Prosecutor seeks life term for Debra Brown in Walters slaying
Cincinnati AP Debra Brown faces the stiffest sentence after admitting to beating Marlene Walters and saying she had fun, as prosecutors press for a life prison term with possible parole after 15 years under Ohio law. She and co defendant Alton Coleman were convicted separately of killing Walters and injuring her husband at their Norwood home.
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Cincinnati
Debra Brown
Marlene Walters
Norwood
Ms. Brown
Hamilton County
Alton Coleman
Vollman
Ohio
Evanston
Coleman
Walters
Harry
Burger urges study of U S litigation process for reform
Chief Justice Warren E Burger urged the American Law Institute to study drastic changes in American law including eliminating personal and property damage suits ending juries in complex cases and trials in multiple disaster cases He questioned the fairness and efficiency of traditional lawsuits and the cross section jury in areas like antitrust and securities fraud He asked whether English Rule and judge trials could better handle complex cases and if litigation mania fuels such court battles.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
American Law Institute
Burger
Supreme Court rules motor homes may be searched without warrant
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that motor homes are like cars for Fourth Amendment searches, allowing police to search without a warrant if the mobile home contains engines. The ruling preserves a prior marijuana conviction reversal in San Diego linked to treating the vehicle as a house.
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Washington
Supreme Court
San Diego
California Supreme Court
Charles R. Carney
Supreme Court Overturns Food Stamp Fraud Conviction
The Supreme Court in a 6-2 decision rules that to convict for food stamp fraud a defendant must have knowledge of illegality. The ruling overturns Frank Liparota's three hour jail sentence for buying stamps at a discount from an undercover Agriculture Department agent. Justice Brennan states the government must prove willful illegality to sustain a conviction.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Frank Liparota
Department of Agriculture
William J. Brennan
Manhunt continues after gravel pit killing in Carmi area
In Carmi area a gunman fatally shot a woman and wounded three others at a gravel pit as they swam. A fourth woman escaped by playing dead and sought help from a nearby farmer. The suspect drove a red pickup, wore a blue work shirt with Mike on the patch, and is described as tall and slender, 25 to 35. The dead woman's identity was withheld pending relatives.
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Carmi
Illinois
Larry Garbo
Susan Holland
Welborn Hospital
Evansville
Ind
Carleen Wads
Mike
Garbo
William
Bud’’ Knight
Garnersville
Knight
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United States
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Carbondale
MacPherson
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MaRion, Illinois
Vogler Ford
Lincoln
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