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Statements Of Accused Wife Killer Will Be ‘Fair Game’ At Trial
Ronald Stolberg, 49, is due to stand trial for first-degree murder May 20. He made incriminating statements to police at the crime scene — his residence — on June 8, 2011, and again during questioning.
Darien Triple Murder Case To Be 1st Chicago Area Trial With Camera In Court
Jury selection has started at the first trial in the Chicago area to allow cameras in court during testimony and through to a verdict.
William Beavers Found Guilty In Tax Trial
A jury has found William Beavers guilty in his tax corruption trial.
Closing Arguments Wrap Up In Beavers’ Tax Trial
Federal prosecutors told a jury Thursday there’s no evidence Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was taking out a loan from his campaign fund for personal expenses, but the defense argued the prosecution was trying to “bamboozle” jurors.
Beavers’ Defense Rests Case At Tax Trial
Defense attorneys for Cook County Commissioner William Beavers rested their case at his tax trial on Wednesday, and the commissioner himself did not follow through on his promise to take the stand.
IRS Agent Links William Beavers’ Campaign Spending To Gambling Sprees
An IRS agent indicates he gave Commissioner Bill Beavers every possible break in figuring his tax liabilities, reports WBBM’s John Cody.
Dramatic Opening For Defense In Beavers Tax Trial
During a losing streak at Hammond’s Horseshoe Casino in April 2007, William Beavers went back to the bank three times in less than five hours to cash a total of $6,000 in checks from his political campaign fund, prosecutors alleged as the Cook County commissioner’s trial began Thursday.
Judge Issues Gag Order After Beavers’ Attorneys Claim Jury Pool ‘Rigged’
Sam Adam Jr., an attorney for William Beavers, angrily told reporters Tuesday that he was “outraged” there were no black men in the 50-person jury pool. He suggested its composition was somehow fixed in advance. Beavers is black.
Beavers’ Jury Pool Has No Black Men; Defense Team Furious
At worse than 100 to 1, the odds of a randomly-selected jury pool in Chicago containing not a single black man might make even the most compulsive gambler cringe.
Judge: Prosecutors Can Mention Beavers’ 2005 Taxes At Trial
Judge James Zagel says prosecutors can broach a 2005 return that included a letter in which Beavers acknowledges $43,000 in campaign money as income. Zagel says it goes to prosecutors’ argument that Beavers understood the requirement to report such money.
Jury Selection Delayed In Beavers Tax Trial; Beavers Vows To Testify
After being delayed for more than three months, the start of Cook County Commissioner William Beavers’ tax trial was off to a slow start Monday, when jury selection was pushed back a day to iron out the questions jurors will be asked.
Defense Team Tries To Pin Bach Murder On Search Party Member
Valparaiso Police Department Detective David Castellanos later disagreed on the stand with the defense’s contention that Nicholas Prochno, 30, of Wheeler, led police away from investigating abandoned houses and directly to the body.
Judge Dons Nun Costume Before Convicting ‘Nun On The Run’ Bank Robbery Suspect
Judge Matthew Kennelly wore the nun costume to test out Navahcia Edwards’ defense that the May 2011 heist of a TCF Bank she worked at in south suburban Palos Heights was in fact carried out by a white robber, not an African-American like her.
Jury Outside Door County To Hear Murder Case Against Plainfield Man
Brian Cooper, of Plainfield, Ill., is accused of strangling Alisha Bromfield at a Door County resort last summer. The couple was on the peninsula for a wedding.
Trial Underway For Alleged Bank Robber Who Escaped In 2009
An alleged serial bank robber who escaped from custody in 2009 by slipping out of his restraints and taking a gun away from one of the officers taking him to court was on trial in federal court on Thursday.
Beavers’ Tax Evasion Trial Delayed Again, Until March
A federal judge has set another new date for a Chicago politician’s tax-evasion trial.
Jury Selection In William Beavers’ Trial Delayed
Jury selection at the trial of a Chicago politician accused of misusing campaign funds has been delayed until next year.
Burge To Be Called As Witness In Wrongful Conviction Trial
Jon Burge, the disgraced former Chicago police commander convicted of lying about torture by his detectives, is expected to testify this week at the trial of a man wrongfully convicted of murder.
Beavers: ‘No Question About It, I’ll Be On The Stand’
Cook County Commissioner William Beavers vowed to take the stand in his own defense Monday as the first stages of jury selection got underway for his upcoming tax evasion trial.
Beavers Can Tell Jury He Repaid Borrowed Campaign Funds If He Testifies
A federal judge has barred Cook County Commissioner William Beavers from telling jurors at his tax evasion trial that he repaid campaign funds he borrowed after he learned of a federal investigation, unless Beavers takes the stand.
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