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... -16-2008 Michigan: Jurors in the slaying and beheading trial of a Plymouth teen will return to Wayne County Circuit Court today to continue deliberating his fate. Judge Annette J. Berry ... that Orlewicz told him Sorensen owed him money and had his gun. Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Robert Moran told jurors during his closing argument ... his grandfather's Canton home twice as part of a plan to extort money from a teenage friend who had recently inherited $40,000. He said Sorensen pulled a gun and ...

... coke or beating muggers (or their domestic partners), they are fixing tickets for family and friends! From the Albuquerque Journal (subscription): A Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court judge who fixed two dozen traffic tickets for family members, friends and co- ... state's highest court chose a harsher punishment than the Judicial Standards Commission, which recommended that Judge J. Wayne Griego be suspended without pay for 90 days and reprimanded for ticket-fixing. It does seem a trifle harsh. ...

... and an adult entertainment business the county wanted to shut down, Spencer County Circuit Court Judge Wayne Roell ruled in the county's favor. * * * The dispute began ... have said the exotic dancers and porn shop failed to fit in with the county's family friendly appeal that includes Holiday World and Splashin' Safari theme ... fees to fight the business. Throughout the case, attorneys representing Adult Plaza argued the county's zoning ordinance barring adult businesses from operating within 1,000 ...

... to redact all of the personal information scattered throughout the questionnaires, even to innocuous questions regarding family, friends and neighbors. The Journal counters that Darigan, by withholding the questionnaires, "`has unnecessarily closed the criminal justice system from ... is is on an Indiana TV station's webpage.) Here is a general juror questionnaire from Washington County Superior Court in Salem, IN. Here is the Indiana Judicial Center's "Jury Rules FAQ," including specifically Rule 10 ...

... ran a segment on its "All Things Considered" program which was highly critical of the way lawyers are appointed by county circuit courts to defend the indigent accused here in Michigan. Click here to link to the full story. The piece attracted dozens of ... focused on his game, all the funding in the world won't save the client. If you, a family member or friend are in need of quality criminal representation, contact our law firm to discuss your options: www.clarkstonlegal.com info@clarkstonlegal. ...

UPDATE of earlier case:5-15-2009 Michigan:Detroit -- Although the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled two weeks ago that a Wayne County Circuit judge improperly took testimony behind closed doors while considering a new trial for a Plymouth Township teen convicted last year of killing, beheading and burning a friend, no record of that testimony has been made public.A hearing that was to have

... death penalty for rape); Makemson v. Martin County, 491 So. 2d 1109 (1986) (noting that "[t]he courts have authority to do things that are essential ... school but nothing to cause her to runaway. Compl. checked was Lisa‟s friends and school for information as to where she might be with negative results. Compl. stated that one ... 14 The State‟s theory of the case was outlined in its opening statement. According to the State Wayne Tompkins and Mrs. DeCarr were boyfriend and girlfriend in March of 1983 ...

... find the injunction to be narrowly tailored and conclude that the trial court's entry of injunctive relief in favor of the County was not an abuse of discretion. Steven Rogers v. State ... one-half-year habitual offender enhancement, we affirm the judgment of the trial court." In Wayne Jewell v. State of Indiana , a 20-page opinion, Judge Vaidik ... Hood Law Firm (NFP) - "Maverick Musser, by his parents and next friends, Mischelle and Michael Musser (the Mussers), filed a legal malpractice action against ...

... contributor Last Night in Little Rock also known as John Wesley Hall, was Wayne Dumond's post-conviction attorney. In addition to seeking post-conviction relief in the state courts, John represented Dumond in his federal habeas actions, the pre-Huckabee ... 's view was based on the severity of the sentence because I showed that Dumond was the only person charged in St. Francis County with rape or murder who was sentenced to more than 10 years in the five years before and after the Stevens rape. The ...

... I won't reiterate his judicial accomplishments here. I've had several friends who clerked for him who could do a much more able job of that task, so I ... who fled to the Texas frontier to escape Union occupation after the Civil War. (The Smith County Judge during most of my years growing up was a descendant of John C. ... household, where my father was a workaday corporate defense attorney practicing frequently in his court. Notably, though my father and Justice came from ideologically very different ...