Sentences with phrase «brought by prosecutors»

This wrongful death case is handled in civil court and is separate from any criminal case brought by prosecutors.

A complaint brought by prosecutors working in the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and unsealed Thursday morning alleges Percoco extorted developers who built multi-million dollar facilities for the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which was led by Kaloyeros.

So, if the jury is convinced a serious crime has been committed, but not convinced that the charge brought by the prosecutor is supported by the evidence, they don't have to acquit.

Depending on the applicable organisational rules, which might be of a purely internal nature, the approval of a supervising official or body within the same authority might be required (eg, the approval of the Attorney General in cases brought by a prosecutor of his office).

However, criminal cases are brought by a prosecutor for unlawful behavior and do not include personal injury claims.

Not exact matches

Earlier this year U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is hearing the civil action brought by Waymo, asked federal prosecutors to investigate whether criminal theft of trade secrets had occurred.

The prosecutor declined to bring charges, explaining that he could not prove «the officers acted outside the constitutional boundaries set forth by the Supreme Court.»

A wave of insider trading cases brought by Manhattan federal prosecutors, meanwhile, resulted in Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam's conviction in 2011 and a $ 1.8 billion settlement and plea deal in 2013 with hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP.

Prosecutors who specialize in terrorism, narcotics trafficking and organized crime, led by the acting head of the Justice Department's criminal division, will bring prosecutions designed to restrict the flow of money to terrorist groups, Sessions said.

President Trump's longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination in a civil lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels — a move that would prevent him revealing anything that could be used later by federal prosecutors.

Police later said in a statement that the department would defer to county prosecutors on whether to bring charges, but didn't dispute any of the information released by Moir.

Ronaldo, 32, signed a new deal to 2021 with the club just over a year ago, but sparked speculation over his future after leading Madrid to the Champions League in June due to his apparent discontent with the club's lack of involvement in a tax case brought against him by Spanish prosecutors.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office on Thursday reacted to the decision by federal and city prosecutors to not bring any charges in multiple investigations into fundraising and political activities.

«Eric Dinallo has an impressive record of achievement as a prosecutor and regulator, and has shown that he will bring innovative and effective solutions to the problems New Yorkers face,» said Schenectady Democratic Chairman Brian Quail in a statement provided by the Dinallo campaign.

Question is, what would the numbers be if you normalize for prosecutor bending to public pressure and sending LE - defenant cases to the jury (to avoid public backlash, or pressure from the Feds) that clearly have no way of being successfully prosecuted and would NOT be brought to the jury by the same prosecutor for a civilian without publicity involved?

She expects to be handcuffed, put in a police car, driven to the courthouse and brought before a judge after being secretly indicted by a grand jury run by a special prosecutor who was secretly selected to investigate campaign finance filings from 2009.

After years of review in the case of former Niagara Falls Sen. George Maziarz, and no charges brought, a question remains: What happened to hundreds of thousands of dollars of questionable spending flagged by the state Board of Elections for prosecutors to review?

The superseding indictment adds the new security fraud charges against Venditto, replacing the old indictment, and includes the prior charges brought by Eastern District prosecutors against both him and the Manganos.

NEW YORK (AP)-- For the second time in a month, one of New York State's biggest political figures is going on trial in a case brought by a federal prosecutor crusading against corrupt elected officials.

This office provides prosecutors to all local, county, state and specialty courts that maintain a criminal docket and we respond to all post-conviction litigation brought by defendants in the county, state and federal appellate courts.

The charges against Percoco were brought by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by the Trump administration last year along with other federal prosecutors.

The U.S. attorney who originally brought the charges against Percoco, Preet Bharara, was fired by President Donald Trump last year in a nationwide purge of federal prosecutors.

«He fought to uphold the law and bring justice to those who break it as a former federal prosecutor, and he's continued that commitment by fighting for stronger ethics laws in the state legislature.

The Republican prosecutor said that the information from the autopsy that determined Mr. Garner's death — following the application of an apparent chokehold by Officer Daniel Pantaleo last month — was a homicide, compelled his decision to impanel 23 civilians to hear evidence and vote on whether Mr. Pantaleo or any of the other cops who brought him to the ground will be tried in court.

They can have friendly appointed official investigate a crime, after which the decision to bring charges rests with that prosecutor, and the results are determined by a trial.

The charges against Percoco were brought by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by President Donald Trump last year along with other federal prosecutors.

The family's trust in Ms. Veselnitskaya was rewarded in May, when she helped Denis P. Katsyv, Pyotr's son, fight the money laundering claims in New York brought by the Manhattan federal prosecutor at the time, Preet Bharara.

The prosecutor said the case was brought by the authorities of the University of Lagos to the office of the Lagos state domestic and sexual violence response team.

Since September 2016, when the corruption charges were brought, a key question in Albany has been how was such a close confidante to Cuomo able to engage in a scheme as alleged by prosecutors.

Smith was brought down by Bharara, who, since being installed as the federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York in 2009, has charged a dozen legislators.

Another biggie: Certain public officials who commit crimes related to their public offices may have their pensions reduced or forfeited in a new civil forfeiture proceeding brought by the attorney general or the prosecutor who handled the conviction of the official.

Steve Cohen, a former top aide to Cuomo, slams the US attorney for the Northern District for failing to investigate Albany corruption, noting almost all the high - profile cases were brought by out - of - town prosecutors.

«He fought to uphold the law and bring justice to those who break it as a former federal prosecutor, and he's continued that commitment by fighting for stronger ethics laws in the state legislature,» Cuomo said.

At a May 12 press conference that followed the sentencing of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — a case brought by Bharara's office — the prosecutor made a comment that seemed clearly directed at Cuomo.

The trial began less than two weeks after prosecutors in Manhattan unleashed one of their broadest attacks ever on political corruption by bringing conspiracy charges against a state senator, a state assemblyman and a city councilman, among others.

Opening statements could get underway later Monday at the trial, which comes less than two weeks after prosecutors in Manhattan unleashed one of their broadest attacks ever on political corruption by bringing conspiracy charges against a state senator, a state assemblyman and a city councilman, among others.

Preet Bharara, the federal prosecutor based in Manhattan, derailed the session before it began by bringing charges first against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and then Senate Majority leader Dean Skelos.

The sentencings of Mr. Skelos and Mr. Silver made them the latest in an almost unending parade of disgraced New York lawmakers — elected officials tempted by greed and brought down by prosecutors, most notably Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan.

So it's not surprising how little oversight or insight JCOPE brought to the shenanigans discovered within the administration by the federal prosecutor.

A former Queens prosecutor, Singas was brought to Nassau in 2006 by former District Attorney Kathleen Rice to lead a new special victims bureau.

Ciminelli, caught up in a public corruption probe by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, is one of nine defendants charged in a criminal complaint brought by federal prosecutors.

The majority of the corruption cases brought against state lawmakers have been initiated by federal prosecutors, largely due to the federal theft of honest services statute.

Whatever the nuances of the current research, the job of the experts brought into a case by prosecutors and defense attorneys «is to make the judge or the jury believe that their version of the science is true and correct and should win the case,» Rothstein said.

The film is also inspired by the 1993 Italian film «La scorta» which «followed four cops» struggle to guard a special prosecutor trying to bring mob bosses to justice.»

President Trump's longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination in a civil lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels — a move that would prevent him revealing anything that could be used later by federal prosecutors.

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The same charges were also was brought by Liberian prosecutors against Sable Mining itself, which has denied any wrongdoing in the country.

The right of any individual or entity to bring a criminal prosecution is regarded by UK law as a constitutional safeguard against the failure or refusal of a State prosecutor to prosecute an offender.

Grand jury proceedings are a method used by prosecutors to bring criminal charges against a criminal suspect.

And your first paragraph doesn't quite apply because you're describing a defense against a crime, which would have to be prosecuted by the state, and prosecutors don't last long if they bring frivolous claims, much less nonsense arguments.