Sentences with phrase «alleged victim in this case»

The court awarded the firm's client, previously a defendant in the criminal case, a permanent protection order against the alleged victim in that case and denied the alleged victim's request for a reciprocal order.

Not exact matches

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As we learned during our series on abuse in the church, cases of fabricated allegations of child abuse are quite rare, so when this many consistent counts are leveled against an organization, we should be wary of jumping to the defense of the accused and treating the alleged victims as liars.

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) says documents obtained from an alleged victim in a Florida civil case show that authorities in Pennsylvania and New York should investigate retired Roman Catholic Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua.

A special prosecutor in the case of Lindsay Henry, a Babylon Town attorney charged with assaulting his girlfriend, said he expects the case to be dismissed tomorrow if the alleged victim continues not to appear in court.

A seventh alleged victim, whose case is being handled by a different law firm from the other six defendants, planned to sue in U.S. District court, claiming civil rights violations, according to people familiar with that case.

Evidence in the case against alleged sex cult leader Keith Raniere and his accused sidekick, «Smallville» actress Allison Mack, will include not only victims of sex trafficking and forced labor...

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican, said the Senate would not investigate the case, in part, because Erica Vladimer, the alleged victim, never filed a formal complaint before she left the Senate payroll in 2015.

In addition to whatever Lopez paid to settle the case, the city also put up more than $ 100,000 for the alleged victims.

Over the past few years, cuts to legal aid and changes to lawyers» fees have made it harder for alleged victims of human rights abuses by UK - linked companies to have their cases heard in UK courts.

However, with the media circulating more and more stories about Paterson's alleged phone conversation with the victim in a possible domestic violence case involving one of his top aides and his alleged improper acquisition of Yankees» tickets, the governor is on a slippery slope when it comes to public opinion.

Regardless of the truth in the Depp case, it's fascinating how willing we are to turn our attention to the victim and start questioning her behaviour instead of that of the alleged aggressor.

They wrote: «The verdict and events in this case set a dangerous precedent that how a victim of rape, usually a woman, has behaved in the past can be taken as evidence of the way she behaved at the time of the alleged rape.

A New York Times article revealed alleged interference by Mr. Paterson, a Democrat like the mayor, in a domestic violence case against one of his top aides — with the paper reporting Mr. Paterson had called the victim the night before she failed to appear in court.

In all but one case the firm's lawyers have successfully argued that mitigating circumstances — mainly the victim's alleged drug use or a pre-existing cardiac condition — meant they would have died from the trauma of being physically subdued by police officers in any casIn all but one case the firm's lawyers have successfully argued that mitigating circumstances — mainly the victim's alleged drug use or a pre-existing cardiac condition — meant they would have died from the trauma of being physically subdued by police officers in any casin any case.

KYODO NEWS — Feb 17 — Alleged Japanese offenses related to online dating fell 9.2 % in 2004 from the previous year to 1,582, while the number of victims younger than 18 in these cases dropped 15.1 % to 1,085, reported the National Police Agency.

In some cases, the person alleged to have made the false report had undoubtedly been the victim of some kind of offence, even if not the one that he or she had reported.»

To refrain from contacting in any way the victim of the alleged crime, witnesses in the case or any other individuals specified in the Undertaking.

The defendant in this rape case says he couldn't have committed the crime because the alleged victim was wearing «skinny jeans.»

The search for principle takes longer and longer, and in the meantime cases awaiting trial are delayed, to the disadvantage of the defendants awaiting trial, the witnesses to the events which bring the defendants to court, and the victims of those alleged crimes.»

These include: United States v. Resendiz - Ponce, which presents the question whether the omission of an element from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture on them.

Both alleged victims in the sex crime case were under 18.

In cases where the alleged assault was committed with a firearm, where the victim was under the age of sixteen, where the assault was committed in relation to a criminal association or where the assault was a subsequent offence, the Criminal Code imposes mandatory minimum sentenceIn cases where the alleged assault was committed with a firearm, where the victim was under the age of sixteen, where the assault was committed in relation to a criminal association or where the assault was a subsequent offence, the Criminal Code imposes mandatory minimum sentencein relation to a criminal association or where the assault was a subsequent offence, the Criminal Code imposes mandatory minimum sentences.

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For example, in one case the accused was the assistant coach of the alleged victim's soccer team.

Representing Grünenthal on the major product liability case involving a claim for damages in over $ 204m filed by the Spanish Association AVITE (Asociación de Víctimas de la Talidomida en España) representing 184 victims of thalidomide, for alleged damages caused in the 1960's for the administration of thalidomide.

The Affidavit of Non-Prosecution is a sworn document that indicates the alleged victim doesn't want to not be involved in the assault charge and would like to see the criminal case closed.

Stadlen J said the allegations against Bonhoeffer: «Could hardly be more serious... If proved, they would have a potentially devastating effect on his career, reputation and financial position... not only is this a classic case of one person's word against another but because the other alleged victims live in Kenya, neither the claimant nor the FTPP nor the GMC has any legal power to compel their attendance... It is hard to imagine circumstances in which the ability to cross-examine the uncorroborated allegations of a single witness would assume a greater importance to a professional man faced with such serious allegations.»

Almost invariably the prime objective of those whom we advise in cases of this kind — whether victims claiming that they have been harassed sexually or punished for blowing the whistle, or those alleged to be at fault — is to reach a rapid and confidential resolution of the issues.

The prosecution alleged that the similarities in the data indicated that the defendant was likely dragging the victim's body down the stairs when his app indicated he was engaged in strenuous activity involving the climbing of stairs, thus supporting their theory of the case.

The Committee, having taken note of the explanations provided by the delegation, invites the State party to envisage regulating the burden of proof in civil proceedings involving racial discrimination so that once an alleged victim has established a prima facie case that he or she has been a victim of such discrimination, it shall be for the respondent to provide evidence of an objective and reasonable justification for differential treatment.

The judge, in the Carfagno case, spent significant time discussing the issue of whether to test the victim's alleged fear of the defendant objectively or subjectively.