1.   A judge convicted three white men Thursday of beating a black man in a case that exposed dormant racial animosity between two adjoining Brooklyn neighborhoods.

2.   If the judge in the nonjury trial convicts the defendants, two stages of appeal are available to them.

3.   Nevertheless, a Singapore judge recently convicted Lingle, the newspaper, its editors and its publisher of criminal contempt.

4.   The judge convicted Palma of weapons violations and sentenced him to serve three more years, far less than the maximum punishment on the drug charges.

5.   Outside the courtroom, Bruce Smith, whose British wife Ingrid was killed in the explosion, called on the judges to convict the Libyans.

6.   A Canadian judge convicted a Mountie Friday of soliciting the services of a prostitute after rejecting the argument that the he was just doing research.

7.   A black judge originally convicted Botha, but both appellate judges are white.

8.   A judge Monday convicted three men of smuggling Russian plutonium into Germany but blasted police for their handling of the case.

9.   A High Court judge convicted him in April last year and sentenced him to six years in jail.

10.   After hearing legal arguments, the judge convicted the surgeon and imposed a six month suspended jail term.