Sentences with phrase «ohakim as a prosecution witness»

I'm surprised my bosom friend Agyepong left me to my fate — Afoko Paul Afoko, has said that he was surprised his comrade, Kwabena Agyapong, abandoned him in court as prosecution witness in his case with the party.

Mr. Agyepong, was billed to appear in court last Thursday as a prosecution witness for Mr. Afoko, but many who attended the hearing, were disappointed to learn that the former, had declined to attend the proceeding.

But speaking to Accra - based Okay FM, his Spokesperson, Mujib Rahman stated emphatically that, Mr. Agyepong, never entered into any agreement with Mr. Afoko to serve as prosecution witness in the case involving the former, contesting his suspension by the NPP.

Several readers have asked about the deal Leonard Genova, Oyster Bay's former deputy supervisor and town attorney, got for testifying as a prosecution witness after receiving full immunity from prosecution.

On 4 June 2007 the CPS asked the police to undertake further enquiries, [61] following reports that the police were pressing for Tony Blair to be called as a prosecution witness in any trial.

Over two days as a prosecution witness, Hoffmann testified that he did not know about the town's potential liability for the loans until he received a telephone call almost three years ago from a Newsday reporter — and then went to town officials to find out what was going on.

Genova and Mei also will testify as prosecution witnesses, Treinis Gatz said.

A legal practitioner, Kingsley Ekwem, on Tuesday declined to testify as a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and two others facing trial for alleged N2.9 bn fraud.

She rejected defense attorneys» assertions that Singh told lies as a prosecution witness to save himself from prison.

«It was all good food,» he testified Tuesday, his second day on the stand as a prosecution witness.

Singh, 59, is testifying as a prosecution witness in the trial of a Long Island politician, ex-Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

During his first day on the stand as a prosecution witness, Mei said that well before then, Sinnreich had said he had issues with the town's quest to aid Singh.

Last month, Avella appeared as a prosecution witness against Skelos, a Long Island Republican, and his son, Adam, telling jurors that he scheduled the hearing upon learning that there was «no activity in the committee.»

It was however gathered that the ICPC might call on the investigators as prosecution witnesses in a case that is expected to be seriously contested by Lawan's lawyers.

When she was on the stand as a prosecution witness, she insisted that the entire thing was an accident.

The George Zimmerman murder trial took a strange detour into social media this afternoon, as prosecution witness Jenna Lauer, who placed the 911 call on which screams for help can be heard, was accused by the prosecutor of following Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman, Jr., on Twitter.

Not exact matches

In addition, the court held that the police counsel could not convince it as to how the defendant is likely to influence prosecution witnesses in the cause of his trial if released on bail.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political enemies are launching an all - out, online blitz as the corruption trial of a former top aide heats up this week with testimony from the prosecution's star witness.

The defense team also portrayed the prosecution's star witness and disgraced former lobbyist Todd Howe as unreliable.

The spokesman declined to say if Howe — who was on the witness stand for the prosecution four days this week in the Percoco trial — will be back as scheduled on Monday in the lower Manhattan courtroom.

«There was contradictory evidence by the prosecution witnesses on whether the defendant was still the head of service as at the time he chaired the committee.

Attempts by the prosecution counsel to further clarify on the matter led to a «technicality - battle» between the two counsels as the defence posits that the witness» testimony was not ambiguous.

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin took the stand Tuesday as the prosecution's first witness in the corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, where her description of Albany's inner workings was pointedly contested by Silver's defense lawyer, Steven Molo, in a series of heated exchanges.

Harendra Singh, the prosecution's star witness at Mangano's corruption trial, said Mangano brought Schumer to an eatery he described as his «East Meadow location» following an unspecified event in September 2010.

NEW YORK CITY — Lawyers for a former governor's aide and a Syracuse - area developer portrayed their clients today as nothing more than fools who were duped by key prosecution witness Todd «Ransom» Howe.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara watched from the back of the courtroom as Stephen August, director of the joint legislative commission and a prosecution witness, testified that there was little conversation over which of the many requests Silver received would be accepted or rejected.

The Albany County District Attorney's Office took over prosecution of his case in February 2018, at the request of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, who may call the detective as a witness in an upcoming quadruple murder trial.

The witness, who testified as the fifth prosecution witness, PW - 5, said the N77.5 million was paid to the PR firm through the bank account of Metuh's company, Destra Investment Limited, which is the second defendant before the court.

In what appeared the unexpected was the calling of its first prosecution witness which turned out to be Boniface Emenalo who was jointly charged along with him as the second accused person.

Nwachukwu, who had within the period served at the Central Clearing and Foreign Operations units of the bank, appeared before the Danladi Umar - led CCT as the second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Saraki.

In compliance with Section 106 (b) of the Evidence Act, Abdallah added that, the prosecution had listed a staff of the budget office as a witness in the proof of evidence.

Chogah, the second prosecution witness, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that as cashier of the Government House, he was directed by his boss, Aluga, the third defendant, to collect a remittance of N450 million.

The two statements of the witness to the police were also tendered as exhibits before the court, despite the objection by the prosecution counsel.

The ruling requires prosecutors to actively seek and turn over to defense attorneys any information — known as Giglio material, after a Supreme Court case by that name — that might be used to attack the credibility of prosecution witnesses.

And the jury arrived to hear Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine Mirabile resume questioning Singh — on his fourth day as the prosecution's first witness.

As the prosecution's witnesses testify in a gang - assault case against nine Rikers Island correction officers, a band of their colleagues keeps watch in the Bronx County Hall of Justice, where the case is being tried.

Yesterday, during cross-examination, Tevie's lawyer exposed the DPP, Yvonne Obuobisa when he pointed out to the prosecution witness that there was a Cyber Security Team during the tenure of Tevie and that the DPP, as a result, was sponsored by the NCA in 2016 to attend a Cyber Security Conference abroad.

He said that the prosecution wanted the witnesses to be known to the public by acronyms such as «xyz» and that only the court would know the true identity and name of each witness.

Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Ohakim's Son Allegedly Threatens Prosecution Witness An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the traiProsecution Witness An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail -LWitness An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the traiprosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail -Lwitness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the traiprosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail -LSB-...]

The Accra High Court put on hold proceedings following an application by defense lawyers seeking to have the prosecution make known all witnesses they will be relying on, and also make available all the documents it intends to tender as evidence.

would cause undue hardship to the defendants, as the prosecution had already called 18 witnesses since the matter commenced in September 2015.»

As the Dasukigate unfold, the ongoing trial of former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja suffered another setback on Tuesday following the absence of prosecution witness.

Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is on trial accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from upstate business developers — payments referred to as «ziti» in communications between Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's a star witness who testified that the term was borrowed from the former HBO mob drama.

An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail of the prosecution witness.

Bohrer laid into Todd Howe, the lobbyist and longtime associate of both Percoco and Cuomo who is expected to serve as a key witness for the prosecution.

He is the supposed key witness for the prosecution in that trial as well.

Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from upstate developers — payments referred to as «ziti» in communications between Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness who testified that the term was borrowed from the former HBO mob drama.

He was testifying as the third prosecution witness in the trial of Saraki on 18 counts of assets declaration breaches which he allegedly committed while being governor of Kwara State and a senator.

NEWARK — Tuesday's Bridgegate testimony dropped a bombshell from star witness to the prosecution David Wildstein: that both New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo knowingly signed off on a fake «traffic study» as the reason that three local access lanes into the George Washington Bridge were funneled into one for four days in September 2013.

The leader of the prosecution defence, Tayo Olukotun, lamented that the defence counsel's cross examination of the witnesses was ambiguous as it went outside the statement made by Ennah and was admitted by the court as exhibit.