Courts
Convicted nurse anesthetist Keith Mathahs testified Friday that pressure to move patients quickly through Dr. Dipak Desai’s endoscopy clinic “compromised” their care.
The jury in a breach of contract case against casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. began deliberations Friday after hearing sharply conflicting stories from lawyers about the role a Hong Kong businessman played in helping Las Vegas Sands gain entry to the lucrative Macau gambling market.
The Las Vegas police officers had met the man holding an elderly woman hostage outside a dingy weekly motel before. And they were familiar with the butcher knife he held at her throat.
A California judge declined to refer ex-Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks to a mental health court program that would have diverted him into treatment and held him accountable along the way.
O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case.