Courts/Legal News

NAACP marks 100th anniversary, steps into new era

By Stephen Magagnini - Published: 12:00 am

Recruiting at churches, schools, job fairs and community events, the Sacramento branch has nearly tripled from 323 adult members to 845 over the past 14 months, with another 45 youth members, said president Betty Williams.

Two get life without parole for murder of North Sacramento woman, 90

Bee Staff - Published: Saturday, November 7 2009 - 12:00 am

A Sacramento Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced two men to life in prison without the chance of parole after they were earlier convicted of beating to death a 90-year-old woman.

Driver in deadly Colusa bus crash gets 26 years in prison

By Peter Hecht - Updated: Thursday, November 5 2009 - 12:53 am

COLUSA – A trainee driver, who crashed a "gamblers' special" bus into a ditch in a horrific accident that killed 11 people and injured dozens more, was sentenced Wednesday to 26 years and four months in state prison.

Sacramento attorney gets 18-month prison term for fondling divorce clients

By Andy Furillo - Published: Wednesday, November 4 2009 - 12:00 am

One at a time, the three women told the court how their one-time divorce lawyer violated their trust, made them suspicious of professionals like himself, and how he took advantage of their acute psychic vulnerability.

Sacramento flood agency settles civil rights lawsuit

By Denny Walsh - Published: Monday, November 2 2009 - 12:00 am

Maggie Franklin was the only African American employee at the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency during her six years as its first and last public information officer.

Woodland tenant to face murder charge in landlord’s death

By Hudson Sangree - Published: Tuesday, October 27 2009 - 12:00 am

At 5:36 p.m. Friday, a Woodland woman dialed 911 and said her husband had seen one man dragging another by the feet into a neighboring house, leaving a swath of blood behind.

Judge halts cuts to California in-home aid

By Susan Ferriss - Published: Tuesday, October 20 2009 - 12:00 am

A federal judge on Monday halted the state of California's plan to cut or reduce caregiver services for 130,000 disabled and low-income seniors starting Nov. 1.

Defense argues against big award in fatal radio contest case

By Andy Furillo - Published: Thursday, October 15 2009 - 12:00 am

The lawyer for Entercom Communication Corp. and its Sacramento subsidiary argued forcefully Wednesday that his clients weren't responsible for Jennifer Lea Strange's death. But he offered jurors a fallback number on damages just in case they disagree with him.

In radio contest death trial, plaintiffs seek $24.6 million-plus

By Andy Furillo - Published: Wednesday, October 14 2009 - 12:00 am

The evidence against the defendants was "overwhelming," the plaintiffs' lawyer told the Sacramento Superior Court jury Tuesday. Then he came up with numbers to compensate survivors of the woman who died in a radio station's water drinking contest.

Limits on pension agents in California is now law

By Dale Kasler - Published: Tuesday, October 13 2009 - 12:00 am

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill clamping down on placement agents, the marketing middlemen at the heart of a multistate probe into corruption of public pension funds.

DUI ignition locks on the way in Sacramento County

By Tony Bizjak - Updated: Tuesday, October 13 2009 - 6:28 am

Motorists found guilty of a first offense here and in three other California counties will be required to install and use breathalyzers in their cars for five months, under a law signed this week by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Sacramento man presses claim against U.S. for certificate of innocence

By Chelsea Phua - Published: Monday, October 12 2009 - 12:00 am

The document is so obscure that law professors and legal professionals say they have rarely encountered it.

Defense lawyer argues fatal crash not murder

By Andy Furillo - Published: Sunday, October 11 2009 - 12:00 am

Tyrone Adam Palmer did it, his lawyer conceded -- he chased down a car full of teenage girls and prompted the crash that killed one of them, left another in a persistent vegetative state and broke both legs of a third.

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