The taste of "victory" lasted but a second before advocates for the police-slain Sean Bell were slugged with the news that while a judge refused to move the trial out of Queens last Thursday, the three cops involved-detectives Mike Oliver and Gescard Isnora (charged with manslaughter) and Detective Marc Cooper (charged with reckless endangerment)-had opted for a bench trial. They would not be facing a jury of their peers, just one judge, Arthur Cooperman. Attorney Michael Hardy (representing Nicole Paultre-Bell, [Joseph Guzman] and [Trent Benefield]) noted that February 25 will be the start date for the trial, but: The defendants, Mike Oliver, Gescard Isnora and Detective Marc Cooper do not want to face the citizens of Queens County and allow the citizens in a fair and impartial manner ...
A medical malpractice suit over the failure to treat an infection that caused brain damage in a newborn has resulted in a $29 million verdict after a trial before a federal judge. The case involved doctors at a federally-funded clinic and therefore was tried under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which allows the government to be sued for torts committed by its agents but requires a bench trial after administrative remedies have been exhausted.
A man who, along with his father, is charged with murder decided Friday that he will have his case tried by a judge rather than a jury. Phillip Eugene Beale Jr., 23, was scheduled for a five-day jury trial beginning March 22 in Radford Circuit Court on charges of second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Manifest Weight; impermissibly suggestive; Miranda, Evid.R. 801(D)(2), 803(2); bench trial presumptions
BLOOMINGTON - A bench trial is scheduled for Sept. 22 for a Bloomington man accused of killing his 14-month-old daughter with a baseball bat. Jeff Meece, 48, is charged with causing the head injuries that killed Erika Meece.
US Airways and New Mexico are getting ready to go to trial early next year over the state's insistence that airlines flying into the state abide by its alcohol regulations. The Arizona-based airline, now part of America West Airlines, sued the state last year in U.S. District Court after it was cited for serving alcohol to an already drunk passenger.
PROVO -- A man charged with killing Kiplyn Davis says he doesn't want a jury to hear his murder case -- just the judge. The attorney for Christopher Neal Jeppson recently filed a notice in 4th District Court stating his client waives his right to a jury trial.
BLOOMINGTON - A Bloomington man accused of killing his father in August opted Monday to allow a judge to hear his case rather than a jury. Dressed in a pale blue shirt and dark pants, Liam McCauley was escorted to the courtroom for what was scheduled to be jury selection in his trial on murder charges.
CLINTON -- A former Clinton police officer has waived his right to a jury trial and will have a bench trial this summer. Jerry Bristow, 55, waived his right to a jury trial Wednesday morning before DeWitt County Judge Chris Freese.
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