Defense Says Dotson Incompetent for Trial
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Psychological testing shows that the former Baylor University basketball player accused of gunning down one of his teammates is not competent to stand trial, his attorneys said Wednesday.
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A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.
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A mother who cut off her baby's arms was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial on murder charges Monday.
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A one-time congressional candidate faced the opening of a trial Tuesday on charges alleging he faked a story about getting lost after a car crash and disappearing for a day in an attempt to boost his lagging campaign.
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A judge on Monday appointed a third expert to examine a former Baylor basketball player charged with killing a teammate. Two other experts found Carlton Datson incompetent to stand trial in the shooting death of Patrick Dennehy.
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Robert Blake's lawyer began chipping away at the credibility of a prosecution witness who hasn't even taken the stand yet by making reference to the man's possible drug use.
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A man accused of killing his wife with a sledgehammer in 2004 has been ruled too mentally incompetent to stand trial and will remain in a state mental health facility, a judge ruled.Comment
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Defense lawyers in the Jose Padilla terrorism support trial asked the judge to declare a mistrial Thursday after a juror saw one of Padilla's co-defendants in shackles outside the courtroom.
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The defense team for Mounir El Motassadeq, a Moroccan charged with aiding the Sept. 11 attacks, applied for a delay to the trial on Tuesday after one of his lawyers was badly injured in a road accident.
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NEW YORK -- Lawyers for Martha Stewart have told a federal appeals court that she suffered a &quot;fundamentally unfair&quot; trial at the hands of prosecutors who incorrectly suggested she was accused of insider trading.
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John Allen Muhammad got into a shouting match with prosecutors on the first day of his defense after one of his witnesses testified differently than expected at his second trial for the October 2002 sniper spree.
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On the eve of the Kobe Bryant sexual assault trial, a frustrated judge chastised prosecutors Thursday for waiting until the last minute to challenge DNA evidence the defense
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The defense rested Saturday in the trial of a bus company and its owner, accused of mismanaging the fleet before an explosion last year that killed 23 passengers during the Hurricane Rita evacuation.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 12 -- Durham District Attorney Michael B. Nifong, under fire from the North Carolina State Bar for his handling of sexual assault allegations against three Duke lacrosse players last year, appeared in court today to defend his own conduct on grounds it was a prosecutor's duty to...
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The US trial of a Briton accused of offering to sell weapons to bring down planes may be delayed due to illness.
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Scott Peterson's murder trial resumed Monday with defense lawyers defending the assertions of a key expert attacked by prosecutors on the witness stand last week.
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The judge who presided over Chicago's biggest mob trial in years expressed doubts Wednesday about setting bond for a retired policeman convicted in the case, saying his testimony was unbelievable.