http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ CRIMINAL AND CIVIL COURT NEWS en-us 2010-03-12T02:45:33-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010454.html LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct. In an extremely detailed 148-page brief, the attorneys cited... 10454@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-12T02:45:33-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010453.html DENVER (AP) - The group of Denver Broncos players arrived at the Safari nightclub to celebrate New Year's Eve and was whisked inside by bouncers. One of the dozens of people waiting in line to get in - an alleged... 10453@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-12T02:45:05-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010452.html HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - An Indiana man whose cross-country crime spree with his girlfriend a decade ago ended in a gun battle with police in San Francisco was executed Thursday in Texas for killing a sheriff's officer. Joshua Maxwell's voice... 10452@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-12T02:44:46-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010451.html COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities have released notes written by the Ohio State University janitor who shot two supervisors before killing himself, and he appears to tell a woman named Donna "sorry I let you down." Police say Nathaniel Brown shot... 10451@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-12T02:44:14-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010450.html NEW YORK (AP) - A stranger followed a woman into a New York City bar restroom after she rejected his advances, savagely beat her in a toilet stall and perhaps tried to sexually assault her, police said. A police security... 10450@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-12T02:43:49-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010449.html OAKLAND, Md. — An Arnold woman has been indicted in Garrett County for the death of her newborn son. State's Attorney Lisa Thayer Welch said that 27-year-old Jamie Lynn Hiemenz is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, first-degree child abuse and... 10449@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-12T02:42:26-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010448.html GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) -- A pot farm was found in an office building in Grand Junction. The Western Colorado Drug Task Force found more than 1,000 marijuana plants and a tub full of hash in Suite 101 of 573... 10448@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-12T02:41:40-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010447.html NORWALK, Calif. — A 7-year-old boy who called 911 while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and delivered a high five to the dispatcher who took his call. The boy, identified only as Carlos, told reporters \he remained calm during... 10447@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-11T00:41:26-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010446.html ATLANTA — A Georgia judge has barred authorities from releasing crime scene and autopsy photos of a 24-year-old University of Georgia graduate killed while hiking. DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Dan Coursey said releasing the photos of Meredith Emerson to... 10446@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-11T00:40:29-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010445.html LOS ANGELES — A Southern California letter carrier who is a registered sex offender has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering mail in an area with many children. Postal Service spokeswoman Eva Jackson said that Dana... 10445@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-11T00:39:46-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010444.html AMES, Iowa — Second-degree burglary charges were filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police allege 55-year-old Charles E. Bentley broke into the First Christian Churc.... 10444@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-11T00:39:28-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010443.html A 33-year-old Burbank middle school teacher accused of having sex with a teenage male student over a six-month period last year was charged with unlawful sex with a minor, MyFoxLA.com reported. Amy Victoria Beck, a teacher at David Starr Jordan... 10443@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-11T00:39:04-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010442.html The scent of marijuana was so strong Monroe Township police officer Thomas Lucasiewicz said he could smell it through the vents of his patrol car during a midnight shift last month. When he looked around and couldn't find anyone smoking... 10442@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-11T00:37:57-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010441.html COLUMBUS, Ohio - Records showed that an Ohio State University janitor who fatally shot a supervisor and injured another was told last week he was being fired. Documents released by the university from Nathaniel Brown's personnel file show that supervisors... 10441@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-10T01:08:51-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/010440.html ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one teen and suspected in the disappearance of another appeared in court as a judge issued a gag order and delayed a key hearing in the case. Defendant John Albert... 10440@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2010-03-10T01:08:32-05:00