Sentences with phrase «after jurors»

The $ 43 million verdict included $ 25 million in punitive damages after jurors agreed that the hospital's conduct involved an extreme risk of potential harm to others.

After jurors have been excused for cause, the parties exercise their peremptory challenges simultaneously by striking names from a list of qualified jurors equal to the number to be seated plus the number of allowable peremptory challenges.

In most criminal trials, the jury is not sequestered until after jurors have been chosen, often not until the jury begins to deliberate.

The trial of a 17 - year - old Troy, Mich., girl accused of poisoning her teacher with the hallucinogenic drug lsd ended late last month in a mistrial after jurors announced they could not reach a verdict.

«After considering the facts and the evidence with open minds, and using your instructions as a roadmap, We remain unable to reach a unanimous verdict,» read the note, which was sent at 9:35 a.m., 20 minutes after jurors arrived in Manhattan Federal Court.

After the jurors left, the judge said that a court staff member had overheard an alternate juror joking about a mistrial.

The decision was reached after jurors spent nearly two full days deliberating, following a three - week trial.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Hours after jurors reached a partial verdict in the federal fraud case against former Bronx senator Pedro Espada Jr., the judge declared a mistrial in the remaining conspiracy and tax fraud counts against the politician and in all counts against his son.

The verdict came just 24 hours after jurors said they could not reach a consensus.

Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was removed from office Monday after jurors found him guilty of accepting $ 22,000 in bribes.

One day earlier, Azrack had bidden them good morning in the afternoon — after jurors had waited hours to be called into the courtroom.

After the jurors finally returned a guilty verdict on four counts — each of which carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years — it was speculated that perhaps prosecutors would be satisfied.

The decision came more than two hours after jurors failed to cast the votes needed to deliver a verdict on all the lawsuit's claims.

The jury that saw footage from this party actually didn't end up convicting Kozwolski; the judge declared a mistrial after a juror apparently gunning for the former CEO's acquittal gave an «okay» sign to the defense.

His work has received numerous awards in international competition and he is a sought after juror and workshop instructor.

Once, after it was becoming apparent that juror after juror was clearly stating their bias, a judge called a side bar.

The sidebar sessions were halted after juror # 30.

An Ohio man convicted of drunk driving unsuccessfully tried to get a new trial after a juror blogged about the case.

Not exact matches

The presiding judge ordered jurors to resume deliberation after a discrepancy relating to whether she was fired in retaliation for making discrimination claims.

Judith told jurors that Tamerlan's adherence to his Muslim faith changed after his six - month trip to Russia.

The new information from these documents comes just two weeks after a Philadelphia grand jury report said the jurors had «no doubt» that Bevilacqua's «knowing and deliberate actions during his tenure as archbishop also endangered thousands of children in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.»

San Angelo, Texas (CNN)- Texas prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the sexual assault trial of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs after playing a key piece of evidence for jurors: an audiotape they allege documents his sexual assault of a 12 - year - old girl.

After a thorough examination he came back and said, «There is not a single unbiased juror in the world who would ever look at the evidence and deny it.

Superior Court Judge Gary Gavenus made the decision after a member of the jury handed out three documents to fellow jurors including North Carolina case law, according to the AP.

But differences in opinion surfaced as jurors moved on to whether Cryns was guilty of manslaughter after the birth, Drath said.

In interviews after the trial, jurors described the 36 hours of deliberations over four days.

After weighing whether to declare a mistrial in the case of a midwife charged with the death of a newborn, a Lake County circuit judge opted Sunday night to let the jurors go home to their families and resume deliberations Monday.

Booras asked the men if they could postpone their departures until near the end of the day after the jury foreman said there had been some progress since Thursday when jurors reported they were split 6 - 6.

A Westchester County judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the corruption case against Democratic Queens Sen. Malcolm Smith after four jurors needed to excused as the case was expected to continue for another month.

U.S District Court Judge Valerie Caproni issued her ruling after dismissing the jurors for the day.

After discussing the note with prosecutors and defense lawyers, Judge Valerie Caproni ordered the jurors to keep trying.

Today the jury, after several partial days of deliberation, advised the court that it is deadlocked and several jurors asked to be released from further service.

After a few preliminaries, U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack sent jurors off to begin their deliberations at 9:53 a.m. Friday.

The latest juror issue in the trial comes after a separate juror last week asked to be excused because of her conflicting viewpoints with other jurors.

Nearly six weeks after the corruption trial began, jurors Thursday afternoon were dispatched by U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni to begin deliberations into whether Percoco, a longtime confidante of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, used his top government post to enrich himself via bribes paid by two companies with business before the state.

On Monday, the prosecution did not pursue the testosterone subject further after Mangano's defense attorney, Kevin Keating of Garden City, objected and the lawyers met with U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack for several minutes out of earshot of the jurors and others in the courtroom.

Three jurors earlier this week asked to be let off the case, but after a snow day Wednesday, the jurors came back with questions, requests for transcripts and even an occasional smile.

Just four days into the trial of a Manhattan nanny accused of butchering two children, a juror has already been booted after complaining at least twice that he did not think he could be fair.

But Judge Miller also did not sentence the minimum 15 years in prison after scrutinizing the jurors» verdict.

After his 1985 trial, some jurors said they convicted him of manslaughter, not murder, because his heavy cocaine use was a factor in the crimes.

The judge refused to remove the juror, and deliberations resumed today around lunchtime after a four - day Thanksgiving break.

Liang's lawyers have already begun their appeals process, and plan to ask Judge Chun on Wednesday to toss the conviction after they say juror Michael Vargas lied about his family's history during jury selection.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The judge at the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has told jurors to keep trying after they again...

Earlier on Thursday, jurors delivered Walls a note that said they were deadlocked after «slowly» reviewing all the evidence.

«I find that you are unable to reach a verdict and that further deliberations would be futile and there is no alternative but to declare a mistrial,» Judge William Walls said after interviewing the 12 jurors.

According to the Daily News, another juror sent a different, slightly more passive - aggressive note shortly after, complaining that «One of the jurors is having difficulty distinguishing whether or not exchanging state funds for something in return is illegal.»

November 24, 2015 After weeks of listening to people talk about Albany politics, jurors may have turned to the dark side and started treating each other not so nicely — and less than two hours after jury deliberations for the Silver trial began on TueAfter weeks of listening to people talk about Albany politics, jurors may have turned to the dark side and started treating each other not so nicely — and less than two hours after jury deliberations for the Silver trial began on Tueafter jury deliberations for the Silver trial began on Tuesday.

In recordings played at trial, jurors heard Adam discuss talking to his mistress via the video app FaceTime — and buying his wife a puppy so she'd let him stay in Manhattan instead of returning home to Long Island after work.

At the beginning of the session, jurors were attentive as Carman added exhibit after exhibit to the mix, in an attempt to show that the former Nassau county executive's wife — despite Singh's assertions to the contrary — did perform some work for Singh's company.

After Hill finished explaining the case to jurors, Wills laughed silently and shook his head in disbelief.