Lawyers for the Accused Arsonist – Asked Court to Throw Out Alleged Confession
10/18/2010 Northampton – Defense lawyers for the accused arsonist asked the judge to throw out their client’s alleged confession. Anthony P. Baye, 25, pleaded innocent to multiple counts of arson and two counts of murder that were linked to fifteen fires that were set at Northampton in December 2009. Baye appeared before Hampshire Superior Court […]
Kiddie Kollege Day Care Trial Has Begun in Gloucester County
10/18/2010 Gloucester Country – The case of Kiddie Kollege Day Care has begun with lawyers for the government and the children sparring as to whether the government should be held legally responsible for what happened in the day care center. The Kiddie Kollege Day Care was closed in July 2006 by state inspectors due to […]
No Recording at Council Meetings: An Attorney’s Advice
10/13/2010 One councilman made an inquiry about recording council meetings and making them public. Councilman Dale Walter of Mt. Washington, raised a question to his fellow city leaders regarding the recording of their meetings, and to make it available for the public. Norman Lemme, the City Attorney, said that the Municipal Clerks Association and the […]
Lawyers of 4 Men Charged for Bomb Case are Seeking for a Mistrial
10/13/2010 Defense attorneys for the four men who were charged as involved in a plot to shoot down military planes and bomb Bronx synagogues, asked the judge to declare a mistrial because jurors were able to see evidence, which were not admitted during trial. The evidence being referred to were transcripts of the telephone calls […]
Fernandez Lawyer’s Request to Remove Lamar: Denied by Judge
10/13/2010 The request of Mildred Fernandez’s lawyer to remove State Attorney Lawson Lamar from her trial was denied by a circuit judge. Fernandez was suspended as Orange County Commissioner due to corruption charges. In the argument presented by Fernandez’s lawyer, Anthony Suarez, he said that Lamar has been “compromised” due to the interactions he had […]
Racine Circuit Court Imposes Decorum
10/13/2010 Wisconsin – New Racine Circuit Court Judge Gene Gasiorkiewicz’s, imposes decorum in his courtroom, particularly at Racine Circuit Court Branch 2. The judge, who took the bench in August laid out certain rules in his courtroom. Lawyers were not allowed to wear shorts. Female lawyers in particular were prohibited from wearing flip-flops, and they […]
Man Gets 80 Years for Slaying 6 Hispanics
10/11/2010 Tifton – Stacey Bernad Sims, was convicted for the killing of 6 Hispanics during various home invasions in 2005 and was sentenced to a minimum of 80 years imprisonment. District Attorney Paul Bowden, in a press release stated that it was on August 12 that Sims entered guilty pleas on 17 counts and his […]
Attorneys General in a Fiery Mood to Investigate Lenders
10/11/2010 Numerous attorneys general are getting fiery to pursue the investigation on the three financial institutions namely Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Ally Financial Inc., regarding allegations on home foreclosures that partook of a fraudulent nature. Customers of the three lenders, along with Congress, alleged that there were some fraudulent acts, […]
A Lawyer Seeks to Have Online Court Records Blocked
10/8/2010 A lawyer for five defendants filed motions to prevent access to his clients’ online court records. J. Anthony Rich, attorney for defendants Brady Phillips, Anthony Riggins, Richar Perry, Gregory Barnes, and Billy Gilbert, filed the motions for the purpose of avoiding juror misconduct. Gilbert, Perry and Phillips were charged with murder and a few […]
House Members from California Seeking Investigation on Foreclosures
10/8/2010 Some House members from California call on federal regulators to investigate if mortgage companies violated the law when they used paperwork that might have contained errors in relation to the foreclosures that swept the nation. Democratic lawmakers namely Rep. Zoe Lofgren, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, led other members of the House in […]