoring collapsed man
2017/09/02
Court: DirecTV owes $15M to South Carolina in tax dispute
2017/08/31
Israeli protesters erect golden statue of High Court chief
2017/08/08
UK court increases sentence for surgeon who maimed patients
2017/08/05
Man suspected in Indiana officer's killing due in court
2017/08/01
Spanish court backs extradition of Russian programmer to US
2017/07/31
Ronaldo tells judge he has 'never tried to avoid taxes'
2017/06/24
D.C. on edge: rumors of new Supreme Court vacancy swirl
2017/06/20
Top court to hear case that could reshape US political map
2017/06/19
Court: 'JudgeCutie' nickname doesn't ruffle judicial dignity
2017/06/06
High court limits seizure of assets from drug conspiracies
2017/06/03
In one state, abused animals get a legal voice in court
2017/05/23
Playboy model who shot nude of unwitting woman due in court
2017/05/21
Ohio Supreme Court justice backs legalizing marijuana
2017/05/11
Effort to block Confederate statue's removal goes to court
2017/04/19
Austrian court: ex-Croatian general guilty of embezzlement
2017/04/13
Newest justice joins high court amid competing caricatures
2017/03/27
Court bars release of videos made by anti-abortion group
2017/03/15
Polish court issues arrest warrant for US man in Nazi case
2017/02/26
Lawmakers want Supreme Court review of voting law continued
2017/02/08
Court upholds guilty verdict for Russian opposition leader
2017/01/17
Supreme Court considers suit over 2001 detention of Muslims
2017/01/13
High court: Israel must explain lack of access to holy site
2017/01/08
Man who escaped from Rhode Island prison to appear in court
2017/01/07
Former Haitian rebel leader due in US court on drug charges
2016/11/21
Nevada high court considering email public records question
2016/11/15
ICC prosecutors: US forces may have committed war crimes
2016/11/11
Hawaii Supreme Court affirms Maui solar telescope permit
2016/10/15
Former Ohio officer charged with murder due back in court
2016/10/08
Moscow court orders paper to refute a report on Rosneft CEO
2016/09/30
USC football player accused of rape appears in Utah court
2016/09/26
Court asks judges to respond to Louisiana sheriff's claims
2016/08/26
Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court
2016/08/25
California court decision keeps teacher tenure protections
2016/08/17
2 teens killed in Atlanta suburb: Man accused due in court
2016/08/16
'Whitey' Bulger asks US Supreme Court to hear his appeal
2016/08/09
Williams court cases decline, but caseload remains high
2016/08/07
Swedish court hands life sentences to 2 for gang shooting
2016/07/25
Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reforms
2016/07/12
Illinois’ court fees rising to cover special programs
2016/07/11
Thai military court adds to singer's jail term for insults
2016/05/25
Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court in Florida
2016/05/24
US appeals court revisits Texas voter ID law
2016/05/21
Indiana court to hear woman's appeal of feticide conviction
2016/04/30
High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing
2016/04/17
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google's online library
2016/04/16
Despite court ruling, China gay rights movement makes gains
2016/04/11
Court sends part of Wisconsin voter ID case back to judge
2016/04/04
Court upholds total population count in electoral districts
2016/03/26
Supreme Court rejects Blagojevich appeal in corruption case
2016/03/14
RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick
2016/02/17
Court declines stay in redistricting; Congress elections off
2016/02/13
Court gunman's children face sentencing for cyberstalking
2016/02/01
Court weighs practice of Christian prayers at meetings
2016/01/19
Rome court acquits ex-Vatican accountant of corruption
2015/12/21
ACLU to appeal court ruling in Missouri drug testing case
2015/12/20
Polish court convicts chemist of planning parliament attack
2015/12/15
Ex-Illinois guardsman pleads guilty in Islamic State plot
2015/12/10
Finland court jails Iraqi twins suspected of IS killing
2015/11/28
South African appeals court nears Pistorius ruling
2015/11/25
High court directs Andhra Pradesh government to prepare summer plan
2015/11/13
Lufthansa cancels 930 flights Wednesday due to strike
2015/11/06
Kansas Supreme Court to take up school funding case
2015/10/27
Court: Therapy dog didn't sway jury against sex offender
2015/10/08
Virginia executes serial killer who claimed to be disabled
2015/10/07
Familiar, divisive social issues on Supreme Court agenda
2015/10/04
High court weighs 3 death sentences in Kansas cases
2015/09/15
Ohio court: Wording of pot legalization ballot is misleading
2015/09/03
Court cuts prison sentence for Memphis 'sovereign citizen'
2015/08/16
Pistorius prosecutors file appeal at Supreme Court
2015/08/13
Federal court: Anti-Muslim group can't post ads on buses
2015/08/11
Juvenile court decision due in Slender Man stabbing case
2015/08/08
Court: Lawsuit over Arkansas killing by cop may proceed
2015/07/18
Court Halts Execution Of Tyler Woman's Killer
2015/07/08
US appeals court upholds EPA plan to clean up Chesapeake Bay
2015/06/28
Kansas court rules against parts of state school funding law
2015/06/26
Supreme Court extends gay marriage nationwide
2015/06/18
Iowa court allows remote dispensing of abortion pill
2015/06/02
German court cancels session in Auschwitz guard trial
2015/05/16
Attorney: Court orders release of anti-nuclear activists
2015/05/15
Pandora loses to BMI in court hearing, vows to appeal
2015/05/13
Duke Energy will be in federal court for coal ash crimes
2015/03/11
'Suge' Knight due back in court for murder case
2014/11/18
Intellectual Property Matters and Trademark Attorney
2014/11/04
Southern California Personal Injury Lawyers
2014/10/30
Personal Injury Lawyers Practicing Throughout Texas
2014/10/28
Trademark, Patent & Intellectual Property Rights
2014/10/22
Aggressive Securities Arbitration Services
2014/07/11
Drummond Firm - Las Vegas Accident & Injury Attorneys
2014/07/08
MJM Law Office, P.C. - Eugene, Oregon DUII and Criminal Defense Services
2014/06/17
Davis Law Group, PLLC - Detroit Area DUI/DWI Attorney
2014/06/13
Law Offices of Robert W. Jackson - Cardiff & Fallbrook Personal Injury Lawyers
2014/06/10
DiRusso & DiRusso - Surry County Worker's Compensation Lawyers
2014/06/03
The Salazar Law Firm - Houston Car Accident Lawyers Services
2014/05/30
Tenecia P. Reid - Manassas Divorce Lawyer Services
2014/05/27
Place & Hanley - Securities Attorneys Florida Services
2014/05/23
W. Bradley Ney - Washington, DC Business Litigation Lawyer Services
2014/05/20
Rita White - Canton Criminal Lawyer Services
2014/05/13
MJM Law Office, P.C. - Eugene DUI and Criminal Defense Lawyer
2014/05/05
Jackson Trial Lawyers - Cardiff Personal Injury Lawyer
2014/05/02
The Salazar Law Firm, PLLC - Houston Car Accident Lawyers
2014/04/30
W. Bradley Ney - Washington, DC Business Litigation Lawyer
2014/04/25
Law Office of Rita O. White - Canton Criminal & DUI Lawyers
2014/03/31
Levin & Curlett LLC
2014/03/31
The Law Offices of Tenecia P. Reid, PLLC
2014/03/28
The Davis Law Group, PLLC
2014/03/28
The Law Offices of Place and Hanley, LLC
2014/03/24
AB & Co IP Services - Sierra Leone Intellectual Property Lawyers
2014/03/21
DiRusso & DiRusso, Attorneys At Law.
2014/01/24
Court: Lawyers will be disbarred over child porn
2013/11/02
The Law Offices of Tenecia P. Reid, PLLC
2013/10/25
Josef Cowan | Civil Litigation Construction Law Firm Los Angeles
2013/08/21
Virginia Military Divorce Attorney - Tenecia P. Reid
2013/06/22
The Law Offices of David Stein - DC Assault Lawyer
2013/06/22
McDonnell Law Office - San Diego Personal Injury
2013/06/03
San Diego Personal Injury Attorney - McDonnell Law
2013/03/26
Court considers Calif. prison mental health care
2012/10/22
Lawyer: Bahrain court postpones activist's appeal
2012/10/10
2 King Co. candidates vying for Attorney General
2012/07/25
Pa.'s tough, new voter ID law heads to court
2012/03/07
Experienced, Aggressive Advocacy Focused on Your Recovery
2012/02/06
Las Vegas Product Liability Attorney - Luis A. Ayon
2012/02/01
Securities Litigation Attorney - Robert L. Herskovits
2011/12/02
Wis. office wants to suspend former DA's license
2011/09/23
9th Circuit appeals court Judge Pamela Rymer dies
2011/09/23
Noted NJ attorney Michael Cole dies at 67
2011/07/03
Former Wyoming governor joins law firm
2011/02/25
Maritime Transportation - Florida Maritime Lawyer
2011/01/13
Former Attorney General Mike Cox will join Dykema Gossett
2011/01/02
Sen. George LeMieux returns to law firm
2010/08/09
David Boies Urges ABA Members
2010/04/19
Clinton: Look beyond judges for high court pick
2010/04/16
SHEPPARD MULLIN RE-ELECTS CHAIRMAN GUY HALGREN
2010/03/11
Eugene, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer
2010/02/09
UBS Lawyer Schmid Takes Job at Swiss Law Firm
2010/01/20
Former FTC Chairwoman Named Top P&G Legal Officer
2009/02/05
David Perecman Fights for Worksite Safety
2008/12/09
Foe of 10 Commandments judge loses license
2008/10/08
Carol Doyle Represents Immigration Detainees
2008/03/26
American College of Trial Lawyers Chooses Lukey
2008/03/02
Judge Linda Miller Recognized for 25 years of Service
2008/02/29
King Yaklin Wins $1M in Attorney's Fee's
2008/02/29
Two new commissioners seated
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Prosecutors Drop Charges During ‘Hotel California’ Lyrics Trial
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2024/03/04 00:43
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New York prosecutors abruptly dropped their criminal case midtrial Wednesday against three men who had been accused of conspiring to possess a cache of hand-drafted lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits.
Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Aaron Ginandes informed the judge at 10 a.m. that prosecutors would no longer proceed with the case, citing newly available emails that defense lawyers said raised questions about the trial’s fairness. The trial had been underway since late February.
The raft of communications emerged only when Eagles star Don Henley apparently decided last week to waive attorney-client privilege, after he and other prosecution witnesses had already testified. The defense argued that the new disclosures raised questions that it hadn’t been able to ask.
“Witnesses and their lawyers” used attorney-client privilege “to obfuscate and hide information that they believed would be damaging,” Judge Curtis Farber said in dismissing the case.
The case centered on roughly 100 pages of legal-pad pages from the creation of a classic rock colossus. The 1976 album “Hotel California” ranks as the third-biggest seller of all time in the U.S., in no small part on the strength of its evocative, smoothly unsettling title track about a place where “you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”
The accused had been three well-established figures in the collectibles world: rare books dealer Glenn Horowitz, former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi, and rock memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski.
Prosecutors had said the men knew the pages had a dubious chain of ownership but peddled them anyway, scheming to fabricate a provenance that would pass muster with auction houses and stave off demands to return the documents to Eagles co-founder Don Henley.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to criminally possess stolen property. Through their lawyers, the men contended that they were rightful owners of pages that weren’t stolen by anyone.
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Prince Harry loses a court challenge over being stripped of a UK security detail
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2024/02/28 21:57
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Prince Harry ‘s fight for publicly funded protection was rejected Wednesday by a London judge who said the U.K. government didn’t act irrationally when it stripped him of security privileges after he quit working as a member of the royal family and moved to the United States. Harry plans to appeal the decision.
High Court Judge Peter Lane said the February 2020 decision to provide “bespoke” security to the Duke of Sussex on an as-needed basis wasn’t unlawful, irrational or unjustified.
“Insofar as the case-by-case approach may otherwise have caused difficulties, they have not been shown to be such as to overcome the high hurdle so as to render the decision-making irrational,” Lane wrote in the 51-page ruling that was censored throughout to protect identities and security arrangements for Harry and other public figures.
Harry said he planned to appeal the ruling and keep challenging the decision made by the group known by the acronym of its former name, the Royal and VIP Executive Committee, or RAVEC, a spokesperson said.
“The duke is not asking for preferential treatment, but for a fair and lawful application of RAVEC’s own rules, ensuring that he receives the same consideration as others in accordance with RAVEC’s own written policy,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
Harry claimed in the lawsuit that he and his family were endangered when visiting the U.K. because of hostility toward him and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on social media and relentless hounding by news media.
His lawyer argued that RAVEC, which is made up of members of the royal family staff, the Metropolitan Police and several government offices, acted irrationally and failed to follow its own policies that should have required a risk analysis of the duke’s safety.
A government lawyer said Harry had been treated fairly and was still provided protection on some visits, citing a security detail that guarded him in June 2021 when he was chased by photographers after attending an event with seriously ill children at Kew Gardens in west London.
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Adnan Syed’s lawyer appeals to Maryland Supreme Court
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2023/05/25 16:26
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decades ago — after he was freed last year in a legal case that gained international attention from the hit podcast “Serial.”
Syed’s lawyer also is asking the court to prevent her client from being incarcerated while the Supreme Court of Maryland’s review is pending
“He is grateful that the victim’s representative and Attorney General have consented to the stay,” a statement from the Maryland public defender’s office said while announcing the court filings. “Reincarcerating Adnan would be devastating for him and his family and would be an affront to justice.”
Syed’s counsel filed a petition that asks the state’s highest court to review several legal issues raised by the victim’s family, who contended they were not given enough notice to testify at a court hearing.
The legal issues include whether former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s decision to dismiss the charges against Syed last year made the family’s court challenge moot. The issues also include whether attendance on Zoom satisfied the right of the victim’s representative to attend the hearing and whether the notice of the hearing was sufficient.
Syed’s lawyer also is asking the court to consider whether the Appellate Court of Maryland’s reversal is appropriate without showing that the result of the hearing that decided his release would have been different.
“Adnan’s innocence is not at issue, but his rights as a defendant and freedom as an exoneree are directly impacted by the Appellate Court of Maryland’s decision,” said Erica Suter, Syed’s lawyer, in a statement.
Suter said the issues raised in the case “have broader implications for our entire legal system, most notably the authority of the State to dismiss a case, the role of victims’ representatives in proceedings to redress unjust convictions, and the restrictions placed on judges’ discretion to utilize remote communication services like Zoom.” |
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Trump lawyer in court after being forced before grand jury
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2023/03/24 16:12
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A lawyer for Donald Trump was back in court Friday after being ordered to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the possible mishandling of classified documents at the former president’s Florida estate.
M. Evan Corcoran entered federal court in the District of Columbia early Friday morning, one week after a federal judge ruled in favor of the Justice Department in forcing Corcoran to answer additional questions before a grand jury that has been hearing testimony for months. He did not make any comments as he arrived at the building.
The interest by prosecutors in Corcoran’s testimony underscores the legal peril confronting Trump, making clear the department’s continued focus. Corcoran is relevant to the investigation because he drafted a letter that was given to the department last June asserting that a “diligent search” for classified documents had been done in response to a subpoena. The letter was accompanied by the return of roughly three dozen documents with classified markings.
But prosecutors have said in court filings they developed evidence showing that additional classified documents remained at the property. The FBI returned with a search warrant on Aug. 8 and removed roughly 100 additional classified documents, the filings show.
Attorney-client privilege traditionally shields lawyers from being forced to share details of their conversations with prosecutors. Corcoran invoked that privilege during an earlier appearance before the grand jury when he declined to answer certain questions.
Another Trump lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, confirmed in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday that he had voluntarily testified for about six hours or seven hours before the grand jury in December to answer questions about the Trump team’s compliance with the department’s efforts to reclaim the classified documents. |
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Oregon courthouse security video shows escaping defendant
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2023/03/13 22:33
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Newly released video in Oregon shows a defendant escaping from courthouse seconds after sheriff’s deputies remove his shackles.
The defendant Edi Villalobos Jr. was appearing in court in the Portland suburb of Hillsboro on Feb. 27 for jury selection after he allegedly stabbed two men, and killed one, two years ago, KGW-TV reported.
Security camera footage released by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday shows the 28-year-old entering the courtroom guarded by two officers. Villalobos is wearing a blue dress shirt and dark slacks.
One officer removes removes Villalobos’ hand and leg cuffs, in line with legal requirements for the court session. Then Villalobos scoots behind two desk chairs and runs out the courtroom door. No one is blocking the path to the door.
The footage then shows Villalobos racing down multiple hallways and through two doors as the two officers chase him and passersby get out of their way. Officers found Villalobos hours later hiding in a closet in a vacant apartment.
His trial has been rescheduled for September. He faces additional charges of first-degree burglary and second-degree escape. His court-appointed attorney didn’t immediately return a voicemail message Friday seeking comment.
Sgt. Danny DiPietro, a spokesman for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, said his agency is reviewing the incident and will use training to address the lessons learned. The two deputies who were guarding Villalobos remain on regular duty. |
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Protasiewicz leads in money race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
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2023/01/18 22:58
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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz raised more money over the last six months of 2022 than her three rivals combined in the pivotal race that will determine majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Protasiewicz along with Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell are running as liberal candidates in the race. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow and former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly are the conservative candidates.
The top two vote-getters in the Feb. 21 primary will advance to the April 4 election. The winner replaces conservative Justice Patience Roggensack, who is retiring.
Races for the Wisconsin Supreme Court are officially nonpartisan, but candidates for years have aligned with either conservatives or liberals as the contests have become expensive partisan battles. The conservative-controlled court for more than a decade has issued consequential rulings in favor of Republicans, with major cases looming that could determine the future of abortion laws, redistricting and rules of elections.
The candidates and outside interests that have promised to spend millions on the race have been relatively quiet up to this point, more than a month before the primary. But those on both sides have made clear they see the race as crucial in the battleground state, with whoever winning determining ideological control of the court heading into the 2024 presidential race and at least a year after.
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Hong Kong asks Beijing to step in into row over UK lawyer
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2022/11/28 17:28
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Hong Kong’s leader said on Monday he would ask Beijing to rule whether to let foreign lawyers be involved in national security cases after the city’s top court allowed a prominent pro-democracy publisher to hire a British lawyer for his upcoming trial.
John Lee said the government would ask for a postponement of Jimmy Lai’s high-profile trial that was due to start Thursday. But he did not offer a timetable for the interpretation that could effectively preempt the court judgment.
“At present, there is no effective means to ensure that a counsel from overseas will not have a conflict of interest because of his nationality. And there is also no means to ensure that he has not been coerced, compromised, or in any way controlled by foreign governments, associations or persons,” he said.
He added that the move was targeting overseas counsels who do not have the general practice qualification to carry out legal service in Hong Kong.
Lai, the founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily and one of the most prominent figures in the city’s pro-democracy movement, was arrested after Beijing imposed a strict national security law to crack down on dissent following widespread protests in 2019. He faces collusion charges and a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
While the city’s secretary for justice was appealing an earlier ruling that approved Lai to hire a veteran British lawyer at the top court, pro-Beijing politicians and newspapers also voiced objections over the last few days.
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