Sentences with phrase «attorney retries»
The disgraced pol from Albany, Sheldon Silver, asked Friday if the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to let the Supreme Court weigh in before the Manhattan U.S. Attorney retries his case.
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On Friday Silver asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to let the Supreme Court weigh in before the Manhattan U.S. Attorney retries his case.
Not exact matches
Attorneys for Utah polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs are asking a court to delay his extradition to Texas, where he faces charges including aggravated sexual assault of a child, until Utah authorities decide whether to retry him.
A spokesman for Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said, «This office still plans to retry the case as soon as possible.»
Whether to retry the cases is a decision for prosecutors to make and I understand the U.S. Attorney's office expects to do so.
The U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia had pushed to move forward and retry the McDonnells even after the Supreme Court ruling that would have made their case substantially more difficult.
Silver's attorneys say they are «grateful» for the decision, but the U.S. Attorney's office for New York's Southern District said it will retry the case.
The news is significant, not only as it temporarily exonerates Silver — once one of the state's most powerful elected officials — though he can be retried, and the acting U.S. attorney has indicated he will, in fact, seek to take another legal crack at the former Manhattan Democratic lawmaker.
Menendez's attorney Abbe D. Lowell said in a statement that after Wednesday's court decision, «the decision of the DOJ to retry the case makes even less sense than it did last week and we hope it would be reconsidered.»
Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim in a statement said Silver will likely be retried on fraud charges.
In a statement, Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim, also Bharara's second - in - command before Trump fired him, sounded a confident note: Silver will be retried.
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said prosecutors would seek to retry Seabrook, who's charged with crimes that include funneling more than $ 1.2 million in council «slush» funds to non-profits that paid his then - mistress and several relatives more than $ 600,000 after taxes.
«While we are disappointed by the Second Circuit's decision, we respect it, and look forward to retrying the case,» Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim said in a statement.
Silver's attorneys say they are «grateful» for the decision, but the U.S. Attorney's office for New York's Southern district says it will retry the case.
«While we are disappointed by the Second Circuit's decision, we respect it, and look forward to retrying the case,» Manhattan Acting US Attorney Joon H. Kim said in a statement.
Joon H. Kim, the acting United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement that although his office was disappointed by the ruling, «we respect it, and look forward to retrying the case.»
On Friday a spokesman for the Manhattan U.S. attorney declined to comment, but noted that Kim still plans to retry Silver.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim has said he will retry the once powerful ex-Assembly speaker.
Acting US Attorney Joon Kim (successor to Preet Bharara, who led the prosecution before being fired by Donald Trump) pledged to retry Sheldon Silver.
Silver's conviction for doing legislative favors in return for legal referral fees and 12 - year prison sentence was reversed because of incorrect jury instructions, but prosecutors from the office of acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim told the judge it is in the «public interest» to retry him quickly.
Silver's attorneys say they are «grateful» for the decision, but the US Attorney's office for New York's Southern District says it will retry the case.
* Prosecutors want to retry Senator Menendez and have a list of demands for the new trial like, «not letting defense attorneys talk.»
The Bronx district attorney's office chose to retry Garry despite serious flaws in its case and the fact that the campaign to clear his name had come to include one of the cops who originally helped arrest him.