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Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 11-18-2009

"At the Stadium, Possession Is Some Tenths of the Law": The New York Times today contains an article that begins, "Yankees catcher Jose Molina hit the last home run at Yankee Stadium. That is not in dispute. Who should have pocketed the ball seems to be." And in related coverage, The Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune today contains an article headlined "Dream catch."

[JURIST] Three US soldiers were indicted Friday for the 2003 death of a Spanish reporter who was killed when their tank fired a shell at a Baghdad hotel. A Spanish judge charged Sgt. Shawn Gibson, Capt. Philip Wolford and Lt. Col. Philip DeCamp [TrialWatch profiles] with homicide and "a crime against the international community" in the death of Jose Couso [advocacy website, English version], a

[JURIST] Defense lawyers for Jose Padilla [JURIST news archive] said in closing arguments Tuesday that the government had failed to prove its case against their client, saying that Padilla had traveled overseas to study Arabic and not to engage in terrorism as argued by prosecutors. Closing arguments began [JURIST report] Monday, with federal prosecutors urging jurors to convict Padilla and

[JURIST] Convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla [JURIST news archive] Friday filed suit [complaint, PDF; press release, DOC] in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against University of California Berkeley law professor John Yoo [academic profile], the author of controversial US government memos arguing that detained enemy combatants could be denied Geneva

... Court Finds Assaults Arising from Taxi Accident Were Not Committed 'In Furtherance' of Homicide People v. Hassan Afzal BRONX COUNTY Criminal Practice Breathalyzer Procedure Improperly Creates Classification Predicated On Origin, Ethnicity People v. Jose Molina BRONX COUNTY Evidence Acturial Risk Assessment Instrument Is Not Scientifically Accepted to Determine Mental Abnormality of Sex Offender Matter of State of ...

... here, and Given his past record, there's no telling whether J.R. Molina will even show up to run. But at least Susan Strawn is a qualified Democratic candidate against a ... Susan Strawn vs. GOP incumbent Tom Price Place 4: Democrat: J.R. Molina Republicans: Dallas District Judge Bobby Francis vs. incumbent Paul Womack Harris County ... Carrillo, Maria Guadalupe Dempsey, Luis Garcia, Carlos Leon, Alejandro "Al" Patiño, Jose Ramirez, Marvin Carrasco Ryals, Gabriel Serna, Richard Wiles, Larry G. Wilkins ...

... important to the court, such as the use of alcohol and the resulting deaths. According to court documents, the defendant, Jose Algomeda-Santiago of Mount Airy, was driving a Volkswagen Jetta northbound on a snow- and ice-covered Route 32 shortly ... Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore from injuries sustained in the collision. A third passenger, Gonzalo Gutierrez-Molina, 25, survived the collision. The defendant, Jose Algomeda-Santiago of Mount Airy pleaded guilty to two counts of negligent homicide ...

... is an international force whose strengths ought not to be underestimated by the United States. See, Larry Catá Backer and Augusto Molina, Cuba and the Construction of Alternative Global Trade Systems: ALBA and Free Trade in the Americas, University of ... without any mention of his illegal acts, has been highly inadequate. The Organization of American States, led by its secretary-general, Jose Miguel Insulza, has acted like Venezuela's poodle. At Chavez's request, Insulza went to Nicaragua, where ...