The Virginia Supreme Court dismissed all charges, ruling that because the arrest was unlawful, so was the search.
Thousands of current account switchers face greater confusion and higher charges as banks scramble to make their account fees more transparent ahead of an Office of Fair Trading penalty charges ruling.
A federal judge acquitted Mayor Vincent Cianci Jr. of Providence on 5 of 17 charges, ruling in midtrial that prosecutors failed to prove he had extorted bribes from tow-truck operators and urged a witness to lie to the F.B.I.
MOSCOW — A Moscow court on Tuesday cleared a prominent human rights campaigner of defamation charges, ruling that he had committed no crime when he accused Ramzan A. Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's tumultuous region of Chechnya, of complicity in the murder of his colleague.
On Wednesday, Judge Matthew A. Sciarrino Jr. of Staten Island Criminal Court turned down Ms. Fernino's request to dismiss the contempt charges, ruling that MySpace was a form of contact just like speaking in person or by telephone and that the order of restraint had barred any sort of contact with the Delgrossos.
In March 1977 he refused to try Abel Mapane and Jotha Bango, two Botswana citizens facing arms charges, ruling that since the Rhodesian Army had crossed into Botswana to capture the accused, the court had no jurisdiction.
In March the state's highest court granted her a new trial on the attempted murder charge after ruling her trial attorney was ineffective because he failed to consult an independent oncologist to try to rebut the prosecution's claim that LaBrie withheld her son's medication because she wanted to kill him.
Yesterday saw the release of the full details of Fifa's hearing of the charges and ruling.
The main opposition, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), boycotted the vote, charging the ruling party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), with ending democracy.
Judge Svetlana Aleksandrova spent nearly two hours reading and commenting on the charges before ruling that while the men's behavior was criminal it did not warrant imprisonment.
