by admin | Apr 25, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has issued its ruling in a case involving a Jackson County legislator convicted of a federal misdemeanor in 1991. Jackson County Legislator Henry Rizzo, who pleaded guilty – in 1991 – to a federal misdemeanor of providing a false...
by admin | Apr 12, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court says a man who spent 96 hours being evaluated at a mental institution can get a state permit to buy a gun. The ruling favors David Nelson, a state corrections officer for ten years who can carry a gun as part of his job. But a circuit judge had...
by admin | Apr 6, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court is considering arguments in a case involving the right of a person convicted of a crime to run for public office. Jackson County Legislator Henry Rizzo would be barred from running for reelection under a law that went into effect in 2005. It...
by admin | Mar 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
A judge in Jefferson City says a state law keeping people convicted of federal crimes from running for public office is unconstitutional. Former State Representative Henry Rizzo of Kansas City wants to run for another term on the Jackson County Legislature, but the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A challenge to Missouri’s informed consent abortion law is rejected as the State Supreme Court rules the law, which was signed in 2003, is constitutionally sound. A challenge had been launched by Planned Parenthood, which claimed the language was vague and that...
