| Jury to consider murder verdict | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:46:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | The jury in the trial of two people charged with murdering a man in Rotorua early this year is expected to retire to consider its verdict today. Thomas Tama Koreheke Pira, 34, and Emily Louise Blackburn, 19, are on trial in the High Court at Rotorua after pleading not guilty to murdering Edwin Dale Te Haara in Rotorua on January 17. Mr Te Haara was allegedly shot in the neck in Western Heights and died soon afterwards on the doorstep of a nearby house. Justice Geoffrey Venning was expected to sum up the case today and send the jury to consider its verdict. .... | |
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| | | Still no verdict in the Noe case | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:45:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | TOLEDO - Jurors deciding the fate of a coin dealer accused of stealing at least $2 million from a state investment deliberated Thursday for a second day without reaching a verdict. Tom Noe, a former Republican fundraiser, has pleaded not guilty to charges of theft, money laundering, forgery and corrupt activity. Jury deliberations are scheduled to resume Monday. The scandal surrounding the investment became a political liability for the GOP and was a factor in the party's loss of all but one of the statewide, nonjudicial offices up for election Tuesday. The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation gave Noe $25 million in 1998, followed by another $25 million in 2001 to invest in rare coins. Prosecutors say Noe took some of the state's money to pay off business loans and live a lavish lifestyle.... | |
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| | | Iraqi Forces on High Alert Ahead of Verdict in Saddam Hussein's Trial | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 6:46:26 AM by Blog57 Team | | Iraq's armed forces have been ordered on high alert ahead of Sunday's expected verdict in the trial of ousted president Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity. Iraqi officials canceled all military leave Friday to prevent an outbreak of violence before or after the ruling. Saddam could be sentenced to death at the time the verdict is presented. .... | |
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| | | Jury sides against doctor with $1.5 million verdict | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 6:45:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | A $1.5 million verdict against Dr. Kenneth Barngrover for his role in causing a woman's lung to collapse has his defense attorney weighing the possibility of an appeal. A five-man, seven-woman jury reached a verdict against Barngrover and Southeast Regional Pain Center in Muscogee County's State Court late Tuesday morning, after about four hours of deliberations that began on Monday. The case against Barngrover and the pain center stemmed from the July 2000 injection Connie Hins received for chronic back pain, said Atlanta-based defense attorney Trey Reese. "I felt good about it," said attorney Don W. Johnson, who represented Hins. "It was obviously a good-sized verdict." The suit alleged Barngrover was negligent in training and supervision, and that Peggy Holder, an advanced practice registered nurse, performed below standards when administering the injection.... | |
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| | | Murder convict's request to set aside verdict is denied | | Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 6:45:34 AM by Blog57 Team | | Superior Court Associate Judge Juan T. Lizama yesterday denied a motion to set aside the guilty verdict filed by Francisco Aguon Pua, who was convicted of the 2002 murder of a poker attendant.Lizama ruled that there is sufficient evidence to support Pua's conviction of felony murder."A rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of felony murder beyond a reasonable doubt. It is possible that one of these elements was the uncharged 'attempted robbery,'" the judge said, adding that he need not speculate as to the jury's thought process.Lizama cited the rule of the majority, which states "the inconsistent verdict shall stand."He said Pua need not have been convicted or even charged with the underlying felony, provided that the evidence supports a finding of felony murder on at least one of the statutory bases.Police and court records show that on the morning of May 22, 2002, the body of Mostofa Faruk Parves was found inside Candi's Poker in Tanapag with multiple stab wounds.... | |
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| | | Fighting City Hall and Winning - Pennsylvania Business Wins $38 Million Breach of Contract and Civil Rights Verdict | | Posted Monday, October 09, 2006 10:45:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | A federal jury in Wilmington, Delaware has awarded over $38 million to Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc., a family-owned Pennsylvania contracting company, after finding the city of Newark, Delaware, breached its contract with Durkin, and violated Durkin's civil rights. Of that, $25 million was based on Durkin's civil rights claim. Durkin has been in business for almost seventy years, and is located in Southampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The case was tried by Paul A. Logan, assisted by David T. Bolger, of Powell, Trachtman, Logan, Carrle & Lombardo located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Durkin was hired by the city of Newark in 2002 to build a 318 million gallon reservoir in Newark, Delaware. Durkin claimed that during the construction, it raised issues about the design of the reservoir, and that, in 2004, rather than face these issues, Newark responded by terminating Durkin's contract for no valid reason, and refusing to pay Durkin what it was owed.... | |
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| | | Smiling face of Bedi turned grim as verdict was announced | | Posted Sunday, October 01, 2006 2:45:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | Hyderabad, Sept 29: As she listened to the verdict convicting her for fraudulently obtaining a passport in a packed special CBI court hall today, the smiling face of Monica Bedi, girlfriend of underworld don Abu Salem, turned grim.Clad in bright red salwar kameez, Bedi entered the court hall at 11 am when her name along with five other accused in the case was called.The court hall was packed with scores of mediamen and advocates.The former Bollywood actress pleaded innocence when the special judge for CBI court pronounced the verdict sentencing her to five years' rigorous imprisonment on charges of conspiracy, cheating and impersonation under section 120 B, 420 and 419 of IPC and a fine of Rs 5,000.A visibly shaken Bedi was later taken to a CBI office room where she was kept till evening before being taken to Chanchalguda Jail where she has been lodged since November 12 last year, after being extradited from Portugal along with her paramour Salem.... | |
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| | | Montani jury fails to reach verdict | | Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 12:45:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | THE jury in the trial of a man accused of gunning down a former Coffin Cheaters bikie outside a Perth aquatic centre has been dismissed after failing to reach a verdict. Johnny Montani, 41, of Morley, faced trial in the West Australian Supreme Court for the wilful murder of former bikie gang member Kevin "Mick" Woodhouse, 36, on May 12, 2004. Prosecutors alleged Montani, wearing dark clothing and a motorcycle helmet, shot Mr Woodhouse four times while the victim was sitting on a bench waiting for the Bayswater Waves Aquatic Centre to open. But Montani maintained he had nothing to do with the shooting, telling the court he had loved Mr Woodhouse like a "brother". After sitting through three weeks of evidence and deliberating for two days, the jury was today discharged by Justice Narelle Johnson after it indicated it was not able to reach a unanimous verdict.... | |
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| | | Geo Group Gets $47.5M Unfavorable Verdict | | Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 2:45:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | Prison operator Geo Group Inc., this week said it plans to challenge a $47.5 million verdict against it from a wrongful death lawsuit in Texas. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said the verdict was "contrary to law and wholly unsubstantiated by the evidence in the lawsuit." "GEO plans to vigorously pursue its post-trial remedies to have the verdict set aside and, if necessary, GEO will pursue all of its rights to appeal and overturn the jury verdict," according to the SEC filing. The lawsuit stemmed from a 2001 case where a man was beaten to death by fellow inmates four days before finishing his drug sentence at the Willacy County State Jail in Raymondville, Texas. The lawsuit is being administered under the insurance program established by Wackenhut Corp., Geo's former parent company.... | |
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| | | Calif. Judge Slashes $61 Million FedEx Verdict | | Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:45:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | Calling an initial $61 million verdict "excessive," last week Alameda County Superior Court Judge Stephen Dombrink whittled down a jury award against national shipping company Federal Express and one of its managers to a modest $12.4 million. In his written decision, Dombrink stated concern that the evidence failed to support the initial verdict in an employment discrimination case. "The harassment was mostly just offensive name-calling," Dombrink noted in his Sept. 5 ruling. In June, the jury handed the $61 million award to two Lebanese-American FedEx drivers who accused a manager of racial discrimination and harassment. The verdict was thought to be the largest single civil rights judgment under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act and the fourth-largest verdict of any kind in Alameda County history.... | |
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