A federal judge has granted Dylann Roof's request to defend himself against hate crime charges in court after finding that he's mentally competent to stand trial, the Charleston Post and Courier reports.
After the Battle of Baton Rouge in August, Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, the Union's military governor of Louisiana, requested reinforcements to defend New Orleans, but none were forthcoming.
After de la Pole declared the bishop's replies to be insufficient, Despenser requested another hearing to defend himself still further, which was granted.
Here Strachwitz, on crutches, went to see Schörner, requesting a front command to defend his homeland.
Arnauld, who had arrived at an interpretation of Augustine similar to, though not identical with, that of Jansen, undertook, at the request of Saint-Cyran, to defend Jansen against the accusation of heresy.
Gurganus' request for more troops to defend the base had been turned down, it found.
In order to defend himself, Poe requested a pistol from Thomas Dunn English, who did not believe that Ellet ever sent Poe any letters.
But Amir, who has forsworn his Muslim inheritance and concealed his Pakistani origins, finds his past catching up with him when he reluctantly agrees to his nephew's request to help defend an unjustly accused imam.
"The Deputy Attorney General was making the point — after being threatened with contempt — that as an American citizen charged with the offense of contempt of Congress, he would have the right to defend himself, including requesting production of relevant emails and text messages and calling them as witnesses to demonstrate that their allegations are false.
The Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento on Wednesday denied a conservative legal group's request to force the officials to defend Proposition 8 in court.
