Sentences with phrase «as a defence witness»

It will be recalled that the former NSA asked the court to discharge him as a defence witness in Metuh's trial.

Jonathan is to appear as a defence witness for the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh.

Following an application by Metuh, the judge had since October 3, 2017 signed the subpoena summoning Jonathan to appear as a defence witness in the case.

Not exact matches

Well said, well played Tottenham whindeserved the win, but I'd like to say there is much more to come from this arsenal team, for the briefest moments in the game I witnessed enough to see when we get a head of steam and some form, we will be very difficult to stop going forward, as for defence, do city worry about that?

Attempts by the prosecution counsel to further clarify on the matter led to a «technicality - battle» between the two counsels as the defence posits that the witness» testimony was not ambiguous.

Doyin Okupe, the erstwhile Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, appeared as the third defence witness (DW3) for Olisa Metuh, the embattled...

Doyin Okupe, the erstwhile Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, appeared as the third defence witness (DW3) for Olisa Metuh, the embattled national spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who is standing trial over his alleged role in the infamous $ 2.1 billion arms deal, involving the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

Canadian Lt. Gen. Pierre St - Amand is seen on Parliament Hill in September 2017 where he appeared as a witness at a House of Commons national defence committee.

The defence team, led by Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), had protested that the «witness was never listed as one of the witnesses before the court».

«My constraint is that I need to know what the witness is coming to say or testify to, as her statement has not been forwarded to the defence,» he said.

«Any prosecutor would be reluctant to call them as a witness for fear of being taken apart by the defence,» said Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

The leader of the prosecution defence, Tayo Olukotun, lamented that the defence counsel's cross examination of the witnesses was ambiguous as it went outside the statement made by Ennah and was admitted by the court as exhibit.

The application was opposed by the prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, who argued that the request of the defence is unnecessary as the defendant (Metuh) is in court as a credible witness and can testify.

If you don't know, in the Phoenix Wright series you play as a defence attorney attempting to prove your client's innocence by searching for clues and evidence and finding contradictions in the prosecutor's / witness» allegations.

As a young boy involved in the heroic defence of Van, Arshile Gorky was witness to one of the most courageous moments in Armenian history, but the months and years that were to follow would see him lose a home, his people, and - most traumatically - his beloved mother.»

Canadian Lt. Gen. Pierre St - Amand is seen on Parliament Hill in September 2017 where he appeared as a witness at a House of Commons national defence committee.

If the accused was legally aided, or without funds to pay further fees, the defence lawyer would just have to give up another evening or two doing the unpaid work preparing the application for permission to call the real culprit as a witness.

His specialty is forensic linguistics, and in this case he was asked by the defence to analyse eleven witness statements given to the government and used as evidence of Topuria's guilt.

R.E.M. and B.M. (also Griecken, [2009] O.J. No. 5037 at 24 — 25) cite Bell, [1997] N.W.T.J. No. 18 (CA) at para 28:... Where, as here, expert evidence is offered by the defence, in its efforts to make full answer and defence, a trial court should not impose, as noted in Mohan, too strict a standard for the necessity of such evidence, especially where as here the witness recognized the need to avoid crossing into the jury's domain.

Analysis and advice to and receive instructions from client with respect to known disclosure, witnesses, evidence, etc., and all aspects of the defence as may affect plea, pre-trial and trial motions / applications, trial and / or sentencing issues;

As the witness is a friend of the defendant, there's a good chance his statements will be favourable to the defence, removing the need to cross-examine him.

In those instances, it may be necessary to take measures such as permitting the defence to recall certain witnesses for examination or cross-examination, adjournments to permit the defence to subpoena additional witnesses or even, in extreme circumstances, declaring a mistrial.

When the wife of the accused was offered as the first defence witness, the Crown objected and the trial Judge «ruled that the appellant should testify first.»

5 Therefore, I rule that counsel for the defence can conduct the defence as she sees fit and that should the defence be alibi there is no need to call Mr. Sparre, the accused, as the first witness.

The Court reasoned that a defendant could not be absolutely certain that his witnesses would testify as expected, and that there was a risk that the other defence witnesses might either collapse under cross-examination or through no fault of their own simply fail to impress the jury.

In Archer defence counsel had already told the jury, in his opening, that the accused would be called as a witness.

In these circumstances, it was incumbent on the trial judge to explain that difference to Mr. Watterson [emphasis mine], to explain that the court could not treat the Defence as evidence, and that if he did not call a witness, or testify himself, the court would have no basis upon which to accept, as proven, the facts which the defendants had set out in their Defence.

30 Although defence counsel may well run the risk of having evidence of an accused viewed as tainted when testifying after hearing other defence witnesses testify, I do not in this case find that Mr. Pasloski's evidence should be so characterized.

R. 224, [1968] 1 W.L.R. 636, [1968] 2 All E.R. 115, a decision of the English Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in which Cusack J. laid down as settled a general rule that the accused should be called before other defence witnesses.

There is no rule of law or of practice which requires a trial Judge to make any ruling as to the order in which witnesses for the defence should be called.

A defence lawyer for an indicted Dewey & LeBoeuf executive wants Steven Davis — the firm's former chairman — to appear as a witness in his retrial.

Given the prevalence of sexual assault, female defence counsel are just as likely as any other women to have been sexually assaulted themselves, to have witnessed a sexual assault, or to have helped friends or family through the aftermath of a sexual assault.

In more serious cases, police officers may be called as witnesses by the Crown and then cross-examined by the defence.

Regina v. I.D. (2007) Charges of utter death threats x 2, and assault (Domestic) withdrawn at trial in the Ontario Court of Justice as a result of defence analysis of the statements of witnesses and the complainants establishing that the allegations could not have occurred.

Defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger transcribed all witness statements and created a detailed chart of all inconsistencies, as well as having drafted detailed disclosure requests seeking various critical pieces of information that were alleged to have been provided by the complainant.

Further, defence interviews of various potential defence witnesses, established that the client was either wrongly identified as a person who had assaulted the police or was attacked by police without physical provocation on the part of the client.

The daughter's boyfriend could have been called as a witness and the failure to do so or explain his absence rightly allows the defence to suggest that I should draw an adverse inference, and I do so.

Some cases take the view that the need for a «matching report» - i.e. a report from a defence expert witness in the same specialty as a plaintiff's expert - is not, in and of itself, a sufficient reason to order a further defence medical.

This defence is what is commonly argued by ICBC»S lawyers in hit and run situations, where it is alleged that the Plaintiff did not make all «reasonable efforts» to ascertain the identity of the owner and / or driver of the other vehicle, by doing such things as notifying ICBC, notifying the police, placing posters at the scene looking for witnesses, placing online ads looking for witnesses, talking to residents and merchants in the area of the accident, etc...

The defence called academic, Chris Atchison, as their first expert witness.

[9] The plaintiff can not have been in a position to respond to the suggestion that neurologists do not hold that opinion as a group until the defence witness was heard on that point.

The complainant testified at trial, as did the accused and two defence witnesses.

[1] In the course of this jury trial I ruled that Dr. Frank Lipson, who had conducted a defence medical of the plaintiff, not be permitted to testify as an expert witness on behalf of the defence.

This is unfortunate because violent offences also often have a number of defences, such as identity, provocation, self - defence and the credibility of witnesses.

After the Crown had filed its final exhibit, and after the defence confirmed that it intended to call Sibbert as a witness, Blouin spoke about the «new approach in these courts.»

The case has roles for a judge, court clerk, crown and defence counsel as well as eight witnesses.

They too employ assessors who more often than not provide medical reports to discount what treating physicians have to say so they can keep their well - paid gigs, especially when they double as expert witnesses for the defence.

In this case, as in many others, witnesses will not give evidence unless their identity is withheld from the defence.

A direction to a defendant charged with criminal damage that he serve on the prosecution the full names, dates of birth and addresses of all defence witnesses who were to be called at trial, before he indicated his defence, has been quashed by the court, as breaching both litigation privilege and legal professional privilege.

The global defence strategy will likely evolve over time — and it should — but it is important to keep all team members updated with new witnesses, themes, documentation, and strategies that arise as the course of litigation progresses.