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Dennis Brownstein's Extreme Court News

March 01, 2012 posted by Steve Brownstein

It's Not Polite To Bite

Officials say a murder suspect was removed from a Benton County courthouse after she reportedly bit a deputy.

The Benton County Daily Record reports that Huong Thi Truong was in court so a judge could schedule a hearing to consider results from her mental evaluation.

She's charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man at her front door.

Jail Capt. Chris Sparks says Truong started screaming while she was in a holding cell after her hearing and that she reportedly bit a deputy on the finger as she was being removed from the cell.

Sparks says Truong was physically carried out of the courthouse.

Prosecutors say she could face additional charges because of the incident.

An attorney for Truong couldn't be reached.

 

Picky, Picky, Picky

An appellate court has reversed a man's burglary of a dwelling conviction because the bicycle he allegedly tried to take was actually parked on a mulch bed.

A three-judge panel of the First District Court of Appeal ruled unanimously on Monday.

Florida's definition of dwelling includes attached porches. The bike was on mulch covered by an overhang outside the front door of a townhouse. Prosecutors argued the mulch bed should be considered an attached porch.

The court disagreed. It said the area was "open to the general public" and not part of the victim's house. The decision noted that the townhouse's mailbox was right next to where the bike was parked.

The case is Colbert v. State of Florida, No. 1D11-117.

 

How Low Can You Get?

A Fargo man is accused of stealing the identity of his 10-year-old son to pass bad checks and impersonating a Hooters restaurant manager to avoid the bill for a weeklong hotel stay in Bismarck.

He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of using his son's Social Security number to open an account on which he allegedly passed $65,000 in bad checks.

 


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