Sentences with phrase «allow jurors»

I can see a technological reason, which is that many courts do not allow jurors or anyone else to bring electronic devices into the courthouse without advance permission.

Since the step from present courtroom technology to Apple AR is not as great as trying to get a court to allow jurors to use VR headsets, AR's acceptance and use will be much sooner and less daunting to practitioners.

If the all - or - nothing approach is adopted, then counsel should object to the prosecutor and even the judge if either wants to allow the jurors to consider the lesser - included offense.

Moreover, prosecutors pursuing capital cases won't allow jurors who oppose the death penalty.

How could McLain have gotten a fair trial, Levine asked, when the judge had allowed jurors to stand in the jury box, eating food and drinking coffee during testimony?

Some examples: allowing jurors or other fact - finders to freely walk around a virtual site of an industrial accident or presenting a «day in the life» demonstration that places jurors virtually in the room with an injured person.

The idea here is that this allows jurors to get their minds thinking about what they are going to be considering at the end of the case.

The Criminal Code also allows a juror to be successfully challenged for cause by the Crown and defence counsel if they have been convicted of an offence for which a term of imprisonment exceeding 12 months has been given.

Other than KRE 614, Lawson's observation of the practice, and the Slaughter case, there was not much in the way of modern case law or authority in Kentucky to instruct trial judges and litigators on any particular procedural or substantive considerations for allowing juror questions, until the Kentucky Supreme Court issued its opinion in Fraser v. Miller, 427 S.W. 3d 182 (Ky. 2014).

And their case — which lawyers have said would be the first copyright decision of its kind for possible overturning on appeal — appears now to rest on the crucial issue of what U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt allowed jurors to consider: recorded versions of Gaye's work or the «deposit copy» or «lead sheet,» the bare - bones description of the tune on which the family holds its copyright.

But it's obvious that everyone else in the courtroom, from the attorneys to the judge, is concerned that the jurors won't understand what APIs are or how they work — in a rare moment of agreement, Oracle and Google attorneys allowed the jurors to take their notebooks home over the weekend so they could study up.

Not exact matches

Each night, while sequestered for one of the trials, jurors were allowed two alcoholic drinks each.

In death penalty cases, lawyers are allowed to dismiss any juror who is opposed to the death penalty,» UCLA law professor Adam Winkler told Business Insider in an email message.

The attorneys, who weren't allowed even to say «good morning» to a juror while the trial was in progress, chatted with us too.

CNN: Priest's guilty plea throws wrinkle into Philadelphia sexual abuse trial Attorneys in the child sexual abuse and conspiracy trial of two Philadelphia priests debated Monday over which potential witnesses jurors would be allowed to hear regarding a third defendant who pleaded guilty to molesting boys just days before opening remarks.

Next up on the agenda — again before jurors entered the courtroom — was the question of whether Azrack would allow testimony about Anthony Gulino, owner of Residential Fence Corp. and Laser Industries, and his campaign contributions to Mangano.

To make it more unlikely, the presiding judge allows the parties to disqualify jurors for cause (and usually a limited number without cause).

Other positive developments include a recent ruling by the Court of Appeal allowing trial judges to explain to jurors why a victim would have delayed reporting a rape to police, helping to alleviate the influence of the rape myth.

He also urged the jurors not to allow any distaste for politicians or the fact that Silver got rich while in office influence their views of the case.

Prosecutors also showed jurors a document illustrating how an earlier draft of the legislation would have harmed Glenwood by letting tax abatements expire and allowing the city to adopt stronger rent regulations.

Caproni told the jurors she hoped the day off would allow them to resolve personal issues.

The ex-lobbyist also told jurors about Cuomo's attendance at a fundraiser in a showroom full of Corvettes to raise $ 125,000 in untraceable contributions, while prosecutors offered evidence that Percoco exercised power and was allowed to use his state office near the governor's even after quitting the government to run Cuomo's re-election campaign.

For the first time the jurors were allowed to take into account the work each artist displayed in the Turner Prize exhibition.

Almost three years after the bidding, and after a trial in which jurors were not allowed to consider the fact that the Obama administration invalidated the entire leasing process in which DeChristopher took part or that he did in fact raise the money needed to pay for his bids in full, Tim was convicted of two felonies, for which he is now serving two years in jail and issued a $ 10,000 fine, followed by three years of supervised probation.

, which allows you to present online questionnaires to prospective jurors to probe certain aspects of your case.

As Ambrogi writes, a new Web site, TrialJuries, «will allow lawyers to submit their cases and have them «decided» by online jurors similar to those who would serve on an actual jury at trial.»

Thus, lawyers from the public defender service have been asking judges to allow them to examine court data on jury pools — and this month, D.C. Superior Court Judge Boasberg ruled that the defense is entitled to information about how jurors are identified and summoned.

In addition to the more traditional mock jury approach, DecisionQuest offers CaseXplorer, which allows you to present online questionnaires to prospective jurors to probe certain aspects of your case.

Litigants should not be allowed to wait until a verdict has been rendered to perform a Case.net [state online database similar to PACER] search for jurors» prior litigation history when, in many instances, the search also could have been done in the final stages of jury selection or after the jury was selected but prior to the jury being empanelled.

As the complicated civil trial in Massachusetts Superior Court dragged on into late October, the jurors asked the judge if he would allow them to wear costumes on Halloween.

It allows individual jurors to follow their conscience, but critics say it violates the juror's basic role — to determine the facts in a case and apply the law to reach a result.

Most courts forbid sequestered jurors from making or receiving phone calls, or will only allow them if a bailiff, U.S. marshal, or other court official listens in to ensure that the case is not discussed in any way.

The media will only be allowed to film judges» summary remarks only — victims, witnesses, offenders and jurors can not be filmed.

Called TrialJuries, the site will allow lawyers to submit their cases and have them «decided» by online jurors similar to those who would serve on an actual jury at trial.

There has been a decent amount written about jurors» use of Twitter in courts, and also about whether journalists should be allowed to report from the courtroom using Twitter.

Where there was a shared service background between a crucial police witness and the police officer juror (Green), or where there the CPS lawyer juror had close connections with the trial court and prosecution team (Williamson) there was apparent bias and the appeal was allowed.

The appeal was allowed and the court gave guidance on the inquiries that trial judges should make where a personal connection between a juror and witness has been identified.

Many jury summonses allow potential jurors to exclude themselves if they have transportation challenges, or if they would suffer a financial hardship if required to serve (few employers in lower - income communities will pay an employee who doesn't show up for work due to jury duty), or if they are physically disabled.

Maryland caselaw allows the trial judge to run that entire jury questioning show, except that Maryland judges often will permit the parties to ask some follow - up questions to individual potential jurors.

A peremptory challenge allows the Crown or defence counsel to eliminate a potential juror from serving on the jury.

After the trial, the jurors are not allowed to divulge the discussions that took place in the jury room.

Social media now allows us to find out what people are thinking; in the US they can do research on the potential jurors before the trial.

The app allows you to create profiles for each of the potential jurors in voir dire and keep detailed notes for each juror in an easy to use interface.

App that allows for quick notetaking - including use of gestures and emoticons - to track juror reaction and behavior during trial.

District Local Civil Rule 47.2 allows the use of the Internet to research jurors and prospective jurors within the confines of information which is accessible to the public and information is available and accessible to the public so long as it does not result in send an access request or other contact.

A judge in Montgomery County, Maryland, denied a request to allow research of potential jurors because it could have a chilling effect on jury service if they knew they were going to be Googled as soon as they walked into the courthouse.

Communicating in the social media context includes sending a friend request or otherwise allowing the potential juror to know that the attorney is viewing the juror's posts.

Also inadmissible is «heresay»; there are various circumstances where it is allowed to introduce as evidence testimony like «I heard Bob say that Lou bragged about murdering Sal», and a concept of «adoptive admission» which has the consequence that if you don't protest an accusation or wrongdoing, that is the same as confessing to doing it (jurors still have to decide if they believe it, but it is admissible).

Most states allow each side 6 challenges or strikes to eliminate unwanted jurors for any reason (other than race).

Note, however, that researching is allowed but contacting said juror is not.