Sentences with phrase «bring charges against a defendant»
The Attorney General's office said it's actually quite common for state and federal prosecutors to bring charges against a defendant simultaneously and in this case, both have been investigating Pigeon for years.
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Most recently, the agency brought charges against an additional defendant involved in the fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) scheme conducted by Centra Tech Inc..
The bill, however, is encountering fierce opposition from district attorneys who complain it will, among other things, allow criminal defendants to bring bogus charges against prosecutors in a bid to bog down prosecutions.
Apart from the dropping of former Director of Finance and Supply in the Office of the NSA, Mr. Salisu Shuaib from the amended charge list, the charges were almost same with the old 18 count charges brought against the defendants by the Federal Government in 2015.
The Federal Government had on April 30 filled the new 32 amended count charges to replace the initial 18 count charges brought against 5 defendants in 2015 before the same court.
«The defendant's motion relies on distortions and omissions, disregards the law and is a transparent attempt to distract this Court and the public from the serious charges brought against the defendant.
The bribery, kickback and lying charges brought against Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto by the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District have not been proven, and until they are, the defendants deserve the presumption of innocence.
If the facts of the case simply do not support the legal charges against the defendant, an experienced lawyer can bring this to the prosecutor's attention in an effective way, and make the appropriate application for dismissal of the charges.
Defense: The denial of charges, brought by a plaintiff against a defendant; an answer to a complaint.
By contrast, with a NPA, the government agrees not to bring charges against the corporate defendant if it complies with the terms of the settlement; NPAs are not required to be disclosed, though they frequently are by the corporate defendant and / or the DOJ.
One important aspect of prosecutorial discretion in the common law systems is the prosecutor's power to select the legal charges he brings against the defendant.
A defendant learns first learns of the charges being brought against him at an arraignment before a district court judge or magistrate.
They stated that the charges were brought against the wrong doctor and that the defendant wasn't entirely at fault.