ABC News Judge Won&#39;t Throw Out Peterson Charges
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Oct. 18, 2004 - A judge on Monday denied a defense motion to dismiss the charges against Scott Peterson, saying the evidence presented so far in his murder trial was enough to justify a conviction if the jury so decides.
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The trial of America&#39;s top basketball star Kobe Bryant will proceed next week despite a court ruling to allow the defence to bring evidence about the sexual activity of the woman who has accused him of rape.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - The judge in the Michael  Jackson child molestation case warned prosecutors and lawyers  for the pop star on Thursday that he would not delay the trial  beyond its Jan. 31 start date.
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Description: A Colorado judge dismisses the felony sexual assault case against basketball player Kobe Bryant at the request of prosecutors, who said Bryant&#39;s accuser does not want it to go forward.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s lawyer pleaded with the jury Tuesday not to convict Peterson of murder just because prosecutors made him look like a ``jerk and a liar.
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DENVER -- Kobe Bryant&#39;s attorneys asked a judge Monday to make sure the NBA star doesn&#39;t have to answer questions about what they called other &quot;consensual relationships&quot; as he defends himself against a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape.
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A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing a Canadian mining company of polluting the Columbia River with heavy metals for decades.
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A judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit  against Fox News filed by the parents of murdered child beauty  queen JonBenet Ramsey, saying the network did not defame the  couple or their son.
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Mark Geragos, Scott Peterson&#39;s attorney, may have promised jurors more than he could deliver, critics argue. ( AP/Tony Avelar, Pool).
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A judge dismissed grand jury indictments Friday that accused a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife of involvement in an arson at their home, but prosecutors noted the couple had not been absolved and the investigation was continuing.
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EAGLE, COLO. -- In pressing on with her civil suit against NBA star Kobe Bryant, the woman accusing him of rape won&#39;t have to meet the higher standard of proof required in a criminal case.
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Scott Peterson wasn&#39;t trying to flee the country when he was arrested holding nearly $15,000 in cash and his brother&#39;s driver&#39;s license while driving a Mercedes-Benz he had recently purchased in his mother&#39;s name, his parents testified Monday.
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The judge who dismissed a second capital murder case against John Allen Muhammad will not reconsider his conclusion the convicted sniper was denied a speedy trial in the slaying of an FBI analyst.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - A California judge denied  a bid by lawyers for Scott Peterson on Monday to move his case  and pick a new jury to decide whether the fertilizer salesman  should be executed for murdering his wife and unborn son.
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The judge in the Scott Peterson murder trial denied defense motions Monday for a new jury and a new venue, and rescheduled the penalty phase of the case to begin November 30.
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Michael Jackson may consider a California district attorney an old enemy, but the court doesn&#39;t. The judge in Jackson&#39;s child-molestation case rejected arguments Thursday that Santa Barbara County DA Tom Sneddon was &quot;blinded by zeal.
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A judge refused Wednesday to grant a second request by the defense to dismiss the child pornography case against the one-time suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case.