Sentences with phrase «before jury deliberations»
The timing of the appeals court's decision — so shortly before jury deliberations — makes this all the more interesting.
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In returning its verdict Thursday afternoon on the sixth day of deliberations, the Superior Court jury also pronounced Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of assault with a firearm, finding credence in defense attorneys» argument that the shot that ricocheted off the concrete ground before piercing Steinle's heart was an accident, with the gun discharging after the defendant stumbled upon it on the waterfront on July 1, 2015.
In addition, prosecutors and defense attorneys occasionally would confer with each other, as the prosecutors and the defense hammered down the specifics of a jury charge — the instructions Azrack will give jurors before they begin deliberations.
The Daily News reports that on Day 3 of jury deliberations, the panel of eight women and four men got the calculator and met for more than six hours before retiring for the night without reaching a verdict.
Jury deliberations began yesterday afternoon and lasted an hour before jurors were sent home.
Lawyers for former top governor's aide Joseph Percoco and Hudson Valley energy executive Braith Kelly are also delivering statements before the jury begins its deliberations.
It's unclear how this will play before the jury, or what guidance they will get from Judge Gary L. Sharpe before deliberations.
In Palm Beach, courts now warn jurors against using social media or doing any of their own Internet research before or after they are selected, before they begin deliberations, and each time the jury takes a break.
As Wisconsin lawyer and jury consultant Anne Reed posts at her blog, Deliberations, blogging has provided her with an easy opportunity to participate in conversations with law professors, a chasm never before bridged.
'' [T] hey're likely to be disappointed: the remedy for an inconsistent verdict is to ask the jury to return to deliberations to reconcile the inconsistency before they're dismissed.»
The trial lasted for five days before both sides rested and sent the case to the jury for deliberation.
Settled a jury trial before deliberations began for a national transportation client in a personal injury matter that involved six medical experts
Today, after three days of deliberation, a jury in San Francisco federal court found that Android's usage of 37 Java APIs is protected by fair use, so there was no need for Google to acquire a license before using the code.