Sentences with phrase «called as a prosecution witness»

On 4 June 2007 the CPS asked the police to undertake further enquiries, [61] following reports that the police were pressing for Tony Blair to be called as a prosecution witness in any trial.

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Over two days as a prosecution witness, Hoffmann testified that he did not know about the town's potential liability for the loans until he received a telephone call almost three years ago from a Newsday reporter — and then went to town officials to find out what was going on.

The Albany County District Attorney's Office took over prosecution of his case in February 2018, at the request of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, who may call the detective as a witness in an upcoming quadruple murder trial.

In what appeared the unexpected was the calling of its first prosecution witness which turned out to be Boniface Emenalo who was jointly charged along with him as the second accused person.

would cause undue hardship to the defendants, as the prosecution had already called 18 witnesses since the matter commenced in September 2015.»

It was however gathered that the ICPC might call on the investigators as prosecution witnesses in a case that is expected to be seriously contested by Lawan's lawyers.

A thought experiment: the prosecution call Prof Lindzen or Roy Spencer as a rebuttal witness — should they be removed from their accademic posts if they agree to testify?

The George Zimmerman murder trial took a strange detour into social media this afternoon, as prosecution witness Jenna Lauer, who placed the 911 call on which screams for help can be heard, was accused by the prosecutor of following Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman, Jr., on Twitter.

An accused might be forced to call a hostile prosecution witness as his own.

Harnett says he gives credit to the assistant Crown for calling the friend as a witness, despite knowing that her evidence may undercut the prosecution's case.

Counsel is entitled to ask questions of prosecution witnesses in as much detail as he wishes based on his instructions, but without indicating what the defendant's evidence might have been and in the knowledge that he will not be able to call evidence to contradict the answers given.

At trial, the prosecution can't call the defendant as a witness, or comment on the defendant's failure to testify.

In a novel version of «Perry Mason,» the fictitious (mostly TV) lawyer called the actual perpetrator of the crime to the stand, as a direct witness because she had declined to testify for the prosecution (against Mason's client).

A direction to a defendant charged with criminal damage that he serve on the prosecution the full names, dates of birth and addresses of all defence witnesses who were to be called at trial, before he indicated his defence, has been quashed by the court, as breaching both litigation privilege and legal professional privilege.

At the conclusion of the prosecution's case, you will testify and have the option to call witnesses as well.