Attorney: Jail psychiatrist says Texas mom competent to stand trial in death of toddler

October 13th, 2009 Attorney defends Texas mayor's $26,000 depositBROWNSVILLE, Texas — Prosecutors say the outspoken mayor of a Texas border town deposited a $26,000 check intended for a vendor in his own bank account and spent more than $5,000 over three weeks. But Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada's attorney said at the mayor's trial on Tuesday that it was "an innocent mistake" and the mayor would never intentionally deposit a check made out to someone else.

October 8th, 2009 Demjanjuk attorney will appeal case to high courtBERLIN — John Demjanjuk's attorney says he plans to ask Germany's high court to block his trial on charges of being an accessory to the murder of thousands at a Nazi death camp. Attorney Ulrich Busch told The AP Thursday he hopes to file his appeal Friday with the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.

September 8th, 2009 Pa. collar-bomb suspect ruled competent for trialERIE, Pa. — A judge says a Pennsylvania woman accused of masterminding a bizarre bank robbery that ended when a bomb strapped around a pizza deliveryman's neck exploded and killed him is competent to stand trial.

September 2nd, 2009 Accused Holocaust museum shooter appears in courtWASHINGTON — A white supremacist charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum appeared in court Wednesday in a wheelchair, the first time he has been seen publicly since the June shooting.

August 19th, 2009 Texas judge: Lawyers had time for death-row appealSAN ANTONIO — A Texas judge who closed her court before a death row inmate's last-minute appeal was ready says the man's lawyers had time that day to act. Judge Sharon Keller, who is on trial for misconduct, is back on the witness stand.

August 11th, 2009 Mom of starved Md. child to be released after pleaBALTIMORE — A Maryland woman who pleaded guilty to being part of a religious cult that starved her toddler son to death will soon be released from the Baltimore jail.

August 7th, 2009 Pa. day care owner charged in toddler's heat deathPENNDEL, Pa. — The owner of a suburban Philadelphia day care has been charged in the death of a toddler left in a hot minivan for hours outside the center last month.

July 24th, 2009 Texas soldier found unhurt charged with being AWOLMcALLEN, Texas — The Army has charged a Fort Hood-based soldier who was reported as a possible kidnap victim with being AWOL after he was found unharmed in a Texas border town. Pfc. James Andrew Gonzalez was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Laredo on Wednesday.

July 6th, 2009 Scientist's mental state at issue in NYC hearingNEW YORK — A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist accused of helping al-Qaida and shooting at FBI agents in Afghanistan was forced to appear in court Monday for a hearing to determine if she is competent to stand trial. Aafia Siddiqui kept her hands folded as she entered court Monday surrounded by marshal's deputies.

July 6th, 2009 Scientist in NYC says she's not against AmericaNEW YORK — A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist accused of helping al-Qaida has repeatedly interrupted her competency hearing to declare her innocence and insist she's not anti-American. The outbursts came during a daylong hearing in federal court in Manhattan to decide whether 37-year-old Aafia Siddiqui (ah-FEE'-uh see-DEE'-kee) is competent to stand trial.

June 25th, 2009 DA seeks judge's removal in Texas fundraiser caseCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A prosecutor has asked for a judge's removal from the case of a prominent Democratic fundraiser, suggesting the judge got campaign contributions from law firms linked to the defendant. Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdez filed a motion Wednesday to recuse Judge Manuel Banales (bahn YAL' es) from the case of fundraiser Mauricio Celis.

June 5th, 2009 Defense: Charges dismissed in Texas dragging deathPARIS, Texas — A defense attorney says charges have been dismissed against two white men accused of killing a black man in a racially charged dragging death in East Texas. Attorney Ben Massar says Shannon Finley and Charles Crostley were released from jail in Paris Thursday afternoon after a judge granted the special prosecutor's motion to dismiss the case.

June 4th, 2009 Testimony ends in 'Rockefeller' kidnapping trailBOSTON — Testimony has ended in the kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller. The final witness Thursday was psychiatrist Dr.

April 23rd, 2009 Ind. money manager competent for trial in FloridaPENSACOLA, Fla. — A troubled Indiana money manager accused of trying to fake his death and escape financial ruin by parachuting before crashing his plane is competent for a June trial, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

April 23rd, 2009 Woman, 20, jailed in university shooting threatNACOGDOCHES, Texas — A 20-year-old Texas college student is being arraigned following her arrest for allegedly posting signs threatening a deadly mass shooting. A notice on Stephen F.