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Chief Justice Michael Kruse
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse delivered a strong message to arresting officers and government’s attorneys last week regarding the issue of people being detained in custody for a long period of time awaiting trial, due to the defense attorneys waiting for the discovery to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government’s case against a 27-year-old from Tafuna, who is one of the two defendants in an assault case that surfaced last year is going to trial after both sides failed to reach a solution. Tafagamanu Vaili is facing one felony count of assault in the first degree...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia reiterated, yesterday morning, the High Court’s order for the government to provide the names of all witnesses to Thomas Siaumau’s defense team. Siaumau is accused of shooting at a police vehicle in December 2017. The case goes to trial in...
Associate Justice Fiti Sunia
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite strong opposition from the government attorney, Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has granted the defense’s motion and ordered the government to turn over to the defense the identity of all of their witnesses who will be called during Thomas Siaumau’s trial in two...