by Beth Karas | Sep 2, 2016 | News, Pedro Hernandez, Bill Cosby, Sievers, Angelika Graswald, Justin Ross Harris |
Angelika Graswald, accused of the drowning death of her fiance Vincent Viafore on April 19, 2015, was back in court yesterday. The judge was expected to rule on whether a jury will see her 11-hour interrogation by police 10 days after Viafore died. The judge, however,...
by Beth Karas | May 1, 2016 | News, Justin Ross Harris |
UPDATE: On May 2, 2016, Judge Mary Staley granted the defense’s motion for a change of venue, essentially taking the case off calendar until a jurisdiction in Georgia is found to move the trial. Judge Staley will travel along with the attorneys, witnesses and...
by Beth Karas | Apr 14, 2016 | News, Justin Ross Harris |
Jury selection continues in the murder trial of Justin Ross Harris, 35, accused of murder after he left his toddler son in a car, strapped in a carseat, for several hours in the hot Georgia sun. Temperatures reached at least into the high 80s the day 22-month-old...
by Beth Karas | Apr 11, 2016 | News, Justin Ross Harris |
UPDATE: While it’s being reported that jury selection is now delayed by one day, potential jurors are still at the courthouse today. This afternoon they are being screened for publicity and hardship. The attorneys are not expected to begin the voir dire...
by Beth Karas | Mar 15, 2016 | News, Justin Ross Harris |
The judge’s recent decision allowing the State to introduce evidence about Justin Ross Harris’s marital problems in 2014—at the time he left his 22-month old son, Cooper, to die in a hot car—is a boost to the prosecution and a setback for...
by Beth Karas | Mar 4, 2016 | Dippolito, News, Bill Cosby, Freddie Gray, Justin Ross Harris |
There were a number of developments this week in cases that we are tracking in the Cases of Interest link. Dalia Dippolito lost her motion to dismiss her case that she filed last November. The court held a two-day hearing—January 19 and February 23—that...
