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November 23, 2004 |

Judicial Profile: Terrence Boren

High praise for Judge Terrence Boren isn't hard to come by. Prosecutors and defense attorneys alike call him the most qualified judge in the county. Even former opponents from Boren's days in the district attorney's office say he's a "real gentleman" who knows his job. Boren has a reputation as an intelligent, thoughtful and courteous judge with an extraordinary ability to render a fair and balanced decision. But it was a reputation he had to earn.
5 minute read
September 21, 2005 |

Inmate Pleads Guilty to Threatening Supreme Court Justices

A Florida inmate has pleaded guilty to charges of mailing threatening letters to public officials, including Supreme Court justices, the clerk of the 11th Circuit and President Bush and his family. Federal prosecutors in Atlanta said that letters from Anthony Scott Simboli, who is serving time for theft and forgery, contained a white powder that authorities said was purported to be anthrax but later was identified as detergent.
3 minute read
March 01, 2002 |

Invisible-Ink Formula Stays Invisible

A World War I-era invisible-ink formula must remain secret to protect national security, a federal judge ruled. Siding with the Central Intelligence Agency's efforts to keep the 85-year-old documents classified, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson rejected a Freedom of Information Act request for documents on how to create and detect invisible ink. The CIA argued that the formula could be valuable to America's foes.
3 minute read
October 22, 2013 |

Panel Faults Counsel's Failure to Protest Delay in Case

The Third Department threw out both Nicholas Devino's conviction and the indictment it was based on, finding that the prosecution could not justify why police failed to locate Devino between Oct. 20, 2011, when he was named in a sealed indictment, and June 2012, when he was arrested following a traffic stop.
5 minute read
October 10, 2003 |

Jury Socks Morehouse College $700K for Expulsion

A Georgia jury last week awarded a former Morehouse College student nearly $700,000 for wrongful expulsion from the school. Antonio D. McGaha sued the school for breach of contract, alleging that, at the end of his junior year, he was falsely accused of theft over a tuition refund he had received a year and a half earlier. McGaha claimed he was summarily expelled without being afforded the rights spelled out in his student handbook.
5 minute read
January 27, 2003 |

Jury Finds Valley Attorney Guilty of Mail Fraud

A jury found W. Lassiter Holmes III, a McAllen lawyer, guilty on Jan. 17 of federal charges of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a plan to backdate a medical malpractice suit to avoid a statute of limitations. Holmes' conviction comes more than seven months after he completed a two-year, fully probated suspension of his law license stemming from a grievance filed against him by a defense lawyer in that med-mal suit.
7 minute read
September 16, 2002 |

Sierra Clubbers Embroiled in Libel Case

A woman who allegedly prospered as a North Coast marijuana grower accuses the Sierra Club and two of its members of libeling her by questioning her mental stability, according to court documents. The defendants said their comments were only opinions and that she is a public figure, because of her work as a cartoonist. The case, Miles v. Sierra Club, in Judge John Conway's court, is scheduled to go to the jury this week after a contentious trial.
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February 19, 2002 |

Tripped Up

The president`s civil rights record, despite outstanding appointments, is a mixed bag.
6 minute read
September 21, 2005 |

Inmate Pleads Guilty to Sending Threats to Judges

R. Robin [email protected] Florida inmate has pleaded guilty to charges of mailing threatening letters to public officials, including the clerk of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, and President Bush and his family.Federal prosecutors in Atlanta said that letters from Anthony Scott Simboli, who is serving time in Clearwater, Fla.
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