Jury Deliberates Case Against Ex-Houston Officer
A jury is scheduled for a second day of deliberations in the trial of a former Houston police officer accused of participating in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect.
View ArticleHundreds Protest Ex-Officer’s Oppression Acquittal
More than 200 people marched in front of the Harris County criminal courthouse in Houston on Thursday to protest the acquittal of a former Houston police officer in the alleged beating of a teenage...
View ArticleJury Views Alleged Check Used To Bribe A Judge
Federal prosecutors showed jurors a check Wednesday that they said was one of several bribes a South Texas lawyer paid to a judge in exchange for favorable rulings.
View ArticleJury To Be Chosen In Fatal Texas Day Care Fire
Attorneys are preparing for a murder trial stemming from a fire at a Houston home day care center that left four children dead and injured three others.
View ArticleTexas Man Convicted Of Starving Son, Dumping Body
A North Texas jury took less than an hour Tuesday to convict a father accused of slowly starving his 10-year-old son to death, slipping his body into a sleeping bag and dumping it in a rural area...
View ArticleWoman Gets 25-Year Term For Husband’s 1987 Death
A Tennessee woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after a Harris County jury found her guilty of murdering her husband in 1987.
View ArticleWoman Gets 15 Years After Beating Daughter To Death For Fussing Over Bedtime
A West Texas woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the fatal beating of her daughter when the toddler fussed at going to sleep.
View ArticleFormer Deputy Convicted In South Texas Drug Case
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a former South Texas deputy sheriff for his role in a drug conspiracy. The case was given to jurors shortly before noon Tuesday and a couple hours...
View ArticleMan Guilty Of Having 100K Child Porn Images
A guilty verdict has been returned in the trial of a Houston-area man who prosecutors say possessed more than 100,000 images and 2,000 videos of child pornography.
View ArticleMan Sentenced To Execution For Setting Clerk On Fire During Robbery
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas-area man has been sentenced to execution for the 2012 burning death of a clerk who was set on fire during a convenience store robbery. A Dallas County jury on Friday […]
View ArticleMan Convicted Of Smuggling Teen Bound For NJ
A Texan has been convicted in a human smuggling case in which a teen says she was forced to wear revealing clothes and sexually assaulted while bound for New Jersey.
View ArticleThird Day Of Testimony In Shoe Stabbing Case
HOUSTON (AP) — A jury is to hear a third day of testimony in the trial of a Houston woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death with her stiletto heel. Ana Trujillo is charged with murder in the...
View ArticleCondemned Texas Inmate Loses Supreme Court Appeal
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review an appeal from condemned Texas inmate Duane Buck, whose supporters contend his death sentence decided by a Houston jury 17 years ago unfairly...
View ArticleMan Gets Death For Houston-Area Officer’s Death
HOUSTON (AP) — A jury has returned a death sentence for a man convicted of capital murder in the deaths of a Houston-area police officer and an auto body shop owner. The Harris County jury deliberated...
View ArticleFather Convicted Of Shaking, Killing Infant Daughter
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio jury has convicted a man in the death of his 7-week-old daughter. Jurors on Monday found 26-year-old Rafael Trevino guilty of felony murder in the death of Liliana...
View ArticleMan Gets 99 Years In Estranged Wife’s Slaying
MARSHALL, Texas (AP) — An East Texas man was sentenced to 99 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing his estranged wife in a case that prompted a national campaign. A jury Thursday...
View ArticleJury Selection Begins In Murder Trial Of Ex-Deputy’s Husband
HOUSTON (AP) — Jury selection started in the murder trial of a former Texas sheriff’s deputy’s husband charged in the death of a man he and his wife confronted a year ago outside a Houston-area...
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