Sentences with phrase «about criminal trials»

This Guide provides accused persons with general information about criminal trials.

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«A number of the witnesses who gave evidence to the inquiry spoke about practices which, if proved following due process including a criminal trial, might well amount to a crime in Scots law,» he said.

She — who was writing about a * legally innocent man * at the time of the trial — even called him a monster, a pervert, a repulsive and purposeless criminal.

At a City Council hearing on criminal discovery practices in February chaired by Queens councilman Rory Lancman, Sergio de la Pava, a supervising attorney for New York County Defender Services who has been representing indigent defendants in Manhattan for over 20 years, described a typical experience in the borough's courtrooms: After waiting six months or a year for trial, he said, «The DA comes in with a cart and drops about six inches of material on your desk.

Toss in the former key Gov. Cuomo associates who face criminal trials this year, plus the several City Council members sent to the hoosegow as well as other local officals across the state, and the only thing that stands out about Harris is that she ran for office after starting her alleged crime spree.

The problem: The display, right outside the ceremonial courtroom where the Percoco trial is likely to occur and where jurors may congregate during jury selection, highlights about 30 criminal cases — from Abscam to Bernie Madoff — but not a single one that ended in an acquittal at trial.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief of staff testified at a criminal trial Wednesday that the Democrat expressed surprise when a former top aide told him about his financial dealings after a 2016 law enforcement raid on the aide's home.

Coulson, thought to be the first NoW senior executive to be questioned on oath in a criminal trial about the affair, repeatedly denied having any knowledge of illegal activity by his staff.

The Girl from Monaco (R for sexuality and profanity) Romantic comedy about a criminal defense attorney (Fabrice Luchini) who travels to Monaco to handle a murder trial only to end up competing for the affections of a perky, TV weather girl (Louise Bourgoin) with his own bodyguard (Roschdy Zem).

His role in the trial is strategic — offering advice and, at times, a script to a green attorney, who has no experience in a criminal trial — and political — making grand pronouncements about prejudice and injustice to the gaggle of press and protestors on the front steps of the courthouse.

We are introduced to La Rochefoucauld when he is about to testify in the trial of an accused war criminal and collaborator — for the defense.

The story I'm about to tell isn't about a decades - old criminal trial but about something Gary Landsberg, BSc, DVM, DACVB, DECAWBM, coauthor of Behavior Problems for the Dog & Cat, has been telling packed veterinary audiences for years.

Look at these blogs, numerous since the Stevenson trial: All this talk of killing, poisoning, calling cats criminals for walking on plants to pooping in gardens, and calling for their deaths... what about birds, pooping on our windshields, on our sidewalks, taking down airplanes, causing the avian flu that killed 50 million people 80 yrs ago, and preparing to do the exact same thing again... still are cat people joking about putting about poison bird seed, mass extermination of birds...

As I dug deeper I was struck by the sense of outrage and loss this painting aroused in so many people: The family of Lea Bondi, determined to reclaim the stolen portrait she had failed to recover in her lifetime; the Manhattan District Attorney who sent shock waves through the international art world and enraged many of New York's most prominent cultural organizations when he issued a subpoena and launched a criminal investigation following the surprise resurfacing of Portrait of Wally; the New York art dealer who tipped off a reporter about the painting during the opening of the Schiele exhibition at MoMA; the Senior Special Agent at the Department of Homeland Security who vowed not to retire until the fight was over; the art theft investigator who unearthed the post-war subterfuge and confusion that ultimately landed the painting in the hands of a young, obsessed Schiele collector; the museum official who testified before Congress that the seizure of Portrait of Wally could have a crippling effect on the ability of American museums to borrow works of art; the Assistant United States Attorney who took the case to the eve of trial; and the legendary Schiele collector who bartered for Portrait of Wally in the early 1950s and fought to the end of his life to bring it home to Vienna.

PG&E is about to begin a criminal trial around the deaths of eight people from its pipeline explosion.

About Lenamon Law Trial Lawyers: Established by Board Certified AV - Preeminent trial attorney Terry Lenamon, Lenamon Law is a south Florida - based criminal defense firm with 45 years» experience in complex, serious criminal matTrial Lawyers: Established by Board Certified AV - Preeminent trial attorney Terry Lenamon, Lenamon Law is a south Florida - based criminal defense firm with 45 years» experience in complex, serious criminal mattrial attorney Terry Lenamon, Lenamon Law is a south Florida - based criminal defense firm with 45 years» experience in complex, serious criminal matters.

About Koplow Law Firm: The Koplow Law Firm exclusively practices criminal defense, and is led by Lawrence Koplow, a former prosecutor with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and a seasoned trial attorney.

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear five appeals this week, including three criminal cases involving driving «over 80» and production of evidence; an unjust enrichment claim; and an appeal in a sexual assault case in which the Court of Appeal of Alberta had found that a trial judge had erred by relying on a stereotype about the behaviour of sexual assault victims.

For what it is worth, only about 1 % of criminal charges brought result in an acquittal at trial.

Legal aid funding is primarily on a block tariff system and a lower level criminal charge that ends with a one - day trial, will result in a total payment of about $ 500 to defence counsel, says Eder.

Among his more substantial claims, Ed has acted in a recent appeal about the proper measure of damages in a concurrent liability case and led in a professional negligence claim against a criminal silk for his negligent conduct of an 8 - month fraud trial.

The Argersinger rule also tends to impair the proper functioning of the criminal justice system in that trial judges, in advance of hearing any evidence and before knowing anything about the case except the charge, all too often will be compelled to forgo the legislatively granted option to impose a sentence of imprisonment upon conviction.

We have frequently blogged about access to justice issues, including the government's attempts to make Ontario's criminal law system «faster and fairer», and the right to timely trial.

According to a story about the case that appeared in Quebec City's Le Soleil newspaper, the man's lawyer, Sarto Landry, argued that a one - year delay in the criminal trial would both relieve the stress the case has caused his client and allow him to focus his energy on the intensive treatments he needs to stay alive.

Just about every criminal defense case includes negotiating, always backed up with readiness to go to trial battle.

However, these records could be sought by an adverse party in a civil or criminal trial, and potentially used to undermine the employee's credibility about the violence they experienced.

When you combine that internal concept with the adversarial nature of the criminal trial, and the ordinary human desire to «win» any particular contest, which competitively inclined lawyers probably have to an above average extent, you have ideal circumstances for poor intuitions about the best answer to an ethical dilemma.

«I think that, fairly read, the lower courts should take away from today's opinion that the Court is serious about the right to confrontation and that statements describing past incidents to law enforcement agents can not serve as a substitute for live testimony at criminal trials.»

1) Question: I have been serving on a jury in a criminal trial all week, but the trial is about to conflict with my tickets to see the musical «Chicago» tomorrow.

Without being exhaustive, the danger to the administration of justice is likely to be at its most acute in the context of criminal trials e.g., where witnesses who are out of court may be informed of what has already happened in court and so coached or briefed before they then give evidence, or where information posted on, for instance, Twitter about inadmissible evidence may influence members of a jury.

Not being a criminal lawyer, I can't use my own experiences to square those two accounts (and, admittedly, my exposure to crowns is Toronto - centric, experiences may vary elsewhere — based on recent events, I'd have concerns about the Alberta courts), but the fact that certain proponents of the critical narrative characterized Marie Henein's masterful conduct of the Ghomeshi trial as a case of «whacking» the accused (rather than the complainant's «whacking» the crown) did nothing to enhance the credibility of that narrative (and, if nothing else, suggests that your construction of the «critical narrative» is not at all a straw man).

In particular, while they each rely on solid premises (the presumption of innocence; the re-victimization of sexual assault complainants), they undermine important and complex conversations about defending a criminal accused in a sexual assault trial, and in particular defending a factually guilty person accused of sexual assault.

The reason links to my work seeking cert in US v. Faulks (details here) and my concern with huge «trial penalties» (details here), and take me back to my long - ago insights about what Blakely is really about: a battle between an adversarial and inquisitorial model of criminal justice.

Similarly, a harm of extreme sentences is that they are only imposed on defendants exercising their trial rights and ticking off prosecutors seeking a plea (see, e.g., Berger and Wilson and the border agent cases and just about every other out - of - whack criminal sentence).

In addition, your criminal defense attorney can advise you about the pros and cons of accepting a plea deal, the potential consequences of going to trial, and negotiate with the prosecution on your behalf to fight for the best possible outcome in your case.

It may include information about acquittals, or allegations that have never been the subject of the trial, or even about matters other than allegations of criminal conduct.

Let's not forget that only 2 - 4 % of civil cases make it to trial and about 8 - 10 % of criminal cases make it to trial.

Its prevalence means it is considered by the CPS to be one of the least serious criminal offences for the purpose of instructing prosecuting barristers, attracting a miserly fee (# 480 for a 2 - day trial requiring on average 20 hours» work (2 days at court plus a conservative 4 hours» preparation), so around # 24 gross an hour, of which I would take home about # 12), and is therefore prosecuted often by the least experienced in our ranks.

(Not to mention about 95 % of criminal charges in the United States never make it to trial and rather end in a plea bargain, but that's a story for another time.)

Breslin & Breslin trial attorneys also advise clients about medical malpractice, business and probate litigation, workers» compensation and criminal defense.

1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?

Having read the Crown's factum, portions of the trial transcript and having heard Crown counsel's arguments, we are satisfied that the trial judge's comments throughout the proceedings and in his reasons gave rise to doubts about the trial judge's understanding of the law governing sexual assaults and in particular, the meaning of consent and restrictions on evidence of the complainant's sexual activity imposed by section 276 of the Criminal Code.

If you have a question about probate, a warrant (civil or criminal), an arrest, a trial, or any other trial court matters, please contact the Court clerk for the county in which the case originated.

For our criminal solicitors, it's about providing first - class legal support from arrest to and beyond trial.

Sharon Keller FAQ Answers about this week's trial of the state's highest criminal judge Austin American Statesman By Chuck Lindell AMERICAN - STATESMAN STAFF, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009

Mr. Duncan's role is to mentor two such students every year and to supervise every aspect of their representation of clients (including trials and sentencing) to help teach those students about the day - to - day practicalities and realities of being a criminal defence lawyer.

If you or someone you know has been charged with any of the aforementioned offenses it is imperative that you speak to an experienced criminal trial attorney about your options.

I am presently in the middle of a lengthy criminal jury trial, and when an issue of evidence comes up about what a witness has said three or four days ago, I am quickly able to access the exact evidence and make my rulings accordingly.

As part of clinic class time yesterday we got to hear from an experienced criminal appeals attorney who had the following thoughts on how criminal defense trial lawyers should think about 4th Amendment issues (illegal searches and seizures):

The Charter does not speak to this issue, and thus the situation is not the same as with retroactivity and trial unfairness, which it explicitly prohibits in criminal cases, but says nothing about — and thus tolerates — in civil matters.