Paul W. Bergrin, the once-prominent defense lawyer who was found guilty on an array of racketeering charges in March, is asking a judge to set aside his murder conviction and grant him a new trial.

Boy who was riding bike on Utah freeway to remain in state custody by Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 14, 2013 01:32PM MDT A 9-year-old Salt Lake City boy found riding his bike on Interstate 215 late in West Valley City on Friday night will remain in state custody for at least two more weeks, a judge ordered Tuesday. During a shelter hearing in 3rd District Juvenile Court ...

COLDWATER — "Enough is enough. Young boys need to stay away from freshman girls," an incensed Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady warned from the bench Monday morning.

A 19-year old Pennsylvania man is being held in Carroll County Jail in lieu of a $1 million cash bond after being charged with rape.

The second of five defendants charged with aiding a prostitution ring that operated out of massage parlors in Lackawanna and several other nearby counties was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to two years' probation.

Jodi Arias heads back to court Wednesday as jurors consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress after convicting her of first-degree murder last week.

RETREAT, LUZERNE COUNTY — A Danville woman has a hearing scheduled this week for allegedly allowing a convicted murderer to...

Louisiana's Supreme Court has ruled that the funding method for a private school tuition voucher program pushed through the Legislature last year by Gov. Bobby Jindal is unconstitutional.

An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy, "house of horrors" clinic.

Michael Charles pleaded guilty last week to inciting violence and one charge of assault for each victim. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gas prices have taken a big jump in Ohio and the U.S.

Bernadette Jones, 31, of Lexington, was arraigned Monday for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. Her preliminary hearing is set for May 16.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A Johnson County judge – for the fifth time – has set a new trial date for an Iowa City woman accused of hitting and killing her friend with a Dodge Ram truck last summer.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Lawyers for Kobe Bryant and an auction house are scheduled to make arguments before a federal judge in New Jersey about whether mementos from Bryant can be sold.

The funding method for a private school tuition voucher program pushed through the Legislature last year by Gov. Bobby Jindal is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a 6-1 opinion that raised questions about how the program will be funded in the coming year.

Local and state taxing agencies cannot grant a property tax exemption to Elliott Aviation until a Rock Island County judge has time to consider the merits of a lawsuit that is challenging the tax break.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A central Iowa man has been given prison time for cutting down more than two dozen black walnut trees. U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt says 50-year-old Randall Todd Walker, of Des Moines, was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in prison.

Two of three local gas station workers accused of trying to scam a construction worker out of $74,000 in Take 5 lottery winnings in April answered to a slew of criminal charges Tuesday in First District Court in Central Islip, authorities said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 15 (UPI) -- A knifemaker pleaded guilty in an Alaska court to purchasing six restricted walrus tusks from an undercover agent.

The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin says he agrees with his attorneys' decision not to seek an immunity hearing under the state's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law.

Child welfare workers can't be sued in the 2008 death of a southwestern Michigan teen who perished in a fire, even if they knew she was routinely tied to her bed by her parents ...

The Indiana Court of Appeals says a man whose face was disfigured in a bicycle wreck while he was drunk can't blame Indianapolis officials or a utility for the accident.

Georgia State Patrol Dash Cam Video shows troopers and investigators chasing Rufus Chatman, Troy Jackson, and Maurice Williams after Chatman and Jackson robbed a holiday party on Hall Road in Bainbridge.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Senate has voted unanimously to reject the confirmation of a Minnesota Tax Court judge who is facing suspension and censure.

Lansing — The Michigan Department of Corrections said Tuesday it will contract out food services at the state's 31 prisons to a private vendor, cutting 373 jobs and reversing its earlier decision that the bids did not meet minimum savings requirements.

Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Dustin S. Phillips has been selected to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers. http://www.oklahoma-criminal-defense.com/ (PRWeb May 15, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10727893.htm

MILWAUKEE -- Hundreds of raw milk advocates are expected to attend a Wisconsin dairy farmer's trial next week in Baraboo, where supporters have rented a nearby theater to monitor the proceedings and hold a rally.

A carjacking and homicide suspect arrested in Greenbrae was on suicide watch Thursday at the Marin County Jail and could not be brought to court for his arraignment.

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The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department announced these arrests. All suspects were held in the county jail, unless otherwise indicated:

To most observers, Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade Harper McCree had it all: a top-drawer education, a prestigious career and a family pedigree of accomplishment that goes back at least three generations. But in the past five months, he has been battling sordid allegations that could derail his career and dishonor his family name.

A federal appeals court denied asylum Wednesday to a Christian family that fled Germany so they could home-school their children, after ruling that U.S. immigration laws do not grant a safe haven to people everywhere who face restrictions that would be prohibited under the Constitution.

There is no law in New Hampshire, or Maine, that says police departments have to publish logs on a regular basis that itemize police activity.

Lloyd Wilson who escaped from Oklahoma City has been placed in custody in the Cherokee County Jail.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio- Missing valley attorney John Schoenike, has been found. According to a report on Facebook, The message was posted shortly after 10:30 p.m. Sunday, stating: "He has been found.

Lawyer says Ariel Castro will be isolated and placed on suicide watch in prison        

SAN BERNARDINO -- If she had ducked a second later, San Bernardino County sheriff's Deputy Maria Gascon might have been killed by the bullets a suspect fired at her patrol car.

The New York medical malpractice attorneys at Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald have been representing people who have been harmed because of negligent medical care since they opened their practice in 1971. The ...

Notice of Trustee's Sale Idaho Code 45-1506 Today's date: March 20, 2013 File No.: 7303.23224 Sale date and time (local time): August 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM Sale location: in the Veteran's Plaza outside the north entrance of the administrative building, 451 Government Way, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Property address: 308 S Aerie Court Post Falls, ID 83854 Successor Trustee: Northwest Trustee Services ...

The Nevada Supreme Court soon will hear oral arguments in the case involving a dog that killed a 1-year-old boy more than a year ago.

Chief Justice Bill Maupin told legislators Wednesday that cooperation among branches of government must continue as Nevada copes with overcrowded prisons, jammed court dockets, endangered foster children and 'malignant' growth of methamphetamine use.

U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf is so angry about the federal budget ax known as sequestration that he is not taking the cuts quietly. And he's contemplating an imperfect solution to deal with the layoffs and furloughs borne by...