Sentences with phrase «as prosecution witness in»

Singh, 59, is testifying as a prosecution witness in the trial of a Long Island politician, ex-Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

A legal practitioner, Kingsley Ekwem, on Tuesday declined to testify as a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and two others facing trial for alleged N2.9 bn fraud.

On 4 June 2007 the CPS asked the police to undertake further enquiries, [61] following reports that the police were pressing for Tony Blair to be called as a prosecution witness in any trial.

But speaking to Accra - based Okay FM, his Spokesperson, Mujib Rahman stated emphatically that, Mr. Agyepong, never entered into any agreement with Mr. Afoko to serve as prosecution witness in the case involving the former, contesting his suspension by the NPP.

I'm surprised my bosom friend Agyepong left me to my fate — Afoko Paul Afoko, has said that he was surprised his comrade, Kwabena Agyapong, abandoned him in court as prosecution witness in his case with the party.

It was however gathered that the ICPC might call on the investigators as prosecution witnesses in a case that is expected to be seriously contested by Lawan's lawyers.

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In addition, the court held that the police counsel could not convince it as to how the defendant is likely to influence prosecution witnesses in the cause of his trial if released on baiIn addition, the court held that the police counsel could not convince it as to how the defendant is likely to influence prosecution witnesses in the cause of his trial if released on baiin the cause of his trial if released on bail.

Mr. Agyepong, was billed to appear in court last Thursday as a prosecution witness for Mr. Afoko, but many who attended the hearing, were disappointed to learn that the former, had declined to attend the proceeding.

The spokesman declined to say if Howe — who was on the witness stand for the prosecution four days this week in the Percoco trial — will be back as scheduled on Monday in the lower Manhattan courtroom.

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin took the stand Tuesday as the prosecution's first witness in the corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, where her description of Albany's inner workings was pointedly contested by Silver's defense lawyer, Steven Molo, in a series of heated exchanges.

Harendra Singh, the prosecution's star witness at Mangano's corruption trial, said Mangano brought Schumer to an eatery he described as his «East Meadow location» following an unspecified event in September 2010.

The Albany County District Attorney's Office took over prosecution of his case in February 2018, at the request of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, who may call the detective as a witness in an upcoming quadruple murder trial.

In what appeared the unexpected was the calling of its first prosecution witness which turned out to be Boniface Emenalo who was jointly charged along with him as the second accused person.

Nwachukwu, who had within the period served at the Central Clearing and Foreign Operations units of the bank, appeared before the Danladi Umar - led CCT as the second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Saraki.

In compliance with Section 106 (b) of the Evidence Act, Abdallah added that, the prosecution had listed a staff of the budget office as a witness in the proof of evidencIn compliance with Section 106 (b) of the Evidence Act, Abdallah added that, the prosecution had listed a staff of the budget office as a witness in the proof of evidencin the proof of evidence.

Chogah, the second prosecution witness, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that as cashier of the Government House, he was directed by his boss, Aluga, the third defendant, to collect a remittance of N450 million.

As the prosecution's witnesses testify in a gang - assault case against nine Rikers Island correction officers, a band of their colleagues keeps watch in the Bronx County Hall of Justice, where the case is being tried.

Yesterday, during cross-examination, Tevie's lawyer exposed the DPP, Yvonne Obuobisa when he pointed out to the prosecution witness that there was a Cyber Security Team during the tenure of Tevie and that the DPP, as a result, was sponsored by the NCA in 2016 to attend a Cyber Security Conference abroad.

Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Ohakim's Son Allegedly Threatens Prosecution Witness An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the traiProsecution Witness An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail -LWitness An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the traiprosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail -Lwitness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the traiprosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail -LSB-...]

would cause undue hardship to the defendants, as the prosecution had already called 18 witnesses since the matter commenced in September 2015.»

As the Dasukigate unfold, the ongoing trial of former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja suffered another setback on Tuesday following the absence of prosecution witness.

Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is on trial accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from upstate business developers — payments referred to as «ziti» in communications between Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's a star witness who testified that the term was borrowed from the former HBO mob drama.

An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail of the prosecution witness.

He is the supposed key witness for the prosecution in that trial as well.

Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from upstate developers — payments referred to as «ziti» in communications between Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness who testified that the term was borrowed from the former HBO mob drama.

He was testifying as the third prosecution witness in the trial of Saraki on 18 counts of assets declaration breaches which he allegedly committed while being governor of Kwara State and a senator.

NEWARK — Tuesday's Bridgegate testimony dropped a bombshell from star witness to the prosecution David Wildstein: that both New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo knowingly signed off on a fake «traffic study» as the reason that three local access lanes into the George Washington Bridge were funneled into one for four days in September 2013.

Last month, Avella appeared as a prosecution witness against Skelos, a Long Island Republican, and his son, Adam, telling jurors that he scheduled the hearing upon learning that there was «no activity in the committee.»

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.

Gipson notes the law would give judges the discretion to allow facility dogs for not only child abuse victims, but for any victim or witness of a violent crime or sexual assault, as well any children or adults impaired in any way, on the defense or prosecution side.

Briscoe was dropped as a key prosecution witness in the trial of former cabinet minister and Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne and his ex-wife, economist Vicky Pryce.

In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious John Maddox Prize for her pursuit of sound science in the face of death threats, lawsuits and personal attacks stemming from her work as an expert witness in prosecutions resting on false memorieIn 2016, she was awarded the prestigious John Maddox Prize for her pursuit of sound science in the face of death threats, lawsuits and personal attacks stemming from her work as an expert witness in prosecutions resting on false memoriein the face of death threats, lawsuits and personal attacks stemming from her work as an expert witness in prosecutions resting on false memoriein prosecutions resting on false memories.

The hearing also included some true scientific debate when Lalliana Mualchin, former chief seismologist for the Department of Transportation in California, testified as an expert witness for the prosecution.

(The press materials understandably keep mum about Basic Instinct but are not at all reluctant to describe the murder trial as «reminiscent of the romantic intrigue contained in such courtroom movie classics from the late 1950s as Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution and Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder,» politely admitting that Body of Evidence dutifully — if pointlessly — rips off both these very entertaining movies.)

Barton Fink, however — along with their later, and in meaningful ways related, film A Serious Man — seems almost to have been offered up as a witness for the prosecution.

«Witness for the Prosecution» (1957, Billy Wilder) From the famous Agatha Christie short story, Billy Wilder expertly fashions one of the screen's trickiest trial - drama / murder mysteries — with Charles Laughton as the wily, wheelchair - bound barrister, his real - life wife Elsa Lanchester as his long - suffering nurse, and Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich as the incendiary couple caught up in a legendary triple - reverse surprise ending.

Adler is also a critic of the work of Thomas Kane, another person of interest (see prior posts about Kane here and here), as Kane is also involved with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he is a proponent of VAMs as aligned with the Gates Foundation's interests, and he (like Chetty) served as a key witness for the prosecution in the same Vergara v. California trial.

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.

As eWeek reports this week in its story, Search Terms Are a Witness for the Prosecution, the case illustrates how police and prosecutors now routinely hunt for evidence among a suspect's online searches.

It should be noted that the SFO has repeatedly and publicly criticised the tendency for companies to claim privilege over the accounts of witnesses, making clear in relation to DPAs that it views the «free supply of relevant information», including «the account of any witnesses spoken to by those conducting the enquiry» to be «the hallmark of cooperation».10 This approach is also codified in the DPA Code of Practice, which states that the SFO will take into account whether a company has disclosed relevant witness accounts as a public interest factor tending against a prosecution.

With every case, we thoroughly investigate the facts pertaining to the case, including examining the evidence, interviewing witnesses and communicating with important parties, such as the prosecution and local judges, in order to prepare our clients» cases as efficiently as possible.

Represented a commercial airline gate agent as a witness in a criminal prosecution of a passenger

Counsel is entitled to ask questions of prosecution witnesses in as much detail as he wishes based on his instructions, but without indicating what the defendant's evidence might have been and in the knowledge that he will not be able to call evidence to contradict the answers given.

The defendant alleged that admitting the victim's statement at trial would violate his 6th Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him as set forth in Crawford v. Washington, while the prosecution argued that the statement constituted an exception to the hearsay rule as an excited utterance and its admission would not violate the 6th Amendment.

It is unique as a one - stop resource that focuses exclusively on naming best - in - class patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners on a global basis, alongside US expert witnesses.

The SFO will publish operational guidance and Codes of Practice from time to time (e.g., on issues of treatment of evidence, witnesses and legal representation at interviews, deferred prosecution agreements, corporate self - reporting) and also publishes its related prosecution policies and protocols (such as the Bribery Act Joint Prosecution Guidance of The Director of the Serious Fraud Office and The Director of Public Prosecutions, Guidance on Corporate Prosecutions, etc.).7 These are not, however, consultative processes aimed at clarifying the SFO's approach to legal interpretation or jurisdictional issues (as in the case of the DOJ opinion procedure or SEC no - actioprosecution agreements, corporate self - reporting) and also publishes its related prosecution policies and protocols (such as the Bribery Act Joint Prosecution Guidance of The Director of the Serious Fraud Office and The Director of Public Prosecutions, Guidance on Corporate Prosecutions, etc.).7 These are not, however, consultative processes aimed at clarifying the SFO's approach to legal interpretation or jurisdictional issues (as in the case of the DOJ opinion procedure or SEC no - actioprosecution policies and protocols (such as the Bribery Act Joint Prosecution Guidance of The Director of the Serious Fraud Office and The Director of Public Prosecutions, Guidance on Corporate Prosecutions, etc.).7 These are not, however, consultative processes aimed at clarifying the SFO's approach to legal interpretation or jurisdictional issues (as in the case of the DOJ opinion procedure or SEC no - actioProsecution Guidance of The Director of the Serious Fraud Office and The Director of Public Prosecutions, Guidance on Corporate Prosecutions, etc.).7 These are not, however, consultative processes aimed at clarifying the SFO's approach to legal interpretation or jurisdictional issues (as in the case of the DOJ opinion procedure or SEC no - action letters).

Justice Ehrcke noted that they would have to testify as witnesses regardless, and there are many criminal prosecutions in the province which could raise the constitutional challenges as a right.

In a novel version of «Perry Mason,» the fictitious (mostly TV) lawyer called the actual perpetrator of the crime to the stand, as a direct witness because she had declined to testify for the prosecution (against Mason's client).

As to the latter, in such a case it will plainly assist the jury to know that the accused has a propensity for untruthfulness, especially if the prosecution witnesses do not, and that this is so whether or not telling lies is an element of the offence charged.

They may not want to expose themselves to potential harm, danger, or be identifiable, [or] they may not want to get involved in a criminal prosecution as a witness.»