Topic: Larry Burns

Accused Tucson shooter seeks end to medication

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court panel wrestled on Tuesday with whether Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Loughner should be compelled to undergo further psychiatric treatment at a Missouri prison hospital.Loughner, 23, has pleaded not guilty to 49 criminal ...

Appeals court weighs extension of Loughner treatment

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors asked an appeals court on Monday to reject an emergency plea by Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Loughner to block his return to a Missouri prison hospital for more psychiatric treatment.Prosecutors told the 9th U.S. Circuit ...

Appeals court to decide whether shooting suspect may be drugged

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal appeals court will consider an emergency plea by lawyers for Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner to overturn a ruling ordering four more months of psychiatric treatment.A three-member panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Judge asked to order more drugs for shooting suspect Loughner

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Prosecutors urged a federal judge on Tuesday to order the continued forced medication of Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner over the objection of his attorneys.Federal prosecutors said in court papers filed in U.S. District Court that the anti-psychotic ...

Loughner attorneys seek another emergency block on drugs

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Lawyers for Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Loughner filed an emergency petition on Friday with a federal judge who already has twice refused similar requests, asking him again to halt the forcible medication of their client with anti-psychotic drugs.In ...

Hearing set on accused Tucson shooter competency extension

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge will hear arguments on September 21 on whether to give doctors four more months to restore the mental competency of Tucson mass shooting suspect Jared Loughner.U.S. District Judge Larry Burns said in court papers that ...

Appeals court mulls medication of Tucscon shooter

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Three U.S. appeals court judges wrestled on Tuesday with whether accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner can be medicated against his will, and the steps prison officials would have to follow to carry it out.Lawyers for Loughner and ...

Accused Tucson shooter due in court for competency hearing

TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Accused Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner will appear in federal court in Arizona on Wednesday for a hearing to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial.Loughner is charged with opening fire at a political event outside ...

Calif. trucker gets 22 years for huge pot haul

0 . A California truck driver has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for hauling nearly 10 tons of marijuana smuggled through a tunnel ...

Montgomery Burns

Charles Montgomery Burns is a fictional character seen in the animated sitcom The Simpsons. He was created in 1989 by Matt Groening and first...