An Alaska-based soldier from Mt. Pleasant will serve nearly 12 years in a military prison and be dishonorably discharged after killing a fellow soldier on Christmas morning.

The California Supreme Court got it right on Monday when it unanimously ruled that local governments have authority to ban certain activities -- in this case marijuana dispensaries -- from operating within their borders.

Former National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Billy Hunter sued the union, its president and his publicist, alleging that they engaged in secret negotiations with team owners to end the 2011 lockout.

Moments before being sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, Justin Marshall looked into the eyes of the family of John Versypt and said he did not kill their husband, father and brother. “I am innocent,” Marshall said during his sentencing hearing Friday. “I don’t know who did this, who did such [...]

The contract for Willcox City Attorney is up for renewal, and Ann Roberts has expressed her interest in becoming a part-time city employee, rather than continuing her status as a contract employee.

A conservative watchdog group has filed suit in Federal court in an effort to obtain records on the costs of President Obama's vacations in Hawaii.

CLARK FREEPORT - The second US military ship acquired by the government under the Excess Defense Article and Military Assistance Program with the US set sail last Monday off the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in North Charleston, South Carolina in the US for a three-day sea trial before finally journeying to the Philippines by next month.

A Circuit Court judge has denied a request to exhume the bodies from gravesites at the Dozier School

(AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File). FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colo. for his arraignment.

The veto could prompt lawmakers to fight it out in the courts. Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities.        

Athena Castile, an 11-week-old baby, died Friday morning after being stabbed by her second cousin, police said. Charged with aggravated murder is Denzel Castile, 19, of Sandusky. He is being held without bond in the Erie County jail.

The Ohio Supreme Court will revisit the case of the state’s only female Death Row inmate next week.

Logan Alan Murphy was convicted of burglary, breaking and entering and vandalism in Stark County.

The Georgia Supreme Court yesterday issued a legal reprimand against Democratic Party of Georgia Chairman Mike Berlon following two ethics rules he broke while representing a former client. The Loganville lawyer, who chalks the matter up to a minor disagreement, says he asked Georgia's highest court to issue the reprimand, considered the least severe punishment for lawyers who violate State Bar ...

The Berks County District Attorney announced charges against 25 people as part of a major drug trafficking investigation.

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Paulino Perez-Mondragon is serving 25 years in prison for robbery and assault while participating in a felony. The Iowa Court of Appeals previously rejected his claim the sentence was unconstitutional.

A Missouri man convicted in February of killing a Nebraska woman more than 20 years ago has lost his bid for a new trial.

Al Moriarity is in the San Luis Obispo County Jail accused of securities fraud and embezzlement. The 80-year-old Grover Beach financier is owner of Moriarty Enterprises.

18 people have been arrested and two more are still on the loose in connection with a large scale cocaine trafficking operation that stretched from Fort Wayne to Mexico.

Sylvester’s Sly Bail Bonds was founded in 2008. His livelihood depends on the Eighth Amendment. Not the part that outlaws cruel and unusual punishment — the founders’ reaction to British practices of branding, whipping and long prison terms in colonial America. Sylvester’s business relies on the portion that prohibits judges from placing an “excessive bail,” on those who are innocent until ...

HILLSDALE — For nearly a half century, Sheldon Ellis was a fixture in courtrooms in Hillsdale County. A lawyer who ran a successful private practice, Ellis served as district prosecutor for 12 years in the 1940s and 50s before eventually working with Friend of the Court.

SANTA FE - A Las Cruces man whose murder trial was postponed 12 times is asking the New Mexico Supreme Court to overturn his conviction.

VERNON, Conn. (AP) — The attorney who represented Michael Skakel during his Connecticut murder trial in 2002 took the stand Friday and defended the work he did for the Kennedy cousin, while also saying he still believes Skakel is innocent.

Pot smokers can be fired from their jobs in Colorado even though medical and recreational marijuana remains legal in the state. That’s according to a new ruling in the Colorado Court of Appeals, which stated Thursday that “off-duty” smoking can result in the smoker being lawfully fired. The court chose not to introduce employment protection [...] Pot Smokers Can Be Fired, Rules Colorado Court is ...

In recommending to a judge that Byron Scherf be put to death for killing state corrections Officer Jayme Biendl, a Snohomish County jury found no reason to spare his life.

TALLAHASSEEU.S. Supreme Court rejects Florida death penalty challengeThe U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case that tested the constitutionality of part of Florida’s system for imposing the death penalty.

The nation’s top military appellate judges will scrutinize a seemingly sluggish Air Force court that’s vexed airmen from Alaska to Florida and beyond.

Judge Herbert E. Phipps will become the new chief judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals on July 1, the court said.

Waller, Nashville's oldest and largest law firm, today announced the addition of 17 new attorneys to the following key practice groups:

The veto could prompt lawmakers to fight it out in the courts. TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities.        

Both Pottstown and Phoenixville will be split into two different legislative districts under the legislative re-districting approved Wednesday by the state Supreme Court. The new districts will take effect in the 2014 election cycle and shift legislative lines for the state House and Senate seats throughout Southeast Pennsylvania and may change who is representing you in Harrisburg. In Pottstown ...

BALTIMORE (AP) - A Delaware man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for plotting to sell heroin and cocaine on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

New Bell Room Historical gallery would make a dandy field trip for teachers and Scout leaders.

Athena Castile, an 11-week-old baby from Norwalk, died Friday morning after being stabbed by her second cousin, police said. Charged with aggravated murder is Denzel Castile, 19, of Sandusky. He is being held without bond in the Erie County jail.

Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons ruled Friday after hearing from four mental health authorities that the trial of 32-year-old Mario McNeill will go ahead.

FORT MADISON – Tears fell on both sides of the courtroom Wednesday afternoon as Judge Michael Schilling read the verdict as to whether the jury believed Paul Lambert was guilty of first-degree burglary.

A 50-year-old man goes on trial Monday in Las Cruces in the 2010 killings of a New Mexico couple and their business partner from California.

The conviction of Kelly Simino for the 2006 murder of his one-time girlfriend Brandi Mathews has been upheld by the Missouri Court of Appeals in a ruling April 24.

The veto could prompt lawmakers to fight it out in the courts. TALLAHASSEE ¿ Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet-projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities.        

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is dealing with an aging prison population and with that comes concern over rising health care costs.