Sentences with phrase «acquittal on criminal charges»

Not exact matches

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.

The hard question is determining what a jury's acquittal «necessarily decided» in particular facts and circumstances, given that a jury verdict in a criminal case typically only determines if the jury convicted, acquitted, or hung on each of the charges presented to it in the indictment and not dismissed before tiral.

Yet as shown by Gerald Stanley's acquittal by a jury on charges of murder and manslaughter after his admitted killing of Colten Boushie, lawyers and judges are not the only people relevant to the functioning of a criminal trial.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (the «Commission» or «CCRC») was established by the British Parliament under the Criminal Appeal Act of 1995 following recommendations from the 1993 Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (the «Royal Commission»), a royal commission charged with investigating how effectively the British criminal justice system secured convictions of the guilty while ensuring acquittals of the iCriminal Cases Review Commission (the «Commission» or «CCRC») was established by the British Parliament under the Criminal Appeal Act of 1995 following recommendations from the 1993 Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (the «Royal Commission»), a royal commission charged with investigating how effectively the British criminal justice system secured convictions of the guilty while ensuring acquittals of the iCriminal Appeal Act of 1995 following recommendations from the 1993 Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (the «Royal Commission»), a royal commission charged with investigating how effectively the British criminal justice system secured convictions of the guilty while ensuring acquittals of the iCriminal Justice (the «Royal Commission»), a royal commission charged with investigating how effectively the British criminal justice system secured convictions of the guilty while ensuring acquittals of the icriminal justice system secured convictions of the guilty while ensuring acquittals of the innocent.

Citing Richardson v. Vancouver (City), 2006 BCCA 36 (CanLII), a case in which police were sued for wrongful arrest by a plaintiff relying on their acquittal on the charge of obstructing justice, the Court of Appeal found it is improper to conflate issues pertaining to criminal responsibility and those pertaining to the civil liability of police.

Handlarski, principal with RH Criminal Defence, brought a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal on the firearms charges, arguing there was no evidence the woman had seen a real gun.