Judicial News

Judge Bobby Delaughter Wants to Delay his Bribery Trial

Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby Delaughter wants to delay his April 6 trial in an alleged bribery conspiracy.

Judge L.T. Simes Recommended for Removal From Bench

A panel of the state committee that disciplines judges has recommended that Circuit Judge L.T. Simes III of Phillips County be removed from office for showing "a fundamental lack of knowledge of substantive law" or possibly committing perjury over an estate case he carried from his private practice into his time on the bench.

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Judge Denny Chin Presides Over Bernie Madoff's Guilty Plea

Prosecutors in the case against disgraced financier Bernard Madoff told a judge Tuesday that the alleged scam artist faces up to 150 years in prison in an 11-count indictment.

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Judge Richard H. Kyle to Keep Medtronic Case

The federal judge rejected the argument that he should step aside because his son is a shareholder in a law firm that has the company as a client.

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