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John Edwards leaves the Federal Building in Winston-Salem, N.C. in June 2011. After years of investigation, denials and delays, jury selection is set to begin Thursday, April 12, 2012 for the criminal trial of the former presidential candidate in Greensboro, N.C. Edwards faces six criminal counts related to nearly $1 million in secret payments made by two campaign donors to help hide the married Democrat’s pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008.

Jury selection under way in John Edwards trial

Last updated Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 1:10pm

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- After years of investigation, denials and delays, jury selection began Thursday for the criminal trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards.

Edwards sat at the defense table as about 100 potential jurors filed into a Greensboro, N.C., courtroom. U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Eagles then asked Edwards to stand and face them. He smiled and nodded as the judge introduced him.

Edwards, who served a single term in the U.S. Senate, faces six criminal counts related to nearly $1 million in secret payments made by two campaign donors to help hide the married Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008.

"This is not a case about whether Mr. Edwards was a good husband or politician," the judge said from the bench. "It's about whether he violated campaign finance laws."

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Clearfield shooting suspect to face trial in May

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 9, 2012 - 11:20pm

FARMINGTON -- An 18-year-old man charged with attempted murder is getting a speedy trial.

"Do you waive your right to a speedy trial?" said Judge Michael G. Allphin on Monday.

"I would like a speedy trial," said Daniel Alonso Garcia, who is being held in Davis County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash-only bail.

Garcia is charged with the discharge of a firearm, with serious bodily injury and gang enhancement, a first-degree felony; attempted murder, a first-degree felony; riot, a third-degree felony; and possession of a dangerous weapon, a class B misdemeanor.

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Jennifer Hudson performs “I Will Always Love You” during the In Memoriam portion of the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. More accustomed to walking a red carpet in Vera Wang ballgowns, performing at the Grammy Awards or autographing her new book about weight-loss, the Oscar-winning actress and singer’s next public appearance won’t be glamorous. The starlet will be under a whole different spotlight in April 2012 in Chicago when she is expected to attend the triple murder trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Hudson star power to complicate murder trial

Caryn Rousseau, Michael Tarm The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 9, 2012 - 11:16am

CHICAGO — Accustomed to wearing Vera Wang gowns on red carpets, singing at the Grammys or autographing her weight-loss memoir, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson will take on a new role under a very different spotlight — in Chicago’s drab criminal courts building at the trial of the man charged with murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.

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Ex-Silver Eagle worker: Pipe in blast didn't meet industry standard

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 6:58pm

FARMINGTON — Silver Eagle Refining began presenting its case to jurors Monday in 2nd District Court. The Woods Cross refinery is being sued by Brian and Kristie Horne over the Nov. 4, 2009, refinery explosion.

Gil Higham, a consultant and former employee of the refinery, testified he has worked at the refinery in one capacity or another since 1973.

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Defense attorney: Client who unwittingly paid underage girls for sex 'just a dumb kid'

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 10:20pm

OGDEN — Defense attorney Sean Young is not impressed with the law that allowed a jury conviction of his client for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and prostitution.

Brian Stafford, 21, faces sentencing April 12 on two counts each of the offenses stemming from consensual sexual activity early last year with two females ages 16 and 17 at the time. Their ongoing sexual relationships began after they met on Facebook.

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Trial ready to proceed in failure to remain at scene of fatal accident

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 17, 2012 - 11:38pm

OGDEN -- The last hurdle has been cleared before trial in the traffic mishap that led to the death of a 90-year-old Huntsville man in the summer of 2009.

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A 2006 file photo provided by the Indianapolis Metro Police Dept, shows Christopher Carlson, Carlson is accused of forcing his young grandsons for miles along a sun-baked Grand Canyon hiking trail and denied them water and food. (AP Photo/Indianapolis Metro Police Dept, file)

Trial starts in forced Grand Canyon hikes

Amanda Lee Myers The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 11:29am

PHOENIX — A federal trial began Wednesday for an Indiana man accused of forcing his grandsons to hike for miles in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat.

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The results of a third evaluation are expected to show whether Michael L. Selleneit is competent to stand trial for shooting his neighbor.

Judge says third test needed for Selleneit

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:28am

FARMINGTON -- The results of a third evaluation are expected to show whether Michael L. Selleneit is competent to stand trial for shooting his neighbor.

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Shootings force Valdez trial delay

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 20, 2012 - 7:24am

OGDEN -- The drug trial of Jason Valdez has been bumped to April, as two of the key witnesses against him are strike force agents shot in the Jan. 4 firefight that left five officers injured and one dead.

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Trial delayed to check records

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 11:29am

FARMINGTON -- A possible head injury may have contributed to Phillip Joseph Simmons' actions four years ago.

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West Haven partier accused of groping 2 women going to trial

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 1:39am

OGDEN -- A trial date has been set in 2nd District Court for a 42-year-old man accused of groping two women on the same night.

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Jury trial set in Bountiful stabbing murder

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 11:05pm

FARMINGTON — A jury trial set for a man police say stabbed a Bountiful woman 51 times looks like it may go ahead, attorneys say.

Phillip Joseph Simmons, 39, who is charged with first-degree felony murder, appeared Tuesday in 2nd District Court in Farmington.

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Trial date set -- for fifth time -- in child sex abuse case

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 8:09am

FARMINGTON -- The fifth set of trial dates for a man charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child has been set, but not without a judge voicing his concern.

"This case has dragged on for a long time," Judge David Connors said Tuesday in 2nd District Court.

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(The Associated Press) In this framegrab made from a courtroom television pool feed, Dr. Conrad Murray is remanded into custody after the jury returned with a guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 in a Los Angeles. Murray was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star.

Guilty verdict for Jackson doctor ends latest saga

Anthony McCartney, Linda Deutsch The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 8:36am

LOS ANGELES — The single word, “Guilty,” brought a muffled shriek in the gallery of the packed courtroom and tears from Michael Jackson’s family, but no reaction from the doctor convicted of supplying the King of Pop with the drug he craved for sleep.

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Arrest warrant issued despite accused man’s death

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 5:31pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Davis County prosecutors have refused to drop a criminal case against a suspected swindler even though the man reportedly died while on a business trip to China in June.

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