JONESVILLE — A Jonesville man charged with stabbing his ex-girlfriend in the head and neck repeatedly on Dec. 23, 2023, is tentatively scheduled for a criminal pretrial conference in the 1st Judicial Circuit Court at 1 p.m. July 8. Dustin Thomas Collins, 20, was bound over to the circuit court on charges of assault with […]
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New Caledonia Indigenous independence leader transferred to mainland France for pre-trial detention
NICE, France (AP) — A pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia was transferred to a prison facility in mainland France to await trial on charges relating to two weeks of unrest in May that left nine people dead, the public prosecutor in the territory said Sunday. Christian Tein, an Indigenous Kanak […]
Hunter Biden attends pre-trial hearing for federal gun charges
Hunter Biden went to a Delaware court on Friday afternoon for a pre-trial hearing on federal gun charges. Biden, who is President Joe Biden’s son, made an attempt to delay the trial, but the request was denied. His trial is expected to start on Monday, June 3, as reported by NBC News. Judge Maryellen Noreika […]
Hunter Biden attends pre-trial hearing in Delaware for gun charges case
Hunter Biden is attending a status hearing Friday in advance of the trial he faces next month on gun charges, the first-ever indictment of the child of a sitting president. The trial is expected to begin June 3 after a federal appeals court denied Hunter Biden’s request to postpone it. At the hearing, scheduled for […]
New Mexico Supreme Court changes rules on pretrial release
May 8—The New Mexico Supreme Court revised pretrial release rules to hold people behind bars — at least temporarily — if they commit certain crimes while awaiting trial. The order was issued on Wednesday and will take effect immediately for both pending and newly filed cases. It is similar in scope to Senate Bill 271, […]
State Supreme Court’s changes to pretrial release procedures get mixed review
May 8—Changes to New Mexico’s pretrial release and detention rules that went into effect Wednesday drew mixed reactions. Some top prosecutors and the governor applauded the revision as an important step to fix gaps in the system that benefit repeat offenders, while defense attorneys criticized the rule change process as an overreach by the state […]
Man charged with killing off-duty Chicago police officer denied pretrial release
A judge on Friday denied the pretrial release of a man charged with murder in the shooting death of an off-duty Chicago police officer last month. Xavier Tate Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen firearm in connection with the April 21 killing of Officer Luis Huesca, […]
Former Detroit Lions player, Cameron Sutton, enters pretrial diversion program
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The former Detroit Lion’s cornerback, Cameron Sutton, who turned himself in on Easter Sunday, has entered a pretrial diversion program, according to the State of Florida. Sutton was wanted for domestic violence, specifically strangulation before he later turned himself in to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Former Lions player wanted for […]
Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial over complaints of pretrial publicity
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump‘s hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It’s the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to stave off […]
Karen Read case back in court Friday for final pre-trial hearing
The Karen Read murder case returns to court Friday for a final hearing ahead of the start of next week’s trial. 25 Investigates: Impounded court files related to Karen Read case released following motion LIVE COURT UPDATE FROM TED DANIEL: Defense atty Little requesting Judge block prosecution from talking about a verbal argument Karen Read […]
Prosecutors seek pretrial detention of defendants in Easter shooting, crash
Apr. 4—Days after a fight at an Easter Sunday gathering escalated into a violent crash and shooting that critically injured two people, prosecutors are pushing to keep two men jailed until their trials. A Santa Fe defense attorney representing one of the defendants called the request a “total abuse” of the state’s pretrial detention system […]
Judge forges ahead with pretrial motions in Georgia election interference case
ATLANTA (AP) — The charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, his lawyers argued in a court filing challenging the indictment. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee plans to hear arguments on that filing and on […]