Sentences with phrase «by defendants in cases»

I think the lack of compassion by the defendants in my cases can really wear on me.

«A moron can see today that there were no crimes committed by the defendants in our case,» he said after giving a speech in New York in March.

The brief is a response to the appeal arguments made by the defendants in the case, the State of California and its two largest teacher...

It noted the requirement under Article 9 (2) that any limitation placed upon that right must be prescribed by law and necessary in a democratic society in order to serve a legitimate aim, including the rights and freedoms of others, which could be invoked by the defendant in this case.

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) allows for an additional amount to be paid to a claimant by a defendant in cases where the defendant has refused the claimant's offer to settle and the court has given judgment for the claimant which is at least as advantageous to the claimant as the claimant's offer.

Not exact matches

«Furthermore, although the average sentence lengths (conditional on case, defendant and judge attributes) do not differ by defendant race in the absence of a football effect, it appears that an upset LSU football game loss increases the disposition length (sentence severity) of black defendants more severely in comparison to white defendants.

The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.

In one of the three complaints, Jim Gatto — director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas — and four other defendants were accused of bribing high - school athletes to play at universities sponsored by Adidas (referred to as «Company 1» in the caseIn one of the three complaints, Jim Gatto — director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas — and four other defendants were accused of bribing high - school athletes to play at universities sponsored by Adidas (referred to as «Company 1» in the casein the case).

At stake is whether Brown will maintain «standing» in the case — whether she can show «that some personal legal interest has been invaded by the defendant.»

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Defendants in the case include Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS, various of their subsidiaries, as well as EquiLend, which is owned by the banks and investors including BlackRock, Northern Trust and State Street.

The fool on the other hand has rushed in where the angels feared to tread, and the case for Christianity is being lost by the default of the defendants.»

The jury must determine whether the facts of the case as established by testimony in court fit the legal definition of the offense with which the defendant is charged — a definition likely to be complicated at best, incomprehensible at worst.

Specifically, BPI was seeking all of my confidential communications in 2012 with the defendants in the case, including employees of ABC News and the two former USDA microbiologists who first expressed concern about the meat filler in private emails later made public by the New York Times.

The defendant therefore argued that with the ongoing probe of the Judge by NJC, his impartiality in the hearing of the case can no longer be guaranteed.

The number of JR cases received by each UK government department can be found in this database of JR cases from 2007 to 2012, which lists over 57,000 JR applications, giving the topic, defendant and outcome of each case.

A seventh alleged victim, whose case is being handled by a different law firm from the other six defendants, planned to sue in U.S. District court, claiming civil rights violations, according to people familiar with that case.

Bharara wants Silver, 72, to forfeit the $ 5.2 million he pocketed in the scheme and cough up «a substantial fine of at least $ 1 million is appropriate in this case, particularly in light of the defendant's significant remaining resources and his more than $ 70,000 - per - year pension, paid for by New York State taxpayers.»

«Given the serious nature of the allegations made last week, the campaign contributions given by the defendants will be set aside in a separate account to be made available for any forfeiture recoveries pursued by law enforcement upon case disposition, rather than returning the funds to the defendants,» said Basil Smikle, the executive director of the state Democratic Committee in an email statement.

In his ruling, Justice Baba Yusuf said that that it was the responsibility of the prosecution to produce the defendant in court as required by law but regretted that the prosecution has unfortunately abdicated this responsibility today as far as this case is concerneIn his ruling, Justice Baba Yusuf said that that it was the responsibility of the prosecution to produce the defendant in court as required by law but regretted that the prosecution has unfortunately abdicated this responsibility today as far as this case is concernein court as required by law but regretted that the prosecution has unfortunately abdicated this responsibility today as far as this case is concerned.

Lawan now being the sole accused person in the case came as an amendment was made to the charges by the ICPC which saw Emenalo's name removed as a defendant.

Since that announcement, we have passed secondary legislation to enable the police to prosecute an extra 150,000 cases through to completion by giving them the power to continue to prosecute where a defendant does not turn up in court or pleads exceptional hardship.

A federal judge rejected attempts by four of the Buffalo Billion defendants to move next year's corruption trial to Buffalo, keeping the high - profile case in lower Manhattan instead.

The different papers were submitted separately and jointly in one case by lawyers for the three defendants.

The half - dozen motions filed by attorneys for the defendants describe Buffalo as the «center of gravity» in the Buffalo Billion case and state that transferring the case to Buffalo «is in the interest of justice, for the convenience of witnesses and the parties and for judicial economies.

Albany County DA David Soares said that at the time he accused Judge Stephen Herrick of giving a «get - out - of - jail - free card for every criminal defendant in New York state» and creating a «dangerous loophole» by giving his high - profile steroids case to a special prosecutor in 2010, he saw nothing offensive in his words.

By Section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, a plea bargain agreement is allowed as in this case, wherein the first defendant has provided relevant information to aid the prosecution of this case... it appears to me that by the above provisions of the ACJA, under a plea bargain agreement, the appropriate sentence to be recommended should be within the appropriate range of punishment stipulated for the offence chargeBy Section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, a plea bargain agreement is allowed as in this case, wherein the first defendant has provided relevant information to aid the prosecution of this case... it appears to me that by the above provisions of the ACJA, under a plea bargain agreement, the appropriate sentence to be recommended should be within the appropriate range of punishment stipulated for the offence chargeby the above provisions of the ACJA, under a plea bargain agreement, the appropriate sentence to be recommended should be within the appropriate range of punishment stipulated for the offence charged.

Despite getting flak from civil rights advocates over his decision to veto bills that would have legalized specific kinds of pocket knives and offering more state funds to compensate lawyers designated by the court to represent defendants who don't make enough money to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case, people roared in applause throughout Cuomo's speech.

To address concerns by some Democrats and Republicans that a look - back would infringe on the due process rights of accused predators, the bill would allow for a dismissal of cases if the delays in bringing them can be shown to have «materially prejudiced the defendant in the defense or investigation of an action.»

That data has since been updated by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, which reported close to 35,000 resolved cases involving 16 - and 17 - year - old defendants in 2013.

Oliverio said the judge has not yet ruled on the request by several defendants, including Ciminelli, to move the case against three former LPCiminellli executives, along with Kaloyeros and two Syracuse developers, to a courtroom in Buffalo.

Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice spoke Tuesday at a press conference organized by the Raise The Age coalition calling for the way the state handles 16 - and 17 - year - old defendants in criminal cases.

Other defendants in this case include Kelly, a former executive with Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), which has for years been developing a controversial gas - fired power plant in Orange County, N.Y., while successfully pushing one in Oxford; and Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, top executives with COR Development of Syracuse, which secured contracts on a number of projects initiated by Albany - based SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

LaTona was joined at the defendant's table by E. Stewart Jones, a prominent Troy attorney who successfully defended former Senate leader Joe Bruno in a corruption case in 2014.

The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Hon. Abdullahi Bako, who made the presentation on behalf of the Commission explained that the amendment had become necessary given the fact that the Commission is restricted by its extant law to prosecute cases only in State High courts which has hampered its prosecutorial effectiveness because high profile defendants often wield substantial influence within a state.

«Given the serious nature of the allegations made last week, the campaign contributions given by the defendants will be set aside in a separate account to be made available for any forfeiture recoveries pursued by law enforcement upon case disposition, rather than returning the funds to the defendants,» Smikle said in the statement.

Delivering ruling in the no - case submission argued by Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN) on behalf of Ndume, Justice Kolawole held that the prosecution failed in all fronts to link the defendant with the alleged heinous crime of hoarding information on terrorism activities and sponsorship the Boko Haram Islamic sect.

In a suit filed Wednesday night, the plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the law is unconstitutional and an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provisions by the attorney's general's office and the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which are the defendants in the casIn a suit filed Wednesday night, the plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the law is unconstitutional and an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provisions by the attorney's general's office and the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which are the defendants in the casin the case.

The case invited heated rhetoric, with a government prosecutor labeling the defendants traitors in an early bail hearing and the defense in its filings invoking the 1954 anticommunist Senate hearings convened by then - Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Most judges and juries are not persuaded by neurobiological evidence used to argue that a defendant was not fully responsible for his or her actions, as in Gunther's case, the analysis found.

As bloggers have noted, this case will be one of the first tests of a new Texas law designed to discourage capricious libel suits by putting the burden on the plaintiff (Wakefield in this case) to prove that the defendants» speech has caused damage before the suit can go forward.

A bizarre twist has turned up in some cases in which a defendant overturned a decision that went the wrong way by accusing his counsel of failing to look into whether he had some kind of brain abnormality — ineffective counsel typically being an impossibly difficult claim.

January 2005 — A federal judge dismissed a second case by the livestock industry, in which the Center served as an intervenor - defendant.

The District Attorney, Thomas Krasny (Coyote, Sphere), is out to make a name for himself by putting away Forrester, but on Jack's side is former Assistant DA Teddy Barnes (Close, Fatal Attraction), who once worked for Krasny until she discovered that he suppressed evidence in a case that would have exonerated the defendant.

As chief defendant in the case, the state contends that to prevail, the students must demonstrate they have been directly harmed by the ineffective teachers the statutes ostensibly protect.

While the district withdrew as a defendant in the case before the trial started, she was called by the defense in an effort to impeach the testimony of a plaintiffs» witness, Nicholas Melvoin, a former LA Unified teacher at Markham Middle School in Watts, who had testified last month that teacher layoffs in 2009 resulted in effective teachers being dismissed and morale at the school eroded.

After failed efforts by the state to get the case dismissed in the last year, a judge granted a request by the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers to join the lawsuit as defendants May 2.

The defendants also argue that the plaintiffs failed to prove they are members of a «suspect class,» which basically means plaintiffs didn't prove that school districts harmed a specific group — in this case, minority kids from low - income families — by moving ineffective teachers into schools populated by members of the group.

Torlakson, who was named a defendant in the case and is supported by the teachers unions that joined Vergara as co-defendants, was widely expected to favor an appeal.

This means that CTA and CFT would like to be become involved in the case because they feel that the current defendants — the state and the school districts — are not adequately representing the interests of their teachers, whose rights they maintain could be adversely affected by the case.