Sentences with phrase «appealed against his convictions»

The Scottish government must decide whether to release Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al - Megrahi following his decision to drop his second appeal against conviction.

Section 8 (4) of the Representation of People Act, 1951 allows a Member of Parliament (MP) or a Member of a State Legislature (MLA or MLC) to retain his or her seat in the House even when convicted, if he or she appeals against the conviction.

Six people caught in sting operations by the former News of the World investigations editor, Mazher Mahmood, are seeking leave to appeal against convictions resulting from stories about them in the newspaper.

«Obviously, I have gotten instructions [to file an appeal against the conviction] and we are going to do that,» he stated.

An israeli military court has rejected an appeal against the conviction for manslaughter of a soldier for shooting a wounded palestinian attacker in hebron last year.

Paz, who made his fortune from iron mining, is appealing against the conviction.

The appellant appealed against both his conviction and a sentence of 12 months» imprisonment.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, and accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against conviction dismissed — Although trial judge did not address analytical steps in order, he properly analyzed evidence and concluded that injuries sustained by victim were not accidental and could not have occurred in any other fashion than as stated by victim — Having provided reasons for accepting victim's evidence, trial judge was entitled to reject accused's evidence — Trial judge's reasoning, though skeletal, permitted accused and appellate court to determine how and why finding resulted.

Maria Theodoulou, Partner at Stokoe Partnership Solicitors, comments in The Telegraph, Daily Mail and regional press, following the news of Hatton Garden raider Carl Wood lodging his appeal against his convictions.

The client would have to appeal against their conviction on the grounds that it was based on inadmissable evidence.

He appealed against his convictions on three grounds, two of which related to procedural issues not relevant for present purposes.

He appealed against both his conviction and sentence.

The Ontario Court of Appeal, Strathy, J.A., dissenting, allowed the appeal against conviction and ordered a new trial.

His appeal against conviction was dismissed by a majority of the Court of Appeal for Ontario... We agree with Justice Pardu that the trial judge's reasons, even when read as a whole and in the context of the trial record, fail to reveal the basis on which the trial judge concluded that the Crown had proven the mental element of the offence beyond a reasonable doubt.

During that time, his appeals against his conviction to the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada were refused.

They appealed against conviction.

The CCRC will also make a referral if «an appeal against the conviction has been determined or leave to appeal against it has been refused.»

• remove all discretion from the secretary of state in relation to deportation orders; • create an assumption that deportation is conducive to the public good; • require the secretary of state to make a deportation order (this can be made at any time providing there is no pending criminal appeal against a conviction or sentence); and • prohibit the secretary of state from revoking a deportation order unless: (i) one of the exceptions below applies; (ii) an application for revocation is made while individuals are outside the UK; or (iii) a new Borders Act deportation order is made.

[3] The appellant now appeals against her conviction on two grounds.

The defendant appealed against his conviction.

The phrase is not defined in Code s. 686 (1)(a)(iii) which simply states that a court of appeal may allow an appeal against conviction, ``... on any ground where there was a miscarriage of justice».

The Appellant, Mr. Jason Fountain appeals against his convictions for armed robbery, forcible confinement, and breaking / entering to commit an indictable offence.

The C.A. allowed the appeal against conviction.

The Appellant appeals against his conviction for assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement, and related offences.

The appellant appealed against conviction on the basis that the statement was privileged.

The appeal against conviction is scheduled to be heard (before the N.B. C.A.), beginning October 18, 2016.

The defendant appealed against conviction for an offence of racially aggravated threatening behaviour, contrary to the Public Order Act 1986, s 4 and the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (CDA 1998), s 31 (1)(a), arguing that the phrase used was not capable of demonstrating hostility based on membership of a racial group.

- A new Pt 68 (appeal to the Court of Appeal about conviction or sentence), in substitution for the existing Pt 68 (appeal to the Court of Appeal against conviction, sentence or sentence review decision).

Appeals against conviction rose from 1,530 in 2005 — 06 to 1,598 in 2006 — 07, while appeals against sentence rose from 4,914 to 5,176 in the same period.

There has been a rise in both appeals against conviction and sentence in the past year, the latest annual review of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) reveals.

Appeals against conviction: The appeal judge may allow an appeal against conviction only if he or she is satisfied about any of the following:

He filed a Notice of Appeal against his conviction in the New Brunswick Court of Appeal as well as a motion for release pending his appeal.

Oland's appeal against conviction was scheduled to be heard before the New Brunswick Court of Appeal in October 2016, and in the meantime he is appealing to the SCC the release pending appeal decision only.

In Ramzan, five of the appellants took the Saik point and applied for leave to appeal against conviction out of time.

Practitioners who have a client who was convicted under the old interpretation of the common law should apply for leave to appeal against conviction out of time.

«It is the very well - established practice of this court, in a case where the conviction was entirely proper under the law as it stood at the time of trial, to grant leave to appeal against conviction out of time only where substantial injustice would otherwise be done to the defendant.»

He appealed against conviction and sentence.

The appeal against conviction would therefore be dismissed.

• Appeals against convictions and sentences.

Not exact matches

Still, despite what he feels is a weak case against him, he thinks the odds are he'll be found guilty, at least during this first trial; Japan, which has a more than 99 % conviction rate, is also one of a few countries that allows prosecutors to appeal an acquittal twice.

A federal jury found him guilty in 2010, but an appeals court reversed his conviction, ruling that prosecutors misapplied the federal corporate espionage laws against him.

Mr Mossayebzadeh, Mr Fadaie and Mr Omidi are additionally awaiting the outcome of their appeal against a sentence of 80 lashes each that was handed down in 2016, following their convictions for drinking wine during a communion service.

But using the standard that Bharara used in the Silver case (and, arguably, his case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was busted on similar charges and is also appealing his conviction), the prisons would be filled with people who made a campaign contribution so they can get a meeting with a politician.

In July, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and this week the corruption conviction against former Senate Masjority Leader Dean Skelos was also vacated.

``... If they feel the fines are not big enough, then the AG could appeal against not the conviction, but the sentencing; the amount of the fine, to give another court the opportunity to review,» Mr. Ankomah opined on Eyewitness News.

When the appeals court overturned Silver's corruption conviction, it said that many people would view the facts that came out in the case «with distaste,» but the instructions to the jury did not track with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 2016 in a corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Federal prosecutors quickly vowed to retry the case, noting that the appeals court said that the evidence against Mr. Silver was legally sufficient to support a conviction.

A New York state appeals judge upheld a conviction against former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov on Thursday — likely...

APPEAL by accused against conviction on one count of assault causing bodily harm, sentence to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, and order to provide DNA sample.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against sentence was allowed — Trial judge erred in concluding that discharge was not appropriate in circumstances, especially given conclusion that accused did not deliberately attempt to injure victim — Trial judge found that there was no need for either specific deterrence or general deterrence; prime concern was need for denunciation of her conduct — Section 730 of Criminal Code permits discharge in cases of this nature, provided that it was in best interest of accused and not contrary to public interest — Accused was responsible individual with no record whatsoever, she held position as counsellor and social worker for 25 years — Trial judge did not find that conviction would definitely affect her employment, but possibility existed, and such conviction would necessarily result in criminal record — There was no likelihood of re-offending — Conditional discharge would not be contrary to public interest.