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2nd Circuit: MINIMAL CULPABILITY BARS ASSET SEIZURE
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Narcotics Enforcement & Prevention Digest
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June 29, 2007
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Copyright informationCopyright Washington Crime News Service Jun 29, 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the government's seizure of a wife's half-interest in real estate despite her guilty plea for operating a marijuana grow operation.
Although Kathleen van Hofe pled guilty and received a nine-month suspended sentence, the appellate court found her involvement was minimal
Harold van Hofe also entered a guilty plea and received a three-year, suspended sentence and a conditional discharge.
The trial court ordered the couple to forfeit their house in Branford, Conn., where police found 75 marijuana plants, a postage scale with marijuana ...
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Bulgarian Appellate Court confirms skater Staviski's suspended sentence
Xinhua News Agency;
May 7, 2008 ;
218 words
...Bulgarian Appellate Court confirms skater Staviski's suspended sentence SOFIA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Appellate Court in Bulgaria's coastal city of Burgas confirmed Wednesday the suspended sentence given to the ice skating champion Maxim Staviski over involuntary ...
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Special division to handle Maysilo land case: High Court appoints three...
The Manila Times;
December 17, 2007 ;
Canlas, Jomar;
452 words
......controversial Maysilo land case. The appellate court has a total of 69 justices. Justice...that the High Court remanded to the appellate court the long-running Maysilo Estate case...of land. The three justices in the appellate court have been tasked to come up with its...
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U.S. appellate court rejects sexual slavery lawsuit against Japan
AP Worldstream;
June 28, 2005 ;
159 words
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Conviction in Cusano case upheld; Appellate Court cites evidence to...
New Haven Register;
June 15, 2006 ;
Michelle Tuccitto Sullo;
480 words
...The state Appellate Court has upheld the conviction of...decision released Wednesday, the Appellate Court rejected McArthur's appeal. He...pleased with the ruling of the Appellate Court, that the verdict of the jury...
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Joseph Burke, longest-tenured state Appellate Court judge
Chicago Sun-Times;
February 1, 1990 ;
220 words
......judge in the history of the Illinois Appellate Court, died Wednesday at St. Francis Hospital...and was permanently assigned to the Appellate Court in 1939. He served on the Appellate Court until 1976, retiring as chief justice...
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Lions Den adult bookstore in Montrose loses appellate court fight to...
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL);
August 2, 2006 ;
358 words
......EFFINGHAM -- The Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court has affirmed a 2005 injunction prohibiting...Attorney Ed Deters said Tuesday that the appellate court upheld the permanent injunction entered...to the Illinois Supreme Court. The appellate court's decision in this case is a ...
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Head of SK Corp. Gets Suspended Sentence
AP Online;
June 10, 2005 ;
197 words
...AP Online 06-10-2005 Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea A South Korean appellate court on Friday granted a suspended sentence and probation to the disgraced head of SK Corp. for his conviction on fraud charges. Chey Tae-won, chairman and CEO of South Korea...
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Chilean appellate court considering whether former dictator Pinochet must...
AP Worldstream;
May 13, 2004 ;
EDUARDO GALLARDO, Associated Press Writer;
351 words
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WALSH'S DRUG RULINGS UNDER REVIEW; APPELLATE COURT HAS SENT BACK 13...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);
February 4, 2008 ;
740 words
......William Walsh has been overturned by an appellate court more than a dozen times in the past...unapologetic Walsh said last week that if the appellate court was looking for him to reduce the...resentencing cases. In December, the appellate court overturned him in 11 more. Last ...
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Appellate court ruling orders new sentence in drug conviction
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;
June 9, 2007 ;
143 words
......in a drug case in part because an appellate court found his raising his hand in court...grams of cocaine. The Third District Appellate Court decided his repeatedly raising his...defender's office also was ignored, the appellate court found. The higher court also took...
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GOV. RELL NOMINATES TWO TO STATE APPELLATE COURT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 1, 2006 ;
418 words
......Connecticut Superior Court judges to the Appellate Court - Chase T. Rogers of New Canaan and...who are retiring from the 10-member Appellate Court at the end of this month. "Judges...both on the Superior Court and the Appellate Court," Governor Rell said. "Each of them...
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Appellate Court rules again; Department of Interior gets more time to fix...
Ojibwe News, The;
December 17, 2004 ;
Pagano, Jean;
710 words
......The 12-17-2004 The United States Appellate Court for the District of Columbia ruled...Interior case. On December 10th, the Appellate Court addressed itself with the Department...Accounting" and "Fixing the System". The Appellate Court's review of Judge Lamberth's ruling...
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Appellate court favors Huntley in developer's suit.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);
December 6, 2003 ;
Seigle, Max;
388 words
......big blow this week when an appellate court upheld a previous judgment...village. We're elated by the appellate court's decision, said Village...developer. The 2nd District Appellate Court of Illinois this week denied...
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Judge says politics at heart of appellate court's moves.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);
January 10, 2001 ;
Hamill, Sean D.;
659 words
......of playing politics and booting an appellate court judge off the bench by giving him...Justice Michael Colwell, a 2nd District appellate court judge for the last seven years in...Thomas' former elected seat on the appellate court. It was one of several dominos that...
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