A San Francisco judge on Friday denied a city restraining order that would have prevented four people previously arrested for selling drugs from entering the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods. Back in September 2020, prosecutor Dennis Herrera filed civil lawsuits against each of the defendants to prevent them from entering a 50-square-meter area to … Read more
A federal judge in Alabama ruled that a controversial law used last year to persecute protesters across the country is constitutional. On Thursday, Judge Terry Moorer of the US District Court in Mobile issued an order denying defense lawyers’ claims that the federal anti-riot law was racially biased. Pugh is charged with breaking the law … Read more
Ahmaud Arbery, a black man, was fatally shot while jogging in February 2020. Father and son Gregory, as well as Travis McMichael and William Bryan, have been tried in state trial for murder and federal hate crimes. In a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday, attorneys argued that they would provide evidence of Arbery’s criminal convictions and … Read more
Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the public corruption case involving former Los Angeles City Councilor José Huizar will call on a federal judge on Monday to postpone the trial for a year. However, the judge has indicated that he would like to start the proceedings sooner. Citing concerns about the issues caused by the COVID-19 … Read more
Chad Isaak listens during a court appearance in Mandan in April 2019. He pleaded not guilty on April 1, 2019, of four criminal offenses that resulted in the death of four people in a Mandan shop. Tom Stromme The judge on the case of a man accused of killing four people in Mandan wants some … Read more
Lynchburg Circuit judge Frederick Watson said Friday there was enough disputes to move the case forward. Sheri Kelly, an attorney in the Virginia attorney general’s office who represents Harrison, said Harrison was responsible for exercising contempt for an attorney with the prosecutor to represent DSS on all care cases. Kelly also questioned the legality of … Read more
A retired judge will conduct an outside review of a case in which 15 demonstrators were charged as members of a street criminal gang, Maricopa County Prosecutor’s Office said. Retired Maricopa County Supreme Court Justice Roland Steinle has been asked to review the office’s procedures “when making fee decisions in cases of community interest or … Read more
General Manager Benjamin Madsen defied orders from the Lincoln-Lancaster County Department of Health to shut down Madsen’s bowling & billiards. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star File Photo An attorney for Madsen’s Bowling & Billiards and others charged with alleged violations of Lincoln’s health care policies went on trial Friday to persuade a judge to call the … Read more
The decision is the last in a month-long saga that has resulted in a staggering reprimand for one of the country’s foremost prosecutors and concerns about whether criminal defendants will receive evidence that could help or exonerate them. Judge Alison Nathan said she failed to find individual prosecutors knowingly withholding exculpatory evidence or deliberately misleading … Read more
MALONE – Three candidates have their names in the hat to be the next judge in Franklin County Court when incumbent Robert G. Main Jr. retires this year. District Attorney Craig Carriero, a Democrat; Main Court Attorney Elizabeth Crawford, a Republican; Private attorney Peter Dumas, a Republican, recently announced his intention to run this fall. … Read more