Defense lawyers in steroid case seek to dismiss charges
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SAN FRANCISCO A San Francisco federal judge presiding over a steroids distribution saga is refusing to toss out the case. But US District Judge Susan Illston ruled that three of the defendants can try to convince
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Barry Bonds&#039; legal team is preparing for the Giants slugger to be indicted as soon as next week and has begun plotting his defense.
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The dismissal of the Kobe Bryant case has stirred talk about whether to change shield laws for accusers.
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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 attorney for Floyd Landis asked Monday that doping charges be dismissed, hinting for the first time at the Tour de France winner's official defense: that his positive testosterone tests were flawed and did not meet World Anti-Doping Agency standards.
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Three current and former Duke lacrosse players Â but not the ones indicted in a discredited rape case Â sued the university, a disgraced prosecutor and dozens of others Tuesday, claiming the prosecution damaged them, too.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Lawyers for Michael Jackson argue in a motion to dismiss the singer&#39;s child molestation case that prosecutors have overstepped their bounds by abusing the search warrant process and unnecessarily
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Attorneys for basketball star Kobe Bryant asked a judge to dismiss a rape charge against their client, arguing prosecutors did not disclose that one of their expert witnesses had information that could help Bryant.
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Attorneys for the three players falsely accused in the Duke University lacrosse rape case are seeking a settlement of about $30 million and several changes to the state's legal process, a person close to the case said early Friday.
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Barry Bonds asked a federal judge to dismiss perjury charges against him Wednesday, arguing the indictment is "scattershot" and noted for its "striking inartfulness"
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EAGLE, Colo.  - Attorneys for basketball star Kobe  Bryant asked a judge to dismiss a rape charge against their  client, arguing prosecutors did not disclose that one of their  expert witnesses had information that could help Bryant.
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Barry Bonds' personal trainer wants to withdraw his guilty plea because prosecutors based their steroid distribution case on an illegal recording, his lawyer said Tuesday in a court hearing.
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Motions were filed in federal court Monday to protect the names of current and former major league players linked to two cases involving performance-enhancing drugs.
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A US judge has rejected a request to dismiss charges against the main defendants in the Balco steroid case. Victor Conte, head of the Balco lab south of San Francisco, had asked the court to dismiss charges against him.
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With Kobe Bryant's sexual assault trial scheduled to begin in less than two weeks, speculation is mounting that prosecutors are looking for a way to dismiss the charge after a series of setbacks.
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The attorney for Barry Bonds says he is corresponding with the acting U.S. Attorney overseeing the investigation of perjury charges against Bonds and hopes the proceedings will be dismissed.
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Two years in prison is not enough punishment for the defense lawyer who leaked Barry Bonds' testimony from a grand jury investigating steroids in pro sports, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in rejecting a plea deal in the case.