Sentences with phrase «acquittal at trial»

Mr. Spodek has secured numerous acquittals at trial for his clients.

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.

As a result, Parliament has accepted that an acquittal at trial on an indictable offence can not be overturned unless an error of law was made.

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

He had also achieved great amounts of success that included securing an acquittal at trial for a client charged with possessing a controlled substance, obtaining a discharge for a client charged with domestic assault when the Crown wanted a conviction and permanent criminal record, and drafting an appeal factum that resulted in the overturning of a conviction for possession of marijuana on grounds that the client's Charter right to speak to a lawyer was violated.

Our Fairview, Texas drug crimes attorneys will meticulously examine all of the evidence police and prosecutors have gathered in your case, as well as evidence you provide that the police and prosecution may have ignored, to find the weaknesses in the prosecution's case and use it to obtain an acquittal at trial or as leverage to seek a reduction in charges.

However, the majority of the Court found that the recording was made under circumstances that did not give rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy and therefore upheld Jarvis» acquittal at trial.

The nature of the proposed plea and the likelihood of an acquittal at trial are two of the largest factors.

We will work diligently to have the charges dropped or to win an acquittal at trial.

My proactive approach creates more opportunities for a successful outcome, whether that is a dismissal of the case, a reduction in the charges, an acquittal at trial or mitigated penalties.

She believes that compassion for her clients is a key part of her role as a criminal defense attorney, and will do everything possible to have your charges dismissed or to earn an acquittal at trial.

For a client charged with a criminal offence, the dismissal of charges (or acquittal at trial) can be a source of immense relief.

Our review of the evidence will help us find the holes in the prosecution's case, and we have a successful record of using those weaknesses as leverage to obtain a dismissal of all charges or an acquittal at trial and, when that is not possible, a reduction in charges.

Michael has a very high success rate, having defended hundreds of drinking and driving cases and obtained either an acquittal at trial or having had charges withdrawn by the Crown.

At Escobar & Associates, our only goal is to seek the dismissal of charges or an acquittal at trial.

The Crown appealed Mr. Ho's acquittal at trial (on the charge of «over 80») to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

In order to survive, the PD must advise defendants to plead out cases that might very well lead to acquittal at trial.