Posted at 4:42 PM, May 12, 2023 and last updated 1:13 PM, May 15, 2023By KATIE McLAUGHLIN
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (Court TV) — Jury selection begins Monday, May 15, in the trial of a disgraced Georgia attorney accused of the beating and stabbing death of his 77-year-old mother.Richard Merritt (US Marshals)Charges against Richard Merritt included malice murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony in connection with the 2019 death of Shirley Merritt at her DeKalb County home.
According to reports, Shirley cooked…
Mathew Rosengart says he’s “proud” of the work he’s done to #FreeBritney — and beyond — and he’s going to keep fighting on her behalf. (Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)Britney Spears’s attorney is “proud” of the work she’s done for the superstar — and he’s going to keep fighting on her behalf.
A new documentary about the singer airs Monday — TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom — and the website’s had no shortage of dramatic headlines to tout it. One on Friday was about how Mathew Rosengart, who famously freed Spears from the 13-year conservatorship…
This post is authored by Andrew LW Peters originally appeared on the Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog and is reposted with permission.
The Federal District Court for the District of North Dakota denied a request for a preliminary injunction that would have forced the City of Fargo to allow a “premier adult toy retailer” to open a downtown location.
The case arose out of a zoning dispute between plaintiff “Romantix” and Fargo’s planning department. Romantix is considered itself just another eligible retailer to locate downtown. City officials disagreed, saying that Romantix’s business of selling sexual devices instead made it an…
FARMINGTON, NM (KRQE) – The Farmington Police Department officers involved in a shooting that killed a man earlier this month have put out a statement defending their actions. Robert Dotson’s family held a press conference Thursday, calling out the department for what they claimed was an unjustified shooting. The family is demanding that the officers be charged with 2nd-degree murder, Farmington Police Department Chief Steve Hebbe resigns, and the city council investigates the number of excessive complaints against the department.
In a statement released through the officers’ law firm Friday, attorney Luis Robles defended the actions of officers Waylon Wasson,…
Open this photo in gallery:Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 9 in Washington. House Republicans on Thursday, April 6, subpoenaed one of the former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe. Jordan ordered Mark Pomerantz to testify before the committee by April 30.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated PressHouse Republicans and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reached an agreement Friday to end a legal dispute over a House Judiciary Committee inquiry into…
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—Depending on who you ask, the late-night shooting that killed Robert Dotson was either a “justified” use of force by the New Mexico police or a “murderous” act by officers who responded to the wrong house.Attorneys for both sides have given dueling narratives of what happened around 11:30 pm April 5, when three Farmington police officers responded to the incorrect address for a domestic violence call.Police bodycam footage shows officers standing outside the front door of Dotson’s home, asking a dispatcher to confirm the house number.After no one answered the door, the police started walking…
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.
Appellants, Douglass Ebner, 2253 Cedar Point LLC, and 2243 Cedar Point LLC appealed the judgment of the Erie County Court of Common Pleas, which granted summary judgment in favor of appellee, the City of Sandusky, on Ebner’s counterclaims that Sandusky Ordinance Nos. 12-107 and 17-088 were invalidly enacted and were unconstitutional. The litigation at issue was initiated on October 31, 2017, when Ebner’s neighbor, Judith Kinzel, filed a complaint against Ebner seeking injunctive relief and damages. Specifically, Kinzel alleged that Ebner’s use of the properties for short-term rentals was in violation of…
Karen Read faces charges that she struck the man she loved with her car and left him to die in the cold, but defense attorneys say the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe is anything but her fault.
Instead, the defense team’s recent court filings blatantly state, police should be looking to two others present at the party for culpability in O’Keefe’s death.
“Ms. Read’s defense is predicated, in no small part, on a third-party culpability of defense,” wrote defense attorney Alan Jackson, a Los Angeles-based lawyer who joined the team last September, in an affidavit filed on April…