A former attorney for the convicted murderer said he would have asked for a mistrial had he known of the note when it was sent to the judge.
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Ronald Mortensen, who has been incarcerated for nearly 30 years, serving a life without parole sentence for the 1996 off-duty, drive-by shooting of Daniel Mendoza, 21, admitted to two felony counts.
A fatal shooting near a bus station occurred after the suspect demanded money from the victim, according to a police arrest report.
A man accused of shooting a man to death on the casino floor at the Aliante, fleeing, and leading police on a high-speed chase faces federal charges, records show.
His formal charges, court records show, include one count of open murder, five counts of burglary while in possession of a firearm or deadly weapon, and three counts of battery with intent to commit a crime.
Colin Czech appeared in court days after he told police he ate parts of his alleged murder victim in Las Vegas.
A grand jury has handed down a superseding indictment against Jesus Ayala, accusing him of stabbing a man in June and killing a bicyclist in an August crash.
Lawyers for the late Ashley Green accuse Amusement Pine LLC and Westland Real Estate Group, both of Long Beach, California, with wrongful death and negligence in the woman’s killing.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who spent decades in prison after he was convicted of acting as a getaway driver in a bank robbery that ended in a FBI agent’s death.
The drunken driver who caused a fiery crash last year that killed three Las Vegas teens was convicted Tuesday by a California jury of second-degree murder.
Monday marked the final day of testimony in the murder trial against DUI suspect Bani Duarte. Here are five key moments of the trial.
The mother of Oct. 1 gunman Stephen Paddock wants none of her son’s assets. Instead, at her request, Paddock’s entire estate will go to the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting.
A Las Vegas smoke shop clerk was sentenced to probation Thursday for shooting and killing a 13-year-old boy who had rushed into the store wearing a mask and hoodie.
As the tears dripped down her face, the mother of a convicted murderer looked toward jurors Friday and begged them to spare her son’s.
A murder suspect struck her pregnant defense attorney in court on Thursday.
Coleman Vaoga stood quietly and showed no emotion Tuesday as a Las Vegas jury ordered him to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In a Las Vegas courtroom Wednesday, Brandy Stutzman addressed the jurors who convicted her of murder and asked them to spare her life.