Justin Ross Harris Trial to Begin in New Venue
2016-09-12 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County, GA father accused of murder for leaving his 22-month-old son in a hot car all day, is scheduled for trial in Brunswick, GA. This is a change of venue from the Atlanta area following an attempt to seat a jury last March. Jury selection is scheduled to begin today.

Angelika Graswald to Appear in Court
2016-09-30 09:00 - 17:00
A decision on Graswald’s motion to suppress her statements to police was originally scheduled for July 28. On July 27, the court adjourned the matter to September 1, then to September 30. Presumably, there will be a decision today on whether the prosecution can use her incriminating statements about Viafore’s drowning death. The judge also hopes to set a trial date today.

Justin Ross Harris Trial
2016-10-03 09:00 - 17:00
Final jury selection will occur today. Opening statements are also likely, followed by the first witnesses. Ross Harris is accused of murder for leaving his toddler son in a hot car to die. The married man was distracted by texting underage girls at the time.

Pedro Hernandez--Opening Statements in Retrial
2016-10-19 10:00 - 17:00

Charles Merritt Case Management Conference
2016-10-21 08:00 - 17:00
Attorneys for Charles Merritt who is charged with four counts of capital murder, have asked for a trial date at least seven months away. The attorneys are about to begin a lengthy corruption trial; Merritt’s trial, they say, must follow it.

Brittany Pilkington Status Conference
2016-10-21 09:00 - 17:00
Pilkington faces three counts of murder for killing her infant children over a two-year period in Logan County, Ohio. She is accused of murdering a 3-month-old in July 2014, a 4-year-old in April 2015 and a 3-month-old in August 2015. She originally faced a March 16, 2016 trial but it has been moved to 2017. In August, 2016, her husband who is 20 years her senior pled guilty to felony sexual battery charges for sex acts with Brittany when she was underage. Husband and wife are now in the same jail (at least as of Sept. 2016). Brittany confessed to the crimes and said she killed the boys because their father favored boys over girls. The couple has a daughter.

Kathleen Kane Sentencing
2016-10-24 10:00 - 17:00
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General will be sentenced today. She was convicted of several counts (including felonies) on August 15, 2016. The convictions are for perjury, obstruction and related counts for leaking grand jury information to the media in order to embarrass an opponent, and then lying about it. She is the first woman and the first Democrat elected to that office. Kane was stripped of her law license before trial but stayed in office until August 17, 2016. She served about two years of her first term.

Michael Slager Trial
2016-10-31 09:00 - 17:00
Jury selection begins today in the trial of former Charleston, SC police officer Michael Slager who is accused of murder in the shooting death of Walter Scott. A bystander recorded the shooting; it’s clear that Scott was running away after a routine traffic stop. At the time Slager said Scott had grabbed his Taser though that claim is not certain.

Angelika Graswald
2016-11-04 09:00 - 17:00
The judge should issue the long-awaited decision on the admissibility of Graswald’s statements to the police, including the videotaped interrogation. A trial date should also be set.

Dylann Roof--Charleston, SC Church Shooting Federal Trial Begins
2016-11-07 09:00 - 17:00
Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the federal capital case against Dylann Roof, accused of shooting nine people in a South Carolina church on June 17, 2015. Roof who is white killed nine African-Americans who had invited him to pray with them in their church. Roof is also facing the death penalty in the state murder case scheduled for January 2017.

Robert Durst Arraignment
2016-11-07 13:30 - 15:00
Robert Durst will finally be arraigned today on murder charges stemming from the December 2000 shooting of his close friend Susan Berman in Beverly Hills, CA. The arraignment is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. PT at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles.

Angelika Graswald
2016-11-10 09:00 - 17:00
The judge was expected to issue the long-awaited decision on the admissibility of Graswald’s statements to the police, including the videotaped interrogation, as well as set a trial date. But the matter is put over to Dec. 8.

Verdict Reached in Justin Ross Harris Trial
2016-11-14 16:00 - 17:00
On the fourth day of deliberations, the jury of 6 men and 6 women convicted Harris of murder (and all 8) counts for the hot car death of his son Cooper on June 18, 2014 in Georgia.

Hearing in Holly Bobo Murder Case
2016-11-15 09:00 - 17:00
The judge set a date today for two trials–April 3 and July 10, 2017–for at least 2, maybe all 3, of the men charged with murdering her in 2011. He has not yet ruled on whether or how to sever the trials.

Dani Mathers Arraignment
2016-11-28 09:00 - 12:00
Dani Mathers, 2015 Playboy Playmate of the Year, is scheduled to be arraigned today on the misdemeanor count of invasion of privacy. She took a selfie at an LA gym with a 70-year-old naked woman in the locker room in the background. Mathers included the caption: “If I can’t unsee this, you can’t either” then posted it on Snapchat. Her action violated the gym rules and California law. She faces up to 6 months in jail and a fine.

Dalia Dippolito Retrial
2016-12-05 09:00 - 17:00
Dippolito’s retrial for solicitation to commit murder is set to begin this day. She was convicted in 2011 of hiring a hitman to kill her husband two years earlier, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The hitman was actually an undercover police officer. Her conviction was thrown out on appeal and sent back for a retrial.

Justin Ross Harris Sentencing
2016-12-05 09:00 - 17:00
Harris is scheduled to be sentenced for the murder of his son Cooper who died in a hot car on June 18, 2014. He faces life in prison so murder and other charges.

Angelika Graswald
2016-12-08 09:00 - 17:00
This case has been adjourned a number of times for the long-awaited decision on the admissibility of Graswald’s statements to the police, including the videotaped interrogation. A trial date should also be set.

Bill Cosby Hearing
2016-12-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2016-12-14 09:00 - 17:00
The judge is Cosby’s Pennsylvania sexual assault case set aside Dec. 13 and 14 for a hearing on various motions. The tentative trial date is June 5, 2017 though, depending upon the outcome of the hearing, that date could move up.

Teresa Sievers Murder/Case Management Hearing
2016-12-15 09:00 - 17:00

Angelika Graswald
2016-12-16 09:00 - 17:00

Dylann Roof Federal Sentencing Hearing Begins
2017-01-03 09:00 - 17:00
Dylann Roof faces the death penalty for murdering nine parishioners during a prayer meeting at a South Carolina church. Opening statements in the penalty phase are scheduled for today.

Dalia Dippolito
2017-01-06 09:00 - 17:00
Following Dippolito’s December 14, 2016 mistrial, the judge set a control date for today–likely to set a new trial date. The State indicated it will retry Dippolito for solicitation to commit murder (for hiring an undercover hitman to kill her husband of six months in 2009). Her first trial ended in a conviction in 2011. She was sentenced to 20 years but an appellate court reversed and ordered a new trial—the one that took place last December.

Robert Durst Hearing
2017-01-06 10:00 - 17:00
A hearing is scheduled for today on motions in Robert Durst’s murder case in Los Angeles.

Dylann Roof Trial (State Capital Murder Case)
2017-01-17 09:00 - 17:00

James Rackover Control Date
2017-01-24 09:00 - 17:00
James Rackover is charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence in connection with the November 13, 2016 murder of Joey Comunale who bloody, broken and burned body was found in a shallow grave in New Jersey. Rackover lived in a swanky upper east side apartment building in Manhattan. Rackover is being held on $300,000 bail. He was arraigned on Dec. 13, 2016. Today is his next court appearance.

Larry Dilione Control Date
2017-01-31 09:00 - 17:00
Larry Dilione, together with James Rackover, is charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence in connection with the November 13, 2016 murder of Joey Comunale who bloody, broken and burned body was found in a shallow grave in New Jersey. Rackover lived in a swanky upper east side apartment building in Manhattan. Dilione is currently out on bail. He was arraigned on Dec. 13, 2016. Today is his next court appearance.

Dalia Dippolito Hearing
2017-02-02 09:00 - 17:00
At a hearing today, the judge modified Dippolito’s house arrest conditions. She’s allowed to attend her brother’s wedding, rehearsal dinner and brunch the following day. She can also walk the entire 1/4 acre property of her mother’s, extending the permission beyond the patio. Dippolito’s trial is scheduled for June 2.

Angelika Graswald
2017-02-07 09:00 - 17:00
Today is the new date set for a pretrial conference to make sure the attorneys are on track to begin jury selection on February 14, 2017. Since this hearing was supposed to occur two weeks ago, there’s a good chance the trial date will change.
