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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.
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...
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 ...
05/06/11 The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals cited ineffective counsel in overturning the 2009 conviction of Twilia Renae Wise, who was convicted in 2009 of beating to death a Meeker woman.
04/06/11 HOUSTON (AP) - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has agreed to look at the case of a South Texas man condemned for a triple killing and consider whether a psychiatrist's testimony may have been improper when he told jurors the convict would be a future danger.
03/09/11 Hugh Flanagan was appointed district judge of Marshall County Monday by Gov. Robert Bentley. Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Liles Burke swore him in Tuesday morning, and he began hearing cases that afternoon.
03/04/11 Brian Morris, the victim's brother who served on the Huntsville Police Department for seven years, sent a sharply-worded letter today to judges on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, questioning their thinking in the reversal of Jason Sharp's 2006 capital murder conviction.
03/03/11 The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled out a DUI conviction against Dennis Neil Bizzoco, who entered guilty pleas in the traffic deaths of two people on Jan. 29, 2009.
02/25/11 Judge Michael Joiner, who served on the Circuit Court for 18 years, was honored Feb. 25, his last day on the job before starting his new position Feb. 28 on the state's Court of Criminal Appeals.
02/23/11 With Liles Burke's appointment to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, his district judgeship is vacant and will be filled by appointment by Gov. Robert Bentley.
02/18/11 Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Marshall County District Judge Liles Burke to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Wednesday afternoon. Burke, R-Arab, becomes the first Marshall County resident ever to hold a judgeship at the appellate level in Alabama.
02/18/11 Gov. Robert Bentley has named Marshall County District Judge Liles Burke to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.
02/16/11 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the death sentence of a South Texas man for a triple slaying at a neighbor's home more than five years ago.
01/24/11 The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has reversed major theft and drug convictions against John Edward Dawson citing "egregious actions" of a Monroe County Sheriff's officer who used convicted con man Todd Sweet to trick the defendant out of his proper legal defense.
01/12/11 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld on Wednesday the death sentence of a man from El Salvador convicted of gunning down his two small children at their home in Irving four years ago.
11/18/10 Associated Press - November 18, 2010 9:45 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says sentencing juvenile convicted killers to life in prison without parole is not...
11/18/10 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says sentencing juvenile convicted killers to life in prison without parole is not unreasonably harsh.
11/18/10 AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says sentencing juvenile murderers to life with no parole doesn't violate a defendant's Constitutional rights.
11/18/10 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says sentencing juvenile murderers to life with no parole doesn't violate a defendant's Constitutional rights. In a 7-2 ruling, the court said some actions justify imposing the second-harshest penalty available in Texas, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
10/26/10 Associated Press - October 26, 2010 7:35 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has reduced the prison sentence of a murder convict, ruling the victim wasn't...
10/26/10 The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has reduced the prison sentence of a murder convict, ruling the victim wasn't "particularly vulnerable." | 
