The families of an alleged road rage driver and the woman he killed briefly brawled in a courthouse hallway this week as the driver was arraigned on a murder charge. Ryan Sweatt, 39, was initially chaged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, operating to endanger, and a lanes violation in connection with the …
Prosecutors in Idaho have rejected Bryan Kohberger’s alleged alibi for the time four University of Idaho students were slaughtered in their beds and asked the judge overseeing the case to disallow it. Kohberger’s public defender, Anne Taylor, filed nearly a year ago that her client intended to present an alibi, prompting Prosecutor Bill Thompson to …
A Colorado paramedic was sentenced to four years probation and 14 months of work release for his role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. Jeremy Cooper was convicted in December of criminally negligent homicide and faced up to three years in prison. But Judge Mark Warner said he found Cooper to be “contrite,” dedicated …
A Nevada man charged with killing his girlfriend’s toddler son three years ago has agreed to plead guilty to first degree murder and assault on a protected person. Terrell Rhodes appeared in court Thursday to enter his plea and faces 20 years to life on the murder charge, KLAS reported. Judge Jacqueline Bluth set a …
The judge overseeing the murder case against Bryan Kohberger has lifted his order temporarily stopping a defense survey of potential jurors aimed at aiding its case for a motion for a change of venue. Public defender Anne Taylor hired a jury consultant to conduct the surveys, which consisted of several questions about the case. The …
New York’s highest court has overturned the 2020 rape conviction against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, ruling that the judge in the trial made “egregious” improper rulings. “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes,” the court’s 4-3 decision …
All four women on the US Supreme Court pushed back on Idaho’s strict abortion ban during oral arguments Wednesday on whether the law conflicts with a federal emergency care law. That included conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who accused the state’s attorney Joshua Turner of “hedging” when he said that decisions about whether a woman’s …
An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday in the trial of a rancher who shot dead an unarmed migrant with an AK-47 after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. George Alan Kelly’s defense argued that he fired warning shots into the air when he saw a group of armed men near his property …
A judge last week denied convicted child killer Adam Montgomery’s request to skip his sentencing hearing next month. A jury found Montgomery guilty in February of beating his daughter, Harmony Montgomery, to death because she soiled herself, as CrimeOnline reported. He did not show up in court for most of the trial. The jury deliberated …
