He had settled a case only two days before and thus had avoided the anxiety and drudgery of an eight-day trial.

After hearing 19 witnesses during the eight-day trial, the jury deliberated for just four hours.

At 1:20 the next morning, after an eight-day trial, a jury in France convicted the international terrorist who calls himself Carlos.

The verdict brought to an end the eight-day trial, during which the Bobbitt marriage became one of the most highly publicized and minutely scrutinized ever.

An eight-day trial was held last fall, and the ruling was issued last Thursday.

At his eight-day trial, Dr. Ward was accused of being "a thoroughly filthy fellow" by the prosecuting counsel.

The five women and seven men of the jury deliberated for a total of six hours after the eight-day trial wrapped up on Wednesday.

The eight-day trial culminated what Mr. List began on Nov. 9, 1971, when he shot each member of his family in their rundown 19-room house.

The leader of KMD was convicted after an eight-day trial and sentenced to life imprisonment.

During his eight-day trial the jury were told that on one occasion when he had claimed expenses for accommodation he was actually on a flight to India.