Sentences with phrase «acted under the influence»

The Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, Emmanuel Agyarko, is of the view that the persons who lynched the late military officer, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, might have acted under the influence of alcohol or Indian hemp.

But the circumstances must be sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person, and the party killing must have acted under the influence of such fears alone.

Not exact matches

It's only the third time a major effort has been mounted to fight a patent troll under the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) act, a report from Ars Technica says.

Wikileaks has alleged that Coinbase may have acted under a «concealed influence» - hinting at state - sponsored foul play at work.

Under the influence of the «Currency School», the Peel Act of 1844 was designed to stop the issuance of bank notes not backed by specie once and for all — this was thought to end the problem of the boom - bust cycle.

The original excuse offered by them after sinning was that they were not really free, that they had acted under a constraining influence, the subtlety of the tempter....

What has since become commonplace in modern psychology as field theory under the influence of the Gestalt school and subsequent modes of holistic psychology, and in the new metaphysics since Whitehead, 14 was scarcely manageable or even definable, except as one associated it with the intuitive act.

Certainly the great exemplars of religion have never acted as though they were under the influence of an opiate.

Furthermore, since the act of judgement - love transcends objective concepts and involves the knowing subject's active synthesis to perceive the meaning of objects — there is no objectivity apart from subjectivity — external facts need an interpretation under grace's elevating influence to produce the act of faith.

The organism draws its genes from an enormously variegated gene pool; it develops under the influence of them and also under those of a probably pretty heterogeneous environment; and, at any given stage of its life, the way its genes and its previous environment have acted up to that point may have considerable effect on the nature of the environment to which it will next be subjected — if the animal does not like it here it may migrate someplace else, and so on.

«Enlightened experience» was to come through performing the duties of church membership while «acting under pastoral influence.»

I'm a 100 % abstinent when it comes to alcohol — I both don't want to be under the influence of a substance that makes people act so stupid and rude and have never found the taste of any alcoholic beverage anything better than bad.

Examples of (but not exhaustive or limited to) unacceptable behaviour are as follows: 8.1 Foul and abusive language 8.2 Attempting to conceal or consume alcohol 8.3 Being under the influence of alcohol or illegal substances 8.4 Smoking 8.5 Any acts liable or likely to cause damage 8.6 Threatening, disrespectful or violent behaviour 8.7 Theft of Club property 8.8 Not following the instructions of a Club steward 8.9 Entering prohibited areas

The South African media is either acting out of ignorance or is under the influence of multinational corporations like Nestle.

The charge against him read in part, «That you, Robert Obuoha, on or about the 12th day of February, 2016 in Port Harcourt at the Port Harcourt Judicial Division did corruptly give N150, 000 only to Mr. Ishaq Salihu, a public officer and Zonal Head of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, South - South Zone, for the purpose of recharge cards and with a view to influencing his decision in a case wherein you are being investigated and thereby committed an offence, official corruption, contrary to Section 13 (1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003 and punishable under section 13 (1) of the same Act.»

«Using one's influence as a high ranking state official to push through county legislation and to bestow a county - issued contract are indisputably formal exercises of governmental power constituting official acts under McDonnell,» the decisions states.

Consent is required regardless of whether the person initiating the act is under the influence of drugs and / or alcohol.

«When you look at the way that the EFCC and other law enforcement agencies have acted in recent time you will notice that they are not under any kind of direction or influence of the president,» he said.

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He's best known for putting away 130 street gang members over the past 11 years by prosecuting them under the Racketeer - Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act.

The committee, established under New York's anti-corruption Moreland Act, will have subpoena power and go after the influence of campaign contributions.

Over the past 11 years, Katko helped convict 130 street gang members by prosecuting them under the Racketeer - Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.

Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements will be reduced under provisions of the Affordable Care Act for hospitalized conditions such as heart failure, so it is imperative for hospitals to consider how cost reductions may influence the quality of care for vulnerable populations.

An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties, is done under color of law or involves trading in influence.

It's true that the series is a smorgasbord of acting opportunities — especially in its first installment, «Bad News,» in which Patrick is under the influence of heroin, cocaine, quaaludes, amphetamines, and alcohol, alternately and all together.

Her powerful physical acting portrays with perfection a young woman's transformation under the influence of forces she does not completely understand (at least at first).

Under the influence of her acting coach Paula Strasberg, increasingly dependent on sleeping drugs and reluctant to stick to Miller's text, she almost caused the movie to be abandoned.

Drunk Driving EssaysDrunk driving is an act of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

This may include white collar crimes like fraud, false representation or pretenses, embezzlement or larceny, or more serious acts such as damages you owe to victims if you were at fault for causing someone else's death, such as vehicular manslaughter while driving under the influence or operating a boat or aircraft while intoxicated.

If you would like to take this action a step further, you can schedule a meeting with your state legislators to discuss implementing a recommended amendment drafted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) which would «enable prosecutors to charge dogfighters under the respective state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (commonly referred to as «RICO») statue.

Under influence of drugs or excessive influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substance, acting in a disorderly fashion as to disturb the peace of other guests or is not compliant with Philippine laws.

Coalescing into a layered, elastic and wholly abstract aural experience, the soundtrack acts as a prelude to the cacophony of images created, more or less, under the influence.

b) Consent is required regardless of whether the person initiating the act is under the influence of drugs and / or alcohol.

Maybe my first payment from Exxon for my climate views will arrive with the subpoena from the Attorney General (AG) of the Virgin Islands charging me under the Criminally Influenced and Corruptions Organizations Act (CICO) for trying to tell the truth.

Those include prosecuting Exxon under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, Gerrard said.

Fracking pioneer Halliburton notably influenced policy during the early 2000s (Vice President Cheney, of course, having been Halliburton's CEO), to the extent that the make - up of fracking chemicals pumped into the ground is protected as proprietary and largely exempt from regulation under the Clean Water Act.

A physicist posted on WUWT: Plausibly, these [Edward Markey] press releases are opening salvos in a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) investigation, a topic upon which the Heartland Institute's web site maintains numerous on - line position papers (for example, a Google Search finds hosted on the Heartland Institute website «The Statute of Limitations Under RICO: Rotella and Beyond»).

Notorious for... Under the group's influence, the US administration announced last August that it would «redefine» carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming, so that it would no longer be considered a pollutant and would therefore not be subject to regulation under the Clean AirUnder the group's influence, the US administration announced last August that it would «redefine» carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming, so that it would no longer be considered a pollutant and would therefore not be subject to regulation under the Clean Airunder the Clean Air Act.

Dr. Shukla was one of twenty scientists who wrote a letter to President Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and White House science advisor John Holdren last month, endorsing a call by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D - RI) for an investigation under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) of «corporations and other organizations that have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change, as a means to forestall America's response to climate change.»

Aeschylus (525 BC — 456 BC) Maybe my first payment from Exxon for my climate views will arrive with the subpoena from the Attorney General (AG) of the Virgin Islands charging me under the Criminally Influenced and Corruptions Organizations Act (CICO) for trying to tell the truth.

UCS and the attorneys general have argued «climate deniers» could potentially be prosecuted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for allegedly engaging in fraud and criminal conspiracy.

The concept has a clear meaning in science: it is the tendency of an object to remain in a steady state under certain conditions or within a certain interval notwithstanding an influence acting upon it that might otherwise have been expected to change it.

In 1995 the U.S. Department of Justice concluded that the industry was legally culpable for knowingly spreading disinformation, bringing charges against the industry under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) act (Eubanks and Glantz 2012).

On February 24, 2017, Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie and Joey Johnson published «The DNC Hack Was Not an Act of War: What we call it under international law should influence our response» in the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.

If a driver is fatigued, paying attention to a phone conversation, sending text messages, or operating the truck while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, then that driver is more likely to commit the following dangerous acts:

Drunk driving involves the act of operating and / or driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to the degree that mental and motor skills are impaired.

Public Act 099 - 0291: Trucking Violations: Provides that any driver who willfully violates specified motor carrier safety regulations including driving under the influence; motor carrier drivers» hours of service; motor carrier qualifications for drivers; or other violations which would place the driver or vehicle out of service is guilty of a Class 3 felony when the violation results in a motor vehicle accident that causes great bodily harm, permanent disability or disfigurement, or death to another person.

Caroline is instructed in a wide range of commercial and chancery disputes including: general contractual disputes; civil fraud; breach of directors» duties; shareholder disputes; derivative claims; jurisdiction issues; applications under the Bankers» Books Evidence Act 1879; joint venture agreements; financial services disputes; insurance / re-insurance; enforcement of foreign judgments; mortgage fraud and claims concerning undue influence.

Outside counsel must refrain from influencing possible witnesses (a principle seen as a professional duty under Article 12 (a) of the Free Movement of Lawyers Act) and are therefore in general not authorised to conduct formal interviews of witnesses.

If charged with driving under the influence, you need to act quickly to prevent your driver's license from being suspended.