Judge Rules Out Key Blake Defense Theory
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In a blow to Robert Blake's defense, a judge ruled Thursday the actor's lawyer can't present jurors a theory that others, including the star prosecution witness, conspired to kill Blake's wife.
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Jurors in the Robert Blake murder trial heard for the first time that the actor may have been afraid of an unidentified killer. They also got their first glimpse of the long-nosed, World War II-era revolver used to kill the actor's wife.
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A U.S. military judge Monday rejected a defense motion to bar evidence gained from a key suspect's computer in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. The defense had claimed investigators acted improperly in taking material from the laptop.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A judge today 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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MANNHEIM, Germany - A U.S. military judge Tuesday refused to let lawyers question Defense Secretary Donald H...
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VAN NUYS, Calif.  - Lawyers in the murder trial of  actor Robert Blake took turns on Friday pretending to be  Blake's wife as a crime scene analyst demonstrated the killer's  position when Bonny Lee Bakley was fatally shot.
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Police probing the murder of Robert Blake's wife zeroed in on the actor even though there was no evidence to show he killed her because they wanted the fame of nabbing a celebrity, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
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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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Actor Robert Blake&#39;s murder trial was delayed by two weeks on Monday to allow his lawyer more time to prepare his case after a computer containing vital defense documents was stolen from the attorney&#39;s home.
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Robert Blake's former assistant testified Monday that she unwittingly helped the actor kidnap his baby daughter from the girl's mother, telling the jury in his murder trial that she didn't go to police because she was afraid of being arrested.
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The judge gives the defense a tough time but that doesn't mean he thinks the case against the toilet-tapping senator is a slam-dunk
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An expert witness at Robert Blake's murder trial said Tuesday he could not be sure whether possible gunshot residue on the actor's hands and clothes came from firing a gun the night his wife was shot to death.
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Judge Michael B. Mukasey clearly believed that the defendant did not have a case. He dismissed her assertion that the New York City Police Department fired her because she had accused a more senior officer of rape, without allowing a jury to hear the case. But a higher court disagreed and told the...
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A judge on Thursday rejected a defense bid to remove the district attorney trying pop star Michael Jackson on child molestation charges and said there was no proof he had acted improperly or overzealously.
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In a pre-emptive maneuver, the prosecutor in the Robert Blake murder case warned prospective jurors Tuesday they would hear that the actor's slain wife was "not Mother Teresa" and that some people may have thought she deserved to be killed.
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Robert Blake, shown here in a recent court appearance, insists he was not involved in his wife&#39;s shooting death. (AP Photo). By BRYAN ROBINSON.
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A federal judge refused Friday to toss out FBI wiretap evidence in the Jose Padilla terrorism support case, rejecting an attempt by defense attorneys to prevent jurors from hearing conversations about Osama bin Laden and other well-known Islamic extremist leaders.