Intellectual Property Law

Another appeal in Columbia sports editor's murder
Ryan Ferguson -- who was convicted of killing Columbia Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt when Ferguson was 17 -- is asking for a new trial again, the Tribune reports. Public defender Valerie Leftwich argued Monday that Ferguson?s constitutional rights were...

Police caution would-be Ferguson vigilantes
3-6-2009 Australia:Queensland Police have warned the public they will take swift action against anyone who tries to interfere with serial pedophile Dennis Ferguson.Ferguson, 61, was yesterday acquitted of one count of indecent treatment of a child under 12 years in the Brisbane District Court...

Senior 9th Circuit judge and civil rights advocate Warren Ferguson dies at 87
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal judge Warren Ferguson died on Wednesday of heart failure, The Recorder reported. He was 87. Ferguson was born in Nevada and moved to Los Angeles in 1946...

Constitutional Exemptions to Mandatory Minimum Sentences: An Unambiguous Ruling in R. v. Ferguson
At an RCMP detachment in Pincher Creek, Alberta, an altercation arose between the detained Darren Varley and Michael Esty Ferguson, an RCMP officer. Mr. Varley was shot twice and killed, and Constable Ferguson was charged with second-degree murder...

Curative instructions and mistrial motions
In State v. Ferguson, Ferguson was convicted of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. During the second day of trial, in response to a question about Ferguson?s behavior at the time of the shooting, Ferguson's Girlfriend responded that Ferguson allegedly told her she ?was next...

Maricopa California Police Officer Garry Ferguson Arrested, Charged With Child Molestation - Three Victims
MARICOPA, CALIFORNIA - A Maricopa police officer who was being investigated following allegations of sexual misconduct with three minors has been arrested. Lemoore police said they arrested Maricopa Officer Garry Ferguson, 29, late Friday night at a relative’s home in Rosedale on an arrest warrant from the King’s County district attorney...