Court Won't Hear Ex-Governor's Appeal
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker was wrongly barred from raising new arguments in challenging his 1998 conviction for tax conspiracy.
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The chief justice of the state Supreme Court refused Wednesday to remove himself from a case challenging the results of the presidential election.
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James Traficant, a flamboyant former  congressman, lost an appeal on Monday seeking U.S. Supreme  Court review of his conviction on corruption charges and of his  eight-year prison sentence.
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A South African court on Friday  rejected a bid by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of  former president Nelson Mandela, to appeal against a fraud  conviction, news agency SAPA reported.
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Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse his racketeering and fraud conviction, claiming he did not receive a fair trial.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - A federal judge refused on Wednesday to order a new trial for Richard Scrushy, the ex-CEO of HealthSouth, and former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, ruling the jury that convicted them on corruption and other charges had remained impartial.
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The State Court of Appeals refused Tuesday to overturn the murder conviction of novelist Michael Peterson, who was found guilty of bludgeoning his wife to death in their home in 2001.
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Missouri lost a Supreme Court appeal Monday over its decision to bar a Ku Klux Klan group from a highway litter cleanup program.
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Former Arkansas basketball coach Nolan Richardson will appeal the dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit he filed against the university.
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A man who spent 17 years behind bars for killing his parents will not face a second trial after his conviction was overturned by an appeals court, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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Washington State&#39;s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit brought by Democrats to review all disqualified ballots in last month&#39;s gubernatorial election for a hand recount that is already under way.
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A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of E. Kirk Shelton, the former vice president of the Cendant Corporation.
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday refused to reinstate a lawsuit against the Minnesota Vikings for the actions of its trainers before the Aug. 1, 2001, death of NFL lineman Korey Stringer.
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Washington State's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit brought by Democrats to review all disqualified ballots in last month's gubernatorial election for a hand recount that is already under way.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 24--State plans to remake Colusa County farmland as wetlands took another blow when a state appeals court upheld a 2004 decision blocking the takeover of the Traynham Ranch east of Arbuckle.
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A prosecutor has appealed a decision to keep the judge in the case of seven police officers accused of a fatal post-Katrina shooting, further delaying the trial, a defense lawyer said.
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Washington State's Supreme Court on  Tuesday rejected a lawsuit brought by Democrats to review all  disqualified ballots in last month's gubernatorial election for  a hand recount that is already under way.