Sentences with phrase «because of a misdemeanor»

The state Senate voted 53 - 8 to expel Monserrate from his seat on Feb. 9, 2010 because of the misdemeanor conviction.

Monserrate supporters expressed concern about the precedent of making him the first senator ever booted because of a misdemeanor conviction.

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But Vizguerra fears she will be deported when after an upcoming meeting scheduled with immigrations officials because of several misdemeanors on her record.

The fact that the [victim] didn't want to go through with prosecuting because he did not want to be retaliated against for the rest of his high school life resulted in its being a misdemeanor.»

District Attorney William Fitzpatrick in March filed a misdemeanor charge of criminal impersonation against Conner, because the letter was delivered from Conner's private email account.

But due to the absence of some Democratic senators — one, Sen. Kevin Parker, was not immediately at the Capitol because he was hearing a jury convict him of misdemeanor criminal mischief charges in Brooklyn — and the reluctance of most Republicans, the bill failed.

One top labor official said John Samuelsen, the president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, was beefing with Mr. de Blasio simply because the mayor's Vision Zero initiative initially forced bus drivers to automatically face misdemeanor charges if they injured or killed pedestrians crossing with the light in their favor.

Though, i will not support the factionalisation of APC in my dear state of Ogun to continue till next year general elections because such misdemeanor may cause unpleasant consequences for the party's popularity in the state.

BAIL REFORM: Cuomo and lawmakers introduced different versions of proposals to eliminate cash bail in misdemeanors and non-violent cases to ensure criminal defendants aren't imprisoned simply because they are poor.

Maybe we all instead ought to pause for a moment of sanity, because the sobering truth is that Michael Vick is still sorely in need of some serious counseling and rehabilitation, not a slick PR campaign selling the notion that his shedding crocodile tears and converting to Christianity on the courthouse steps means that his high crimes and misdemeanors are already behind him.

Because failure to provide proper care for animals is an act of omission or neglect rather than an affirmative act, animal hoarding is considered a misdemeanor offense in most states.

These are the defendants who, because of their prior criminal history, would face consequences much more serious than just the misdemeanor penalty should they be convicted or plead guilty.

This is because the majority of misdemeanor cases — and many felony cases — conclude before the set trial date.

Although we are not immigration attorneys, we are always cognizant of immigration status when representing noncitizens, because we recognize the negative consequences that can result if you are convicted of a misdemeanor or a more serious offense.

Attorney Mike Moity of New Iberia, Louisiana couldn't stand by while visitors from Dallas, arrested on ridiculous misdemeanors, sat in jail awaiting trial because they couldn't pay bail.

And, to the extent that it is a felony (this might very well be only a misdemeanor or a juvenile offense that has a statute of limitations because it is a juvenile offense in most jurisdictions), some states (e.g. Virginia) don't have a statute of limitations at all.

Because of 12 individuals» Guilty votes, or one person's failure to maintain a Not Guilty vote and hang the jury, Saffioti received a de facto death sentence for a misdemeanor pot violation.

Because of the life - altering nature of felony charges, we're always going to aggressively try to have it reduced to a misdemeanor charge that doesn't include prison time.

Assault charges can range from misdemeanor assaults including domestic violence and family violence cases to felony aggravated assault with deadly weapons charges that could carry sentences of up to twenty years in prison; because of this it's very important that you hire criminal defense attorneys that know how to correctly handle assault charges.

The county courts are sometimes referred to as «the people's courts,» probably because a large part of the courts» work involves voluminous citizen disputes, such as traffic offenses, less serious criminal matters (misdemeanors), and relatively small monetary disputes.

For a misdemeanor, like driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, it is a good idea to have a lawyer because of the potentially high fines and possibility of a jail sentence.

When we applied at one of the big companies that everyone makes fun of in 2008, I was accepted but Randy was told that his misdemeanor would have to be 2 years old, and that would not happen until the following summer (2009) because they went by the date of the disposition rather than the actual charge.

During the late Spring of 2008, Randy was laid off for 2 months when he lost his security clearance (which was later reinstated after an investigation) because of a previous misdemeanor.

However, the 40 % of people who said it was good I defend them because again the program could be good but the execution of how things are done are not well put together such as the misdemeanor, or lack thereof in character, qualify of execution in marketing, delivering timely postcards etc..