Sentences with phrase «by potential jurors»

«The exhibit as a whole may be interpreted by potential jurors as the Court's celebration of criminal convictions in significant cases, and particularly cases involving allegations of public corruption,» said the letter filed by Daniel Gitner, a lawyer for former energy company executive Peter Kelly, a co-defendant.

Not exact matches

During the voir dire process the potential jurors come in and they're asked a series of questions by the parties and by the judge to determine whether each potential juror can be completely unbiased and impartial and objective, to make sure they're not biased towards one party or the other.

Disgraced ex-state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son want to relocate their retrial to another state, claiming potential New York jurors have been tainted by unfair media coverage.

Inside the courthouse, U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack asked 51 potential jurors — one by one — about their jobs, what they do in their spare time, their favorite television shows and which public figures they admire.

During jury selection, one potential juror told the court that she had donated to a campaign by Liu.

The selected artist is considered by the jurors to have the potential to make a lasting impact on the history of American art, based on the excellence of past work as well as present work in the Biennial.

Also, the judge is within his rights to punish the potential juror if he determines that the potential juror is actually lying about his ability to be impartial in an effort to evade jury service rather than because he sincerely believes that he can't be fair, and judges have wide authority to determine the credibility and truthfulness of statements made to him in open court (i.e. if the trial judge finds that you are lying, this determination will almost always be honored by an appellate court considering the judge's actions).

This is the process of picking a jury by asking questions of potential jurors.

No less that Edward Greenspan has commented on the use of social media by lawyers and in particular how social networking websites can be mined for information about potential jurors.

I just want the record to reflect, I guess, to be blunt, [the juror], for whatever reason, had some very bad, I guess to be blunt again, body odor, which was extremely strong, and I was able to detect in my lobby, as was the clerk, which is a personal matter for that potential juror, but for the fact that her personal problem was [of] such a magnitude that other jurors who had already been picked... either by act or words had indicated discomfort with that problem.

In Nassau County for many years Grand Juries were convened by asking potential jurors to volunteer for Grand Jury duty.

In the Stanley case, all members of the jury were white and the potential jurors who were indigenous were blocked by the defence, using peremptory challenges.

Voir dire examination serves to protect that right by exposing possible biases, both known and unknown, on the part of potential jurors.

The need for the expert assistance to clarify technical matters for triers of fact should, he reasoned, be «assessed in light of its potential to distort the fact - finding process» — for example, by wasting time or confusing jurors.

The process begins by the judge asking certain basic questions to make sure that all of the potential jurors meet the minimum qualifications to be a juror.

In another narrative of a trial involving potential property damage that could have occurred (but did not), judges» awards were less affected by the potential (but non-existent) damage than jurors» awards.

Once an entire jury is seated and no party has tried to strike any of the potential jurors for cause or by using a peremptory strike, the jury is generally sworn in and the trial moves on to the next step, often preliminary instructions or opening statements.

That's right, just like in real life, you're not allowed to cyberstalk potential jurors by proxy.

Still, the trial court abused discretion by allowing it because its probative value was substantially outweighed by its potential to confuse jurors and result in unfair prejudice.

The government's avowed determination to eradicate myths about supposedly true victim behaviour, in spite of there being no UK research evidence of a negative impact by such myths on the conviction rate, makes a stark contrast with their apparent insouciance about the potentially negative impact on the conviction rate as a cumulative result of potential jurors reading lurid media accounts of the exposure of false rape claims.

The constant maligning of MVA victims over decades by the IBC / insurers in advertising has had the intended consequence of negatively influencing the public and that has included potential jurors.

Following Stanley's acquittal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, «as a country we can and must do better,» and justice minister Jody Wilson - Raybould said the government is looking at peremptory challenges, which are used by the defence and prosecution to reject potential jurors without stating a reason.