Sentences with phrase «as jury found»

After a two - week trial, the jury returned a verdict of $ 5.2 million; this sum was reduced to $ 3.12 million as the jury found our client 40 percent at - fault for her injuries.

«As the jury found, Jia Hou and Oliver Pan stuck a knife into the heart of New York City's campaign finance law by violating the prohibition against illegal campaign contributions, all to corruptly advantage the campaign of a candidate for citywide office,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a press release.

Prosecutors can overcharge defendants safe in the belief they can renew their allegations for judicial reconsideration as long as the jury finds that the defendant did something wrong.

Not exact matches

As Politico's Jack Shafer notes, «The Florida jury that found in Hogan's favor thought it was delivering a rebuke to morally reprobate coastal elites on behalf of a hometown hero.

Though some experts argue that employee tenures at the top are decreasing, she points to U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics, which find that managers stay with a firm an average of 6.1 years (up from 5.3 years in 1983), as proof that the jury is still out.

However, a jury found him guilty yesterday of downloading more than 600 images and 14 videos of graphic pornography involving children as young as three.

A jury having been waived, the lower court, Eastern District of Louisiana, found that the word «Tabasco,» as applied to pepper sauce, was generic and indicated quality, ingredients and place of origin of the pepper from which it was made and rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff for damages.

As a result, the district court concluded there was not enough evidence for a reasonable jury to find that the employer had violated the FLSA's breastfeeding breaks requirement.

Last month an inquest jury found a man named Jimmy Mubenga was unlawfully killed by G4S staff as they tried to deport him from Britain.

As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.&raquAs the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.&raquas a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.»

Percoco enters the annals thanks to the jury's findings of abuse of his position as a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with whom he had a personal relationship even tighter than his official title suggested.

And at Silver's retrial, prosecutors say all the activities that may no longer be official acts — meetings with lobbyists, helping Taub set up a mesothelioma charity race and find jobs for his kids, using official letterhead to oppose a methadone clinic near a Glenwood property — can still be put before the jury as «circumstantial evidence.»

Disgraced former Queens Councilman Ruben Wills cried as he was sentenced to two to six years in prison and ordered to pay almost $ 33,000 in restitution after a jury found him guilty of pocketing some $ 30,000 in city funds.

A jury found Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills guilty on five of six counts against him in his corruption trial, and he automatically lost his seat as a result.

Percoco, 48, who served as Cuomo's former campaign manager and deputy executive secretary, was facing six counts, but the jury found him guilty of only three: conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and solicitation of bribes and gratuities, according to POLITICO.

Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was stone - faced and silent as he left a federal courthouse where a jury found him and his son Adam guilty of public corruption charges today, after a four - week trial and just about eight hours of deliberations — but attorneys for both men said they would pursue legal challenges to the verdict.

By Tuesday, when a Manhattan jury found Percoco — whom Cuomo had known for decades and characterized as «my father's third son» — guilty of taking $ 300,000 in bribes from a donor to the governor's campaign, his former boss and best friend had decamped back to the state capital.

«As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers,» Mr. Bharara said in a statemenAs the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers,» Mr. Bharara said in a statemenas a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers,» Mr. Bharara said in a statement.

Ethel Shelton wept as the jury in her public corruption trial found her guilty Monday in Hammond's federal court.

A federal jury in Brooklyn found that the Emigrant Savings Bank had discriminated against eight minority homeowners by purposefully marketing to them subprime mortgages with what were described as predatory interest rates of as much as 18 percent a year.

The SC is not a trial court but an appellate one and should never constitute itself into a prosecutor, judge and jury and sit in its own cause as if it is the Chief's Palace where the accused is hauled before the Chief and his elders, tried, found guilty and ordered to present seventy - two rams and seventy - two bottles of schnapps to pacify the gods and ancestors in a constitutional democracy.

Indeed, in finding him guilty — on all counts — of selling his political office for $ 4 million in secret deals, the jury sent a clear message: Corruption may be business as usual in Albany, but it's also a crime.»

A jury found the 51 - year - old guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI about illegally skimming more than $ 400,000 from foreclosure deals he worked on as a court - appointed referee.

The jury found Percoco guilty of scheming to defraud the public of its right to his «honest services» as a public official.

All this time, he denied what the jury found: that as mayor he shook down contractors and developers who wanted to do business with the city for $ 800,000 in cash and gifts.

In 2011, a Manhattan jury found Boyland not guilty to charges alleging he accepted money as a consultant in return for his influence on behalf of a health care group.

A Manhattan federal jury found Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 29, guilty as charged on eight counts following a two - week trial over the twin blasts in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood and in Seaside Park, N.J,.

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that a jury has found 39 - year - old Hu Sin of Buffalo guilty, as charged, of Rape in the First Degree, Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and Rape in the Third Degree.

Two years later, the diocese was hit with a bombshell report from a Suffolk County grand jury that found «the history of the Diocese of Rockville Centre demonstrates that as an institution they are incapable of properly handling issues relating to the sexual abuse of children by priests.»

Most judges and juries are not persuaded by neurobiological evidence used to argue that a defendant was not fully responsible for his or her actions, as in Gunther's case, the analysis found.

Get the narcissist out of your head as your judge and jury right now, and you'll find you feel significantly better, more optimistic, more creative, and happier.

While some online sites have adopted a less active approach by simply notifying its users that they do not conduct background checks and placing the responsibility on consumers to conduct their own due diligence, it is unlikely that any case that finds its way to a jury will deem such sites as acting responsibly.

A major hit at Sundance this year (and Grand Jury Prize winner), The Miseducation of Cameron Post finds a career - best performance from Chloe Grace Moretz as a teen girl sent to a Christian gay conversion camp by her guardians in 1993 rural Pennsylvania.

As always, some of the strongest films in Cannes could be found outside the main competition, and a few of them duly won prizes from their respective juries.

After a trial which might best be described as a rush to judgment, Hunt was found guilty by an all - white jury which took the word of a couple of shady characters over that of an innocent African - American kid with a solid alibi.

As mentioned, recent Jury Prize winners include past Oscar nominees Whiplash, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Winter's Bone, and Precious.Sadly, its one of those outstanding films that didn't find its audience, racking up only 6 million dollars at the box office and puzzling the industry as a wholAs mentioned, recent Jury Prize winners include past Oscar nominees Whiplash, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Winter's Bone, and Precious.Sadly, its one of those outstanding films that didn't find its audience, racking up only 6 million dollars at the box office and puzzling the industry as a wholas a whole.

Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).

Jordan is Guy Montag, a rising star «fireman» who acts as judge, jury and human torch, finding citizens who are hiding forbidden literature, and making them examples on the Nine, a new government - run internet that seems to operate on old Facebook code.

Then, as many of his contemporaries struggled to stay relevant in the West, he found acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival, entering into the various competitions numerous times and winning the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in 2008 for Tokyo Sonata and the Un Certain Regard — Directing Prize for Journey to the Shore.

Slow West (2015), which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2015, stars Kodi Smit - McPhee as 16 - year - old Jay Cavendish, the son of Scottish aristocrats on a romantic (and foolhardy) journey to find the girl he loves on the 19th century American frontier, and Michael Fassbender as bounty hunter Silas who volunteers to be the boy's guide and bodyguard... for a price, of course.

I almost feel guilty for finding the latest John Grisham adaptation, Runaway Jury, as entertaining as I do, given that I muttered the phrase «B.S.» with almost every twist and turn along the way.

And now, as a result of a juried paper appearing in the prestigious journal Science, we find that, in at least one case, Arsenic can replace Phosphorous, making this a piece of information that needs to be made available to teachers and students any way possible.

It is possible to find alternative measures of student performance that can be compared across classrooms beyond statewide, multiple - choice standardized exams, such as the National Writing Project's rubrics and juried competitions to judge senior year capstone projects for graduation.

'' [G] iven how few really important novels get published, and the fact that nobody can grok all of them, what are the odds that an actual masterpiece will find a jury member and a few board members who are capable of recognizing it as such?

The van der Rohe jury thought as much, commending the Hall's design for finding «a convincing formal and spatial strategy for a city which strives for a better future in a fast - changing economy and social patterns, delivering a dignity to urban life and the same time enhancing the city's specific historical identity with a contemporary monument.»

Having just being ready to quit last spring, I then found myself in a position of winning 2 awards and getting selected for the most select juried art show in my country (a big deal), and selling my work there as well.

Ultimately a jury finds Barrie not guilty, but he finds it «very hard to get back to life as normal after that,» he says.

Our 11th Annual Juried Exhibition finds a new way to celebrate our pets, even as it creatively interweaves all of these ways.

personel are finding their overseas travel increasingly restriced (as we saw Rumsfeld running out of Germany to avoid arrest) Juries rely on evidence aswell as presentations by both sides.

So while the jury is still out for this drought, there are droughts in the recent past, such as the Texas drought in 2011, where it was found that conditions, as a result of climate change, made it 20 times more likely for a drought of that magnitude to occur today as opposed to, say, the 1960s.