Judge Whalen wants Altamirano case disposed

05/29/11 A 2001 conviction in the kidnapping and beating of an Odessa woman may come to a different conclusion more than 10 years later.Linda Friss Altamirano, 63, was granted a new trial in October 2005 by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which ruled her...

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Appeals Court upholds convictions in Silverhill murder case

05/27/11 BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals last week upheld the convictions of a Silverhill teen who was sentenced to life in prison for the January 2009 killing of his father. According to the Alabama Attorney General's Office, the Appeals Court on May 20 issued its decision affirming the March 2010 jury convictions in Baldwin County Circuit Court of Ian Axyl Aitcheson of ...

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Judge cuts sentence from 47 years to 12 years

06/10/11 A Muskogee County judge suspended all but 12 years of the sentence for a Warner man convicted in 2007 of first-degree manslaughter. Christopher Wilson, 36, applied for post-conviction relief in May 2010, just more than a year after the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction.

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