Sentences with phrase «as a trial judge at»

Mr. Leighton has also served as a trial judge at the George Washington University Law School.

Not exact matches

At a hearing in Moscow's Tverskoy District Court to decide whether Magomedov and his associates should be detained before their trial, Judge Maria Sizintseva said they had acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

A judge recently denied Uber's request for private arbitration instead of going to trial, but at least Uber can continue working on its technology as long as Levandowski goes nowhere near its LiDAR systems.

At his trial in Rand's novel, Hank Rearden shocked the judges — and delighted those in the courtroom — with his refusal to recognize his actions as a crime, enter a plea or defend himself.

no part of which appears in Mark and only the last clause in Matthew (Lk 22:28 - 29; cf. Mt 19:28): «You are those who have continued with me in my trials; and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.»

It has proven very difficult for judges and politicians to resist this trend, especially when it comes to horrific crimes such as the Oklahoma City bombing: at McVeigh's trial 38 witnesses described in heartbreaking detail how this event destroyed their lives.

As at his arrest and interrogation before the high priest, so again at this Roman trial, Jesus displayed his divine nature more authoritative and in command of himself than Roman judge.

This citizenship involved such rights as trial before Roman judges, not local ones, and appeal to the imperial court at Rome, as well as exemption from some local taxes.

The trial judge also concluded that (para 285) «the threat of sale by independent retailers to the major supermarket chains constrained Metcash's wholesale pricing decisions» and that the competitive constraint imposed by Franklins was much less than that imposed by the major supermarket chains - these findings of the trial judge were set out by Yates J at para 297 as follows:

Recent Spanish media reports claiming Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been negotiating a deal to avoid prison due to his tax arrears are «just noise and smoke» rising now as the judge may be about to move the case forward to trial, a source at the Spanish tax authority has told ESPN FC.

Pistorius sat in a dark suit as original trial judge Thokozile Masipa started hearing pre-sentencing arguments at Pretoria High Court.

In Thursday's ruling, the appellate court ruled the judge's erroneous instruction to the jury at Silver's trial «was not harmless because it is not clear beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have reached the same conclusion if properly instructed, as is required by law for the verdict to stand.»

At noon, federal and state judges, lawyers and journalists explore the interplay of First Amendment rights when attending and reporting on criminal trials as well as the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial, New York State Bar Association, 1 Elk St., Albany.

The other nominees are: Michael Diedreich, an attorney from Rockland County; Jose Fernandez, a former assistant secretary of State in the Obama administration who current practices at Gibson Dunn; Nicole Gueron, whose experience includes a stint as deputy trial counsel in the attorney general's office during Cuomo's tenure in the post; Doris Ling - Cohan, a state Supreme Court judge in New York County; former New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board executive director Mina Quinto Malik; Buffalo attorney Jennifer Stergion; and Alex Zapesochny, who appears to be the founder of a Rochester biotech company.

«My general impressions, I was surprised that how this was being treated as an actual trial, a court trial, as far as the questioning and examining was going and that it seemed as if the Commissioner was acting as a judge, getting advice from her own legal counsel at times,» said Scott, «and just the level of detail and scrutiny was much more than I had expected.»

The judges said that the «language of the instruction at Silver's trial captured lawful conduct, such as arranging meetings or hosting events with constituents.»

The presiding judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court, told jurors at the outset of the trial that the government must prove that Mr. Silver knowingly participated in a scheme to defraud and «received things of value in the form of bribes or kickbacks, and that he knew when he accepted those things he was expected, in exchange, to take official action as the opportunity arose.»

You should then run the trial a couple of times, so that every student participates at least once as either judge, jury, prosecution, or defense.

Plaintiff Big Bad Wolf (Brody Rolfson) listens as third - grade students from Kaysville's Endeavor Elementary conduct a mock trial with 2nd District Court Judge Thomas Kay at the Farmington Courthouse on Tuesday.

Rumor has it the actual production version of the Lamborghini Urus SUV could be unveiled at the 2017 Shanghai Auto Show, which would make sense as the Concept was shown in Beijing five years ago, and judging from the test mule that has been spotted during winter trials in Northern Europe the styling has been modified since then.

The objects of the Club shall be: (a) to encourage and promote quality in the breeding of purebred Great Danes and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; (b) to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by the American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which Great Danes shall be judged; (c) to do all in its power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows and obedience trials; (d) to conduct sanctioned and licensed specialty shows and obedience trials under the rules and Regulations of the American Kennel Club.

Our goals are to encourage and promote the breeding of pure - bred Golden Retrievers and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by The American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which Golden Retrievers shall be judged; to do all in our power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows, obedience trials, agility trials, hunt tests and field trials; and to conduct sanctioned and licensed specialty shows, obedience trials, agility trials, and field trials under the rules of The American Kennel Club.

JUDGE: It is recommended that, as a first consideration, the judge be a qualified breeder of retrievers with at least 10 years experience in their breed and have attended at least two obedience trials and two field events with water tJUDGE: It is recommended that, as a first consideration, the judge be a qualified breeder of retrievers with at least 10 years experience in their breed and have attended at least two obedience trials and two field events with water tjudge be a qualified breeder of retrievers with at least 10 years experience in their breed and have attended at least two obedience trials and two field events with water tests.

(a) To encourage and promote quality in the breeding of apricot and red poodles and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; (b) To urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by The American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which they shall be judged; (c) To do all in its power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows and obedience trials;

Dr. E.E. Pearce, New York and M.M. Stevenson, Toronto, officiated as judges at these trials.

Objectives of the Club To encourage and promote quality in the breeding of purebred Havanese and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; To encourage the organization of independent local Havanese Specialty Clubs in those localities where there are sufficient fanciers of the breed to meet the requirements of The American Kennel Club; To urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed approved by The American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which Havanese shall be judged; To do all in its power to protect and advance the interests of the breed and to encourage sportsmanlike competition at dog shows, obedience trials and agility events; To conduct sanctioned matches, specialty shows, obedience trials and agility trials under the rules of The American Kennel Club.

As you drive, the points at which these tracks converge could see you heading off onto a different section of track, and without a mini-map in the corner this makes judging braking points and setting up racing lines near impossible with trial and error.

This makes about as much sense as a defendant sitting as judge at his own trial.

In both cases, at first instance, the trial judge determined that the employer was not liable, as the assaulting employee had been acting outside the scope of his employment.

As Aikens LJ went on to explain, the intentional tort committed by Mr Marsh, having been at home, off - duty and drunk, and having declined the offer to come in, was obviously not at all connected with his employment: the description by the trial judge of being the «spontaneous criminal act of a drunken man who was off duty» was «both graphic and accurate».

[170]... where the trial judge finds that representation of an accused by counsel is essential to a fair trial, the accused, as previously indicated, has a constitutional right to be provided with counsel at the expense of the state if he or she lacks the means to employ one.

Today, in federal district court in Wichita, Judge Monti Belot is holding a hearing, at which a government expert will apparently try to convince the judge that two defense witnesses should be precluded from testifying at trial, as «Rwandan witnesses are inherently unreliable because they're controlled by the government of the African nation.&rJudge Monti Belot is holding a hearing, at which a government expert will apparently try to convince the judge that two defense witnesses should be precluded from testifying at trial, as «Rwandan witnesses are inherently unreliable because they're controlled by the government of the African nation.&rjudge that two defense witnesses should be precluded from testifying at trial, as «Rwandan witnesses are inherently unreliable because they're controlled by the government of the African nation.»

Jordan and Magoon were charged with first - degree murder but convicted of second - degree murder at trial, as the trial judge was not satisfied that they had unlawfully confined Meika while inflicting the injuries on her.

The appellate court judges are required to presume the jury's decisions at trial were correct — as long as the record on appeal contains evidence to support the jury's verdict.

The evidentiary rulings as to relevance can only be based upon the trial judge's understanding at that time of what the evidence is expected to show, and here the judge made a proper ruling.

Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how one looks at the glass as partially full or empty, I have only encountered two judges in my entire career of trying over one hundred trials involving breath alcohol testing, where the judge has declined my request to voir dire / cross examine the breath test operator.

As demonstrated supra, at 424 - 426, by the time the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868, the power of judges to order new trials for excessive damages was well established in American courts.

Despite the trial judge's ruling that Vander Wier had brutally assaulted T and violated his Charter rights, Crown counsel invited Officer Vander Wier to sit at the counsel table as assisting officer.

Only three days after Judge Kaplan's spectacular ruling in the Chevron / Ecuador case, notes Paul Barrett at Business Week, «a state appellate court in California upheld a trial judge's finding that what had been billed as a watershed liability verdict against Dole Food over pesticide use in Nicaragua was actually the product of a corrupt conspiracy by plaintiffs» lawyers.&rJudge Kaplan's spectacular ruling in the Chevron / Ecuador case, notes Paul Barrett at Business Week, «a state appellate court in California upheld a trial judge's finding that what had been billed as a watershed liability verdict against Dole Food over pesticide use in Nicaragua was actually the product of a corrupt conspiracy by plaintiffs» lawyers.&rjudge's finding that what had been billed as a watershed liability verdict against Dole Food over pesticide use in Nicaragua was actually the product of a corrupt conspiracy by plaintiffs» lawyers.»

Expert evidence supporting his injury claim was ruled inadmissible at trial, and the judge concluded the plaintiff had suffered no physical injuries as a result of the crash.

Consequently, for a judge not to allow defense voir dire / cross examination questioning of a prosecution witness before a damning exhibit is allowed into evidence, presents not only a Due Process issue but also a possible perception of pro-prosecutorial bias of the judge, whether or not that bias exists, at least in the eyes of laypeople watching the trial, when a critical element of a sufficiently functioning judicial system is for the public to perceive judges as following their oaths of office.

In reviewing the trial judge's order, the Court of Appeals took offense at the comment, feeling that the trial court had unfairly lashed out at the appellate judges because precedent precluded the judge from resolving the case as he saw fit.

In Rasoul the claim collapsed at trial in what the judge described as «spectacular fashion».

He also knew — he must have known — that as a judge in an adversarial trial one option open to him was to sit silently and quietly and listen to the witnesses and the lawyers, making such rulings as he was asked or required to make, and issuing a decision at the end.

These types of hypothetical fact scenarios, adopted by the Chief Justice from the trial judge, was described in R. v. Lloyd at paras 43 - 44 as ones which would «shock» most Canadians.

Funt's actions were «well intentioned» even if they were outside what he was permitted to do as a trial judge, says Jeffrey Ray, who represented Bornyk at the Court of Appeal.

In addition, they suggest the court should assign a trial judge to the case at least 60 days in advance of the first day of trial who should then conduct a trial management conference as soon as possible.

He initially called the court, as well as social services, but was informed that the decision to provide counselling to jurors is at the discretion of the trial judge, and if it not ordered, jurors have to seek and pay for it on their own.

At trial, the judge considered the relevant and applicable statutory duties and obligations of the Plaintiff, as a pedestrian, under the Motor Vehicle Act, but did not do so for the driver.

On March 11, Davis Malm attorney James E. Gallagher acted as a mock trial judge at the Boston Regional National Appellate Advocacy Competition sponsored by the American Bar Association's Law Student Division.