Sentences with phrase «court jury convicted»

Eleven years later, an Ontario Superior Court jury convicted Schertzer and four former underlings of attempting to obstruct justice.

A District of Columbia Superior Court jury convicted Donnell Harris in the June 2007 fatal shooting of Michael Richardson.

In February, a county court jury convicted Ferguson of two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular manslaughter, aggravated vehicular assault, vehicular assault, manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment, two counts of driving while intoxicated, failure to yield and moving from a lane unsafely.

Not exact matches

On appeal, the Second Circuit found that the jury instructions were too broad, permitting the juries to convict the defendants of corruption charges on a theory that fell outside the definition of «official act,» which the Supreme Court had provided in McDonnell.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that there was sufficient evidence to convict the veteran legislator in two corruption schemes, but jury instructions didn't comply with a new Supreme Court decision narrowing the type of acts required of public officials in a quid - pro-quo bribery scheme to formal exercises of government power.

The new call for changes comes after Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, was convicted by a jury in federal court of taking $ 4 million in kickbacks.

Attorney Steven Molo notified the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Thursday that he'd like to ask the high court to review last week's ruling, which wiped out the conviction but also provided the government with assurance that there was sufficient evidence to convict Silver if a jury is properly instructed on the law and decides to dCourt of Appeals in Manhattan on Thursday that he'd like to ask the high court to review last week's ruling, which wiped out the conviction but also provided the government with assurance that there was sufficient evidence to convict Silver if a jury is properly instructed on the law and decides to dcourt to review last week's ruling, which wiped out the conviction but also provided the government with assurance that there was sufficient evidence to convict Silver if a jury is properly instructed on the law and decides to do so.

Five months after a jury convicted the former State Senate powerbroker (and Four Amigos alumnus) on four counts of theft, Pedro Espada Jr. stood in Brooklyn federal court yesterday and pled guilty to one charge of tax evasion.

The jury panel convicted Suarez after over three hours of deliberations following the nine - day trial in Erie County Court.

Former Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted in May by a White Plains federal court jury of 20 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud.

The court did, however, say that there was sufficient evidence for a properly instructed jury to convict the two Skeloses, and Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim immediately announced plans for a retrial.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan concluded, in light of the Supreme Court's narrower definition, that the jury instructions given by the judge in Mr. Silver's trial were erroneous and that a properly instructed jury might not have convicted him.

The Manhattan Federal Court jury also convicted his son Adam, 33, of aiding and abetting in the scheme.

A Nassau County jury yesterday convicted John Restivo and Dennis Halstead of the rape and murder of 16 - year - old Theresa Fusco, bringing to an end an arduous seven - week trial and two years of court battles over one of Nassau County's more celebrated murder cases.

After a ten - day trial in federal court in Central Islip, Walsh was convicted by a jury that deliberated for one hour.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's one - time top adviser Joseph Percoco was convicted Tuesday on three counts of soliciting and taking bribes by a Manhattan federal court jury after an eight - week trial.

«It's inconceivable the jury said we have reasonable doubt on that part, since legislation was enacted, but instead convicted based on meetings,» said the head of the 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel, Judge Reena Raggi.

While the appeals court ruled that Silver may have committed «official acts», the jury may have also considered other behavior in convicting him.

The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan overturned his conviction last month because Caproni did not correctly describe the type of «official act» Silver had to perform to be guilty in a bribery scheme, but it said there was sufficient evidence for a properly instructed jury to convict.

Federal grand jury witnesses get only «use immunity,» meaning the prosecutor could not use the murder confession in court but could still convict the killer on other proof.

Mychal Bell, 17, the first of the classmates to go on trial, was quickly convicted in a kangaroo court by an all - white jury presided over by a white judge in less than three hours.

Two months later a federal court jury in Houston convicted Ali for refusing induction into the Army, and he drew a five - year prison term and $ 10,000 fine.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the jury overstepped its bounds in using circumstantial evidence to convict the defendant, CO2.

Sentencing If an accused is convicted by jury verdict or pleads guilty, the Court will hold a sentencing hearing.

As discussed here in late March, convicted fraudster Allen Stanford recently asked, unsuccessfully, for a new trial because the court «let reporters send Twitter messages from the courtroom, even while the judge and lawyers were talking outside the jury's presence, and failed to instruct jurors to stay off Twitter.»

At trial, the jury was able to convict based on the information, but an appellate court will have a hard time making a decision on the sufficiency of the evidence.

A jury convicted Bradshaw on two counts of first - degree murder, but the Court of Appeal held that it was an error to admit the videotape of the re-enactment into evidence, set aside the convictions and ordered a new trial.

That's the question, as reported by New Hampshire's Laconia Citizen, which says that the defense attorney representing a convicted rapist is trying to convince the court that his client's right to a fair trial was compromised by comments made by a jury member on a personal blog.

That is unlikely to be enough to convict you, but it is up to the court (presumably a jury given directions about the law by a judge).

Finally, at least one other large firm, Covington and Burling, is busy with a pro bono matter — it's working frantically to spare defendant Larry Smith from a capital sentence, after a jury convicted him and recommended the death penalty in less than 30 minutes, according to this extensive story on Alabama's court - appointed program for criminal indigents seeking appeal.

New Brunswick's highest court recently quashed Dennis Oland's second - degree murder conviction in the death of his father, stating that the jury had sufficient evidence to reasonably convict Dennis Oland of murder, but had been improperly instructed on what was needed to arrive at that conclusion.

Before the Supreme Court's 2003 Lawrence v. Texas decision decriminalizing consensual same - sex intimate conduct, juries frequently refused to convict defendants under anti-sodomy laws, even when presented with clear evidence that they had technically violated the law.

Jury instructions used by the Massachusetts courts spell out three elements that must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt to convict someone of disorderly conduct:

The Court of Appeal concluded that «while it can not be said that no jury acting judicially could reasonably convict, we are satisfied that if a new trial were possible, an acquittal would clearly be the more likely result.»

In turn, the Court of Appeal hears new evidence offered by the appellant and considers whether, if a jury had heard it, the individual would have been convicted.

(Order, p. 2) As the court notes in its summary of the order, an acquittal can issue either when a jury returns a not - guilty verdict, or «when a trial court grants a defendant's new trial motion for evidentiary insufficiency... or dismisses a case... for evidentiary insufficiency» (Id., pp. 2 — 3) The essence of the court's decision is in two parts: (1) The new trial motion should not have been granted because there was sufficient evidence to convict Mr. Stern on counts of conspiracy; and (2) Because the trial court did not rule on the majority of the issues raised in Stern's motion for a new trial, those issues have yet to be decided, and should be addressed on remand by the court of appeals.

Woodman was convicted by a jury of his peers; the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal of both conviction and sentence: 2016 ONCA 63.

The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta has ruled that the provincial Jury Act may exclude people convicted or charged with criminal acts from serving on juries.

As an example, a California state jury acquitted four LAPD officers of the Rodney King beating in 1992, then a federal court later convicted two of those officers.

After two juries convicted John Mark Clarke of two counts of second degree rape, the sentencing court imposed a maximum sentence of life imprisonment as required by statute.

Today, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction of Innocence Project client John Nolley, finding that important exculpatory evidence in the State's possession was never heard by the jury that convicted him in 1998.

Summary: The British Columbia Supreme Court, sitting without a jury, convicted Mann of multiple charges relating to a kidnapping: see [2012] B.C.T.C. Uned.

In this case, the applicant had been convicted by a jury; the Court of Appeal had quashed the conviction but ordered an immediate re-trial.

The Broward County Clerk of the Court offers a number of services to those receiving a traffic ticket, jury duty summons or convicted of a misdemeanor crime.

If you need to visit the Calhoun County Clerk of the Court, you may have received a traffic ticket, been convicted of a misdemeanor crime or received a jury duty summons.

• Inspected the courtroom and judge's chamber before and after court sessions and ensured proper security arrangements • Escorted convicts and judges to and from courtroom before and after court sessions • Guarded the jury lodgings proficiently • Communicated any need of medical assistance in the court room or chambers to the judicial administration's emergency cell promptly