Respite for Donald Trump
September 6, 2024
A New York judge on Friday defered Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money case until after the 2024 Presidential election.
The judge, Juan Merchan adjourned the sentencing date to Nov. 26, stating, the case held “a unique place in this nation’s history” and that the delay was necessary to ensure the integrity of the case.
In May, a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records, making him the first former president in U.S. history to be convicted of a crime.-The wall street journal
Criminal intent is presumed in the act of marital infidelity.
September 5, 2024
The Supreme Court in the Phillipines has held that in determining whether marital infidelity caused psychological violence under the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act (Anti-VAWC Act), criminal intent is presumed in the act of marital infidelity.
This means that, in cases of marital infidelity, the requirement of specific criminal intent to cause mental and emotional suffering is already satisfied once the offender commits the act of infidelity. This is because marital infidelity is inherently wrong under current social, cultural, and religious norms. sc.judiciary.gov.ph
Estate of British Tech Mogul pursued
September 03, 2024
Hewlett Packard Enterprise will continue to pursue civil fraud damages of up to $4 billion from the estate of Mike Lynch, the British software mogul who died last month when his yacht sank.
The damages, which are tied to a nine-year-old lawsuit filed in Britain, represent the last legal fight that Mr. Lynch faced related to the $11 billion sale of his software company, Autonomy, to Hewlett-Packard in 2011. He was acquitted in June of criminal charges in the United States over the deal.-The New York Times
Law clerk in the grips of the police
September 6, 2024
A law clerk in Accra found himself in the grips of the Police, when the law caught up with him.
According to the prosecution, Henry Odartey Lamptey, the accused, allegedly has been forging marriage, divorce certificates and court orders for pecuniary gains.
He has been arraigned before a an Accra Circuit Court and admitted to bail.
