Sentences with phrase «argued at the trial»

Silver's defense argued at trial that everything he did was par for the course.

The wife argued at the trial court level that neither of these items should be included in the husband's income when determining his child support obligation.

The defence argued at trial that Prosa, who was at a nightclub earlier on the evening, may have had his drink spiked, says the newspaper.

TGF acts as Canadian counsel for the UK Pension Claimants which was the lead respondent opposing attempts by various US parties to appeal the Allocation Decision to the Court of Appeal, and had argued at trial for a pro rata allocation of the Lockbox Funds.

The defendant argued at trial that the plaintiffs knew the doorknob cover wouldn't keep the child from leaving the home, and they were negligent by failing to use the additional lock.

Mr. Tessling argued at trial that the RCMP flyover constituted an unreasonable search, contrary to his rights under Section 8 of the Charter.

A partner at the firm, Mr. Stern has appeared and argued at every trial and appellate level, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

S.C.) in which Andrew Lewis successfully argued at trial that the plaintiff employee had been constructively dismissed from his employment by his supervisor's improper conduct.

Mr. Sacks argued at trial that the delay in diagnosing and treating the leak caused him to go into septic shock and the resulting amputations.

On appeal, the appellants argued that the trial judge erred in finding liability based on the IPO - related statements because the respondents did not plead or argue at trial that such statements amounted to fraudulent misrepresentations.

The Fund argued at trial court that father's individual damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress were not recoverable under the Adult Wrongful Death Statute found in IC 34 -23-1-2.

[13] The respondent successfully argued at trial that the eldest child, Nakita, remains a «child of the marriage», even though she was 19 years of age at trial.

She argued at trial that the report failed to consider alternative scenarios, such as both parents relocating to the Toronto area or her relocating there without the children.

I told my family that I was interested in going to college to study law because I thought I would be good at arguing at a trial (since I was so naturally talented at arguing with my mother).

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Game of thrones: Turner Networks CEO John Martin, speaking at the anti-trust trial on AT&T's bid to buy Time Warner, argued that the companies need the merger to compete against Google and Facebook for ad dollars.

In court their lawyer Moshkani Farahani, who had previously argued against the charges faced by each of his clients at the last court session of this trial on 24 November, said they should be released.

According to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), state prosecutors argued for the death penalty against Lim in Wednesday's 90 - minute trial at the nation's supreme court, reportsThe New York Times.

When the Nazi officials on trial at Nuremberg argued in their defense that they had merely obeyed the laws of the state, public opinion quickly agreed that there ought to be a law proscribing such crimes against humanity.

Professor Metcalf testified at the real trial, «It is impossible for a normal human being, cognizant of the facts, to have the slightest doubt about the fact of evolution,» and the fictional Drummond argues, «What Bertram Cates spoke quietly one spring afternoon in the Hillsboro High School is... incontrovertible as geometry in every enlightened community of minds.»

At the same time, the attorneys argued evidence of the developers» campaign contributions to Cuomo should not be barred from being discussed at trial and are legally protected by the First AmendmenAt the same time, the attorneys argued evidence of the developers» campaign contributions to Cuomo should not be barred from being discussed at trial and are legally protected by the First Amendmenat trial and are legally protected by the First Amendment.

A prosecutor argued at the bribery trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco that he proved his guilt by quoting from the mob drama «The Sopranos» with the now infamous use of the word «ziti» to indicate bribes.

While it could indeed be «a potentially epoch - making moment it could be for Gaddafi to stand trial at the International Criminal Court,» Bali and Abu Rish argue that: «The prospect of retirement in a prison cell in the Hague may factor into al - Qaddafi's incentives to make good on his threats to fight to the last of his capacities, visiting untold atrocities on Libyan civilians in the process.

In court papers filed Monday in Manhattan Federal Court, Silver's lawyers argued just that — the recent ruling, which threw out McDonnell's conviction, means it's likely Silver's conviction will be reversed or he'll get the chance at a new trial.

At that point, defense attorneys are expected file a Rule 29 motion, allowed in any criminal trial, in which they will argue that the prosecution failed to present enough evidence to prove its case.

Prosecutors from Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara's office argue that the «concern, surprise and fear» of Glenwood's management should be admissible at trial.

In 1916, at a trial of leading pacifists, the prosecutor, Archibald Bodkin argued: «War would become impossible if all men were to have the view that war was wrong!»

He argued that President Muhammadu Buhari's fight against corruption is most likely not to be successful in the face of Saraki's trial at the CCT.

«That may make you uncomfortable,» Mr. Silver's defense attorney Steven Molo argued in his opening statement at his client's ongoing corruption trial.

Disgraced former state senator and current Bridgeport city councilor Ernie Newton appeared before the state Supreme Court Wednesday, where he argued that his latest conviction, for campaign finance fraud, should be reversed because the judge at this trial...

In his letter, Laufer argues Sugarman or someone at the state Board of Elections may have broken the law by leaking the memo, which could constitute interference with an ongoing law enforcement investigation, or could deprive people of their right to a fair trial.

Ms Abbott refused to be drawn on whether the former prime minister should stand trial for war crimes at the Hague, arguing: «This is not about calling for vengeful prosecutions.»

Caproni's succinct style kept the trial's pace moving at a healthy clip, and she found more than a few reasons to castigate Silver's defense team, too — especially Molo, whom she admonished for arguing, talking over witnesses and editorializing during cross-examination.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- A prosecutor argued at the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo that he proved his guilt by quoting from the mob drama «The Sopranos.»

From the tidbits of information gleaned at a hearing on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, it appeared that prosecutors had argued last fall — in a closed hearing and in sealed court papers — to be able to use certain evidence against Mr. Silver at trial.

The defense has argued that prosecutors produced no evidence at trial that a quid pro quo existed.

It's unclear what the document was, but Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni closed her courtroom during a hearing last week so that lawyers could argue about whether unknown sensitive evidence could be admitted at trial.

Prosecutors at the ongoing trial of Sen. John Sampson argue his attempt to exploit the friendship and develop a mole demonstrated the extremes to which he would go to avoid getting caught.

Mr. Silver's lawyer, Stephen F. Molo, argued during the trial that because New York lawmakers were allowed to earn outside income, it was «impossible» for them not to have some sort of conflict (NY Times, The Questionable Ways of Albany, Exposed at Sheldon Silver's Trial, 12/1/2trial that because New York lawmakers were allowed to earn outside income, it was «impossible» for them not to have some sort of conflict (NY Times, The Questionable Ways of Albany, Exposed at Sheldon Silver's Trial, 12/1/2Trial, 12/1/2015).

In it, critical care specialist Charles Natanson of the Clinical Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, argued that blood substitutes, no matter how they're designed, raise the risk of death by almost 30 % and nearly triple the rate of heart attacks in the people who receive them in clinical trials, mainly surgery and trauma patients.

He argues that «most of the fetuses identified as being at risk of hypoxia are not» and highlights a review of trial data for nearly 37,000 women that found no difference in perinatal mortality between labours with electronic fetal monitoring versus intermittent auscultation.

Regarding the trial in L'Aquila, Gresta argues that «everyone is good at saying what should have been done after the event.»

And Socrates — who in the Crito refused to escape Athens to avoid the death penalty — had argued in his trial that he did not deserve punishment at all, but rather deserved to be treated like an Olympic hero!

The state's growing achievement gaps were at the center of the five - month CCJEF v. Rell trial, in which attorneys for a coalition of parents, teachers, school boards and mayors suing the state argued that «lawmakers are on the hook for ensuring students from low - income families are provided with an opportunity to succeed in school.»

«All of the «links» that Apple identified in its opening statement were established at trial, and Apple did not argue otherwise in its summation,» Cote wrote.

There has been a lot written on the collaboration of the Vichy Govt, at trial Petain argued that they collaborated to protect France from the worst excesses of the Nazis.

At trial, the appellants successfully argued that their role did not involve the trafficking of cocaine.

Specifically, Landis argued that the «lay opinions» offered at his trial «regarding the brown substance were insufficient to sustain a conviction and expert testimony was required.»

The size issue never came up at trial, but DeGuerin argued on appeal that it should have because it was a key piece of exculpatory evidence.

During the four - week trial in August, lawyers for Amtrak and Union Pacific Railroad used videos from the train itself to argue that the lights and gate at the railroad crossing worked properly at the time of the accident, and the driver of the truck failed to respond to several whistle blasts from the train before smashing into the fourth car of the train in a fiery collision.

Paul Clement is arguing his client's right to counsel was violated at trial.