Sentences with phrase «court against conviction»

(viii) Pt 63 (appeal to the Crown Court against conviction or sentence) is amended so that the Crown Court may, in certain circumstances, enter on an appeal with the judge sitting with a single justice, when hearing an appeal from a magistrates» court.

Not exact matches

The SEC recently notched a major victory against inside traders with a court decision upholding the 2014 conviction of former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager Mathew Martoma.

A federal jury found him guilty in 2010, but an appeals court reversed his conviction, ruling that prosecutors misapplied the federal corporate espionage laws against him.

I'm going to walk into my business to day and give my employes an announcement, that even though my religious convictions are against the idea of western medicine and the supreme court has allowed me to refuse you medical insurance because of it i wont.

Nolan called Bruno's convictions «minor,» and noted that the US Supreme Court is considering the theft of honest services statute that was the crux of the federal government's case against him.

According to Uche, both the oral and documentary evidence the EFCC brought against his clients were unreliable, adding that no court or tribunal could rely on it to make a conviction.

Prosecutors drop the case against former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife after the Supreme Court overturned his public corruption conviction on June 27, 2016.

«Although finding that the Supreme Court's McDonnell decision issued after Silver's conviction required a different legal instruction to the jury, the Second Circuit also held that the evidence presented at the trial was sufficient to prove all the crimes charged against Silver, even under the new legal standard.»

«Although finding that the Supreme Court's McDonnell decision issued after Silver's conviction required a different legal instruction to the jury, the Second Circuit also held that the evidence presented at the trial was sufficient to prove all the crimes charged against Silver, even under the new legal standard,» Kim's statement reads, in part.

In July, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and this week the corruption conviction against former Senate Masjority Leader Dean Skelos was also vacated.

Instead, what we are seeing time and again is the courts upholding the rights of people not to be discriminated against on the arbitrary convictions of someone who does not wish to treat them equally.»

``... If they feel the fines are not big enough, then the AG could appeal against not the conviction, but the sentencing; the amount of the fine, to give another court the opportunity to review,» Mr. Ankomah opined on Eyewitness News.

HARTFORD — The Chief State's Attorney's office asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate 5 - year - old corruption convictions against former Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez — exposing Perez to a prison sentence if the high court agrees.A SuperiCourt on Tuesday to reinstate 5 - year - old corruption convictions against former Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez — exposing Perez to a prison sentence if the high court agrees.A Supericourt agrees.A Superior...

The second murder conviction of a Cohoes man in Warren County, after the appellate court overturned the first conviction, unfolded against a changed landscape in Glens Falls, District Attorney Kate Hogan said.

The EFCC had on March 6 secured a conviction against the ex-governor who was arraigned before an Adamawa State High Court on 17 charges bordering on award of contract without due process to the tune of N167.8 m.

In the first conviction in a series of lawsuits against Ma since he left office in 2016, Taiwan's High Court overturned a lower court's judgment of not guilty, saying that he violated a communication and surveillanceCourt overturned a lower court's judgment of not guilty, saying that he violated a communication and surveillancecourt's judgment of not guilty, saying that he violated a communication and surveillance act.

When the appeals court overturned Silver's corruption conviction, it said that many people would view the facts that came out in the case «with distaste,» but the instructions to the jury did not track with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 2016 in a corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDoncourt overturned Silver's corruption conviction, it said that many people would view the facts that came out in the case «with distaste,» but the instructions to the jury did not track with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 2016 in a corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonCourt's decision in 2016 in a corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

But with the conviction of the Assembly Speaker, the conviction of the former Deputy Senate Majority Leader, and the ongoing court proceedings against the former Senate Majority Leader, the governor can not hope that the public demand for action will melt away.

Following the conviction of Abuga Pele and Philip Assibit over the GYEEDA scandal, the MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, will, next week, start a chain of events that may result in an injunction at the Supreme Court against the operations of a number of state agencies.

But yesterday a circuit court threw out the conviction saying the evidence against the convicted official was «beyond thin.»

Federal prosecutors quickly vowed to retry the case, noting that the appeals court said that the evidence against Mr. Silver was legally sufficient to support a conviction.

Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed prepared to overturn the 2014 corruption conviction of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and perhaps make it harder for prosecutors to bring charges against politicians who provide favors for their benefactors.

«Although finding that the Supreme Court's McDonnell decision issued after Silver's conviction required a different legal instruction to the jury, the Second Circuit also held that the evidence presented at the trial was sufficient to prove all the crimes charged against Silver, even under the new legal standard,» Kim's statement said.

In the same vein, the Commission has charged to court and secured convictions against a number of lawyers.

Attorneys for Sheldon Silver have asked a federal judge to throw out corruption charges against the former Assembly speaker, citing the Supreme Court case that invalidated the convictions of Silver's old counterpart in Albany, former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno.

A bevy of high - profile supporters are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the public corruption conviction against former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell (R), McDonnell's team announced Monday.

An israeli military court has rejected an appeal against the conviction for manslaughter of a soldier for shooting a wounded palestinian attacker in hebron last year.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, and accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against conviction dismissed — Although trial judge did not address analytical steps in order, he properly analyzed evidence and concluded that injuries sustained by victim were not accidental and could not have occurred in any other fashion than as stated by victim — Having provided reasons for accepting victim's evidence, trial judge was entitled to reject accused's evidence — Trial judge's reasoning, though skeletal, permitted accused and appellate court to determine how and why finding resulted.

In the second case, R. v. Safarzadeh - Markhali, the court voted unanimously against denying enhanced credit for pre-sentence time spent in custody to those that had been denied bail primarily due to a prior conviction.

Ontario Opposition leader says he'll ignore threats of legal action over comments, Canadian Press B.C. Crown wants four years for man who created revenge website against ex-wife, Canadian Press Ontario appeal court upholds convictions for former MP Del Mastro, Canadian Press Appeal filed in B.C. child - bride case by member of polygamous sect, Canadian Press

-- Courts often seal material, both temporarily and permanantly — Persons can apply for pardons, reversing previous convictions — the Supreme Court recently reversed a contempt conviction against the CBC, for not removing archival copies of information about a case for which a publication ban was ordered.

The Ontario Court of Appeal, Strathy, J.A., dissenting, allowed the appeal against conviction and ordered a new trial.

His appeal against conviction was dismissed by a majority of the Court of Appeal for Ontario... We agree with Justice Pardu that the trial judge's reasons, even when read as a whole and in the context of the trial record, fail to reveal the basis on which the trial judge concluded that the Crown had proven the mental element of the offence beyond a reasonable doubt.

During that time, his appeals against his conviction to the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada were refused.

The Divisional Court this morning allowed the appeal of Paul Chambers against his conviction by the Crown Court in Doncaster in relation to a joke made on Twitter.

As a result, the Court of Appeal quashed all convictions against the defendant and ordered a new trial.

We have consistently fought against the introduction and normalization of exceptional powers such as preventive detention, and law enforcement powers for CSIS — arguing that the existing powers in the Criminal Code are strong, far - reaching and enable Canadian police to effectively conduct lawful surveillance, to effect arrests to prevent crimes including terrorist acts from being committed, and to collect evidence that can hold up in court to ensure convictions of the guilty.

Whether or not there is a conviction of any offense of domestic violence or child abuse, and whether or not there is a restraining order for protection against domestic violence involved, the court considers evidence of domestic violence or child abuse as evidence of detriment to the child.

[85] I do not conclude however that the findings essential to Mr. Weidmann's conviction in Provincial Court prevented Mr. Weidmann from alleging contributory negligence against Mr. Ulmer in this action...

The starting point is always the landmark ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Stinchcombe, [1991] 3 SCR 326 that was decided against the background of a high profile case involving a wrongful conviction for murder.

The phrase is not defined in Code s. 686 (1)(a)(iii) which simply states that a court of appeal may allow an appeal against conviction, ``... on any ground where there was a miscarriage of justice».

The Court of Appeal, in commenting on the safeness of the conviction, had listed the other «overwhelming» evidence against the applicant.

- A new Pt 68 (appeal to the Court of Appeal about conviction or sentence), in substitution for the existing Pt 68 (appeal to the Court of Appeal against conviction, sentence or sentence review decision).

There has been a rise in both appeals against conviction and sentence in the past year, the latest annual review of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) reveals.

So if you want to appeal a conviction because the trial judge would not allow a lesser included instruction, here is how the court will decide that issue (spoiler alert, they will rule against the Defendant, but this is how they will rule against the Defendant).

He filed a Notice of Appeal against his conviction in the New Brunswick Court of Appeal as well as a motion for release pending his appeal.

Oland's appeal against conviction was scheduled to be heard before the New Brunswick Court of Appeal in October 2016, and in the meantime he is appealing to the SCC the release pending appeal decision only.

«It is the very well - established practice of this court, in a case where the conviction was entirely proper under the law as it stood at the time of trial, to grant leave to appeal against conviction out of time only where substantial injustice would otherwise be done to the defendant.»

Appointed in March 2003, he was originally given until December 31, 2005 to review and report on the investigations and circumstances surrounding the resulting criminal proceedings against Gregory Parsons and Randy Druken, and determine why Ronald Dalton's appeal of his murder conviction took eight years to be heard by the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal.

In July, 2015, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice registered Ontario's first convictions against and individual when it found a construction site manager guilty of four counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm in relation to a construction accident that caused multiple fatalities.