Sentences with phrase «by the prosecutor who»

Their plea was, however, reserved by prosecutors who prayed the District Court in Accra to remand the accused persons into lawful custody to enable investigations to be concluded in the case.

Most cases are resolved through a pre-trial plea bargain, a voluntary dismissal by a prosecutor who acknowledges that there is no case against you prior to trial, or a conviction of at least something at trial.

That decision needs to be made by the prosecutors who will be responsible for prosecuting the case,» he says.

(There were maybe 20 perjury prosecutions in all of Colorado in one recent year for the entire state for the entire year and I assure you that the crime was committed many thousands of times in that time period many of which could have been proven in court by a prosecutor who was so inclined.)

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.

During the trial, prosecutors argued that Dzhokhar was a full and equal partner in the bombing, while Clarke characterized him as a naive teenager who was greatly influenced and radicalized by his older brother.

Nicolas De-Meyer, 40, was identified in an indictment unsealed Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who say he used a fake name, «Mark Miller,» to sell hundreds of bottles of the stolen wine to a North Carolina wine dealer he had found on the internet from 2014 to 2016.

Sponsored by the Human Rights Foundation, PutinCon was the first event of its kind — a meeting of dissidents and journalists; of people who've been robbed by the Kremlin; of former soldiers who've seen too much; of prosecutors and politicians who know too much; of Russians and Europeans and Americans (North and South) who had enough of Putin's interference and violence.

But the account echoed wording in a comment made a day earlier to The Associated Press by longtime Comey friend Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor, who said the president had removed «somebody unwilling to pledge absolute loyalty to him.»

The FBI was acting as part of a probe related to Cohen by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who were acting on a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election as well as potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

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.

Prosecutors say Edwards broke federal law by accepting about $ 725,000 from Mellon and more than $ 200,000 from Fred Baron, a now - deceased Texas lawyer who was his finance chairman.

More than four years later, Zambada — who currently resides in a federal prison in Milan, Michigan — still has not been tried, in part because of endless wrangling by prosecutors and defense attorneys on the size and scope of the pretrial legal discovery.

The point of this — according to the federal prosecutors, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who are not happy with Sarao — is that by placing all these fake sell orders, Sarao would artificially drive down the price of the E-mini futures.

Cohen, who is under criminal investigation by U.S. prosecutors for possible bank and wire fraud, is Trump's longtime lawyer.

Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Michael Cohen on Wednesday suggested seven candidates who could be picked by a federal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client privilege.

The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Ulbricht, who prosecutors say went by the alias Dread Pirate Roberts in a reference to the 1987 movie «The Princess Bride,» faces up to life in prison and a mandatory minimum term of 20 years.

The previously unreported testimony from the onetime senior Uber official, as well as interviews conducted by Reuters with five current and former Uber employees, rebuts statements made in an explosive 37 - page letter last year that triggered the internal probe and drew the attention of federal prosecutors, who are still investigating.

The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

More reputable people may then tell similar untruths: some confused, or misremembering, or misguided, or mobilized by the media, or browbeaten by enthusiastic police or prosecutors or therapists; others opportunists who see little risk and lots of upside in a venture that someone else has boldly opened.

The facts of the safety breaches were not opened by prosecutor Michael Gregory, who told District Judge Lesley Mottram: «The prosecution submission is that this matter is so serious that you should use your powers to commit it to the Crown Court for sentencing.»

«A lot of this criticism is coming from people who never bothered to attend the trials,» says Hampton prosecutor Colleen Killilea, who gained a measure of local fame by urging the judge to «just do it» to Iverson after he imprudently jetted to a Nike - sponsored tournament when his trial broke for the weekend.

Last month the 32 - year - old Real Madrid striker became disgruntled as he felt singled out for disproportionate treatment by Spanish prosecutors, who accused him of evading tax of 14.7 million euros (# 12.8 m).

The guilty verdict in the case of Joe Percoco was coupled with not guilty results for two prominent upstate developers who had also been accused of corruption and bribery by federal prosecutors.

The more trenchant point was raised by Slate's John Dickerson, who turned the idea around on the once - hard charging prosecutor.

The corruption conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Tuesday was overturned by a federal appeals court, dealing yet another blow to the prosecutors who had sought to crack down on Albany's unseemly way of doing business.

Self - help guru Keith Raniere, who has charged by federal prosecutors with running a violent sex - slave cult called NXIVM, allegedly used the star power of two actresses from the Superman - prequel TV series «Smallville» to lure other women into his organization.

Messi and his father refused to answer questions from Maza when they testified on Thursday, speaking only when quizzed by the public prosecutor, who had already called for Messi's acquittal before the trial began.

By hiring Rudy Giuliani, a former prosecutor and New York City mayor, as his lawyer, Trump will presumably be getting what he wants — a trusted friend who can argue his side of the Russia investigation on TV and behind closed doors.

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.

Faced with a sprawling investigation by the special counsel in Washington, Trump must also contend with an independent - minded office of federal prosecutors in his hometown, New York, who are investigating Cohen.

«The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney.

Howe, who pleaded guilty to numerous crimes after cooperating with prosecutors, became a focus of the trial when he admitted violating his deal with prosecutors by improperly trying to recover the cost of a night at a luxury Manhattan hotel from a credit card company.

Cuomo's campaign spokesman Abbey Fashouer directed a reporter to his ally Charlie King, who hailed Cuomo's record, including ordering a special prosecutor to probe certain killings by police, increasing the minimum wage and an announcement a day earlier that parolees would be enfranchised.

At the time of the meeting, Cohen was under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, who still are probing a $ 130,000 payment Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump.»

The patients were referred to the firm by Silver, who served as «of counsel» to the firm but did little work there, prosecutors said.

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.

Lerner said while she's disheartened that yet another legislator has been accused of corruption, she's relieved that state prosecutors under Schneiderman are taking on investigations now that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who achieved prison terms for both former legislative leaders, has been fired by President Donald Trump.

The postponement, opposed by prosecutors as a delay tactic with little chance of success before the Supreme Court, likely will put off any retrial until next year, buying time for the 73 - year - old former Albany power broker, who had faced a 12 - year prison sentence.

I fully concur with Senator Ball on this one.Leibell and company dishonestly framed this all as reasonable requests for leniency, as if what he had done was not so bad (and as if he had contritely cooperated with authorities), when in fact the former State Senator has been defiant in NOT helping Federal prosecutors — AND some of the letters in Leibell's behalf came from people who are still being actively investigated by Federal prosecutors.

The internal review will be conducted by Bart Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor who now works as an independent investigator, according to David's statement, which was released shortly after 5 p.m. — and minutes after the News article was posted online.

Percoco, Aiello and Gerardi and are on trial in U.S. District Court in Manhattan along with energy company executive Peter Galbraith Kelly, who is alleged to have bribed Percoco by securing what prosecutors have termed a «low - show» corporate education job for his wife, a former schoolteacher.

Cohen is blocked from commodities trading until 2018 due to an investigation by Preet Bharara, the former US Attorney who did not make life easy for the governor during his years as a federal prosecutor.

Updated 3:26 p.m. The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney not directly involved in the proceeding.

«This puts an executive and legislative check on them by allowing their appointees call them in front of a commission,» said Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D - Nassau County), a former federal prosecutor who opposes the measure.

NEW YORK CITY — Surrounded by the family members of people who have been killed by police, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Wednesday appointing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor to examine such cases.

And Molo claimed the real estate firms that hired Goldberg & Iryami received excellent representation, and that Silver pushed for changes in omnibus real estate legislation in 2011 that favored tenants, not Glenwood (who prosecutors said was not adversely affected by the bill).

Molo finished his three - hour summation by thanking the jurors and praising Silver's decision to fight the charges of a prosecutor who Molo said is «viewing the world through a dirty window.»