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Judge John Torrence granted Mertensmeyer’s release, calling his behavior while in prison “exceptional.” [1]
16th Judicial Circuit Court Judge John Torrence was transferred from the Jackson County Courthouse in downtown Kansas City to the Independence courthouse annex at the start of 2009. [2]
Jackson County Circuit Court Judge John Torrence sentenced Mertensmeyer to five years in prison on Feb. 13, with a 120-day callback. [3]
But the responsibilities of being presiding judge required him to move downtown, where for the next two years he will sit in Division 14, which currently belongs to Judge John Torrence. [4]
Circuit Judge John Torrence earlier had found Joseph A. Perez, 28, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a trial without a jury. [5]
In his ruling, Judge Torrence wrote that although Mertensmeyer left the scene of the accident and tried to evade identification and arrest, it was also “clear to this court that the defendant played a secondary role to that of his mother in attempting to avoid responsibility for the death of Daniel Riemann.” [1]
A Kansas City magazine is asking a Jackson County judge to grant an injunction that would prevent a competitor from publishing for one year. [4]
KANSAS CITY, Mo - The man convicted of killing a pedestrian while driving drunk was not in court on Friday, when a judge ruled that he would be allowed to leave prison after serving four months of a 5 year sentence. [1]
1 You were transferred from the Jackson County Courthouse in downtown Kansas City to the courthouse annex in Independence. [2]
It’s a decision that has the victim’s mother speaking out about the treatment her son’s killer received from the judge on Friday. [...] “My reaction is the same reaction we got from the entire community of Kansas City on Feb. 13 and that is disbelief,” said Kelly Riemann, whose son Daniel Riemann was hit and killed by Curtis Mertensmeyer on Mother’s Day in 2008. [3]
Torrence was appointed as circuit judge in July 2001 by Missouri Gov. Bob Holden. [...] I volunteered to sit in Independence for two years because Judge Stephen Nixon moved to Kansas City to serve as our presiding judge for a term of two years. [2]
A Jackson County judge on Thursday sentenced to probation a former liquor store employee who beat a homeless man to death. [5]
Curtis Mertensmeyer was 20-years-old when he hit and killed 25-year-old Daniel Riemann in May 2008. [1]
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[1] Convicted Drunk Driver Allowed To Leave Prison After 120 Days …
[2] Quick 5 questions for 16th Judicial Circuit Court Judge John …
[3] Victim’s Mother Upset In Mertensmeyer Case - Kansas City News …
[4] Dolan Media Company — Dolan Media Newswire Story
[5] disinformation | man gets probation for beating homeless man …