Sentences with phrase «as defense attorneys argued»
A Brooklyn judge postponed the sentencing of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who was convicted of manslaughter, as defense attorneys argued the verdict should be thrown out due to juror misconduct.
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Dassey's subsequent defense attorneys spent years arguing that Kachinsky failed to properly defend his client and that Dassey, who had confessed during interrogations, should get a new trial as a result.
As Jason Langley, an attorney with Denver - based Kennedy Childs, argued in one of the briefs he filed for the defense, the court «should not overturn the long - standing rule in Colorado that the term «person,» as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alivAs Jason Langley, an attorney with Denver - based Kennedy Childs, argued in one of the briefs he filed for the defense, the court «should not overturn the long - standing rule in Colorado that the term «person,» as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alivas is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alive.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz, in a letter to U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack, said she was concerned that Linda Mangano might argue as a defense that federal agents inaccurately reported their interviews of her, when she insisted her employment by Singh was not a sham job and that she performed actual marketing and public relations work.
Defense attorney Michael Feldberg countered by describing the 74 - year - old Democrat as a dedicated public servant, and argued there was no proof his client pocketed the money in exchange for taking official action.
While few argue with the mission of these police units, the way they go about their job is raising alarm, with some defense attorneys characterizing Strike Force and Housing Unit officers as «vigilantes» with -LSB-...]
While few argue with the mission of these police units, the way they go about their job is raising alarm, with some defense attorneys characterizing Strike Force and Housing Unit officers as «vigilantes» with a «cowboy mentality.»
Defense attorneys argued that charter schools — California has about 1,000 — should be treated as nonprofits, which have flexibility in spending money, provided that they are furthering the mission of the organization.
litigant retains not so much a particular attorney as the «firm» of NAACP and Defense Fund lawyers, which has a corporate reputation for expertness in presenting and arguing the difficult questions of law that frequently arise in civil rights litigation.
Judge Walters used to love these hearings, especially whenever the better criminal defense attorneys — like this one — argued, though now he found them banal, as he generally entered with a fixed idea of the sentence.
In the past, I have worked as director of a public defenders office; I have worked in my own private law office; I developed a trial advocacy program for public defense attorneys throughout New York State; I have been a partner in a downtown New York City Law firm; I have argued appeals at every level including before the United States Supreme Court; I have tried death penalty murder...