Sentences with phrase «case against a defendant»

He deemed the case against the defendants so flimsy that he thought it unfair to make them wait.

Some of the money was funneled from the electric company to Howe, who a year ago pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, and helped federal prosecutors build their cases against the defendants.

Prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case against the defendants on Tuesday morning, taking Monday off to prepare for closing remarks.

In describing prosecutors» case against their defendants — including Buffalo businessman Louis Ciminelli and former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros — the team of lawyers wrote of the government's «untenable» legal theory, «meager allegations,» and «ill - conceived and improper interpretation of the law.»

The learned silk further argued that separation of the trial as canvassed by the applicants would further delay the speedy trial of the joint charge stressing that the prosecution was fully prepared to prove the case against the defendants within a reasonable time.

In a statement, the Justice Department's antitrust office said it will continue to press its case against defendants Apple Inc and Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC.

In the beginning of the movie, it appears to be an air tight case against the defendant.

I'm pretty sure the parties just agreed that the petit assault case against the defendant would be dismissed if the victim could slap him once in the face.

We also act in cases where innocent third parties are affected by orders made in criminal cases against defendants.

That investigation and information will undoubtedly help build the case against the defendant.

Small claims court allows you to file a case against a defendant for monetary losses.

Whether it be a Massachusetts car accident, slip and fall, or any other type of personal injury case, the injury victim must prove the following elements in order to win a negligence case against a defendant:

How would you lawyer comic book fans like it if the next issue of Superman ended with a panel depicting a judge declaring from the bench that: «The case against Defendant Luthor is dismissed.

All accusations of the case against the defendant would be dismissed and the defendant would be released from all punishments, sentencing or penalties arising from the offense committed tried and convicted.

By retaining your Texas motorcycle accident attorney right away, your own investigation immediately starts too while your case against the defendant is prepared.

As an aside, the claim that personal injury is more profitable does not take into account the cost of capital and cash flow needed to run cases against defendants with deep pockets, on a conditional or No Win - No Fee ™ basis.

A US federal judge overseeing the US Department of Justice prosecution of three foreign exchange market traders has questioned why UK authorities did not bring a case against the defendants.

«The process for a judge hearing a non-suit application is to ask whether, based on the evidence presented by the plaintiff, taken at face value and without being weighted, there is enough evidence for a prima facie case against the defendants.

The plaintiff later filed a personal injury case against the defendant, seeking compensation for the injuries he sustained in the accident.

The plaintiff filed a personal injury case against the defendant, claiming that his promise of a hard - packed road induced her to accompany him on the ride and that he should be held responsible for her injuries.

The family of the victim can file a case against a defendant whose negligence led to the accident and consequently the death of the victim.

The decision in Totalise plc v The Motley Fool Ltd [2001] EMLR 750 emphasised that the courts are not obliged to provide such relief and can consider wider matters such as the gravity of the defamatory allegations, whether the claimant has a strong prima facie case against the defendant, the size and extent of the potential readership and whether the claimant had any other available method of identifying the authors.

But after September, 2011, when the change became effective, the plaintiff would have to bring a separate case against each defendant.

Not exact matches

Levandowski, who is not a defendant in the civil case, has asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege against self - incrimination and has refused to testify.

Since fiscal year 2009, the Justice Department has filed over 18,000 financial fraud cases against more than 25,000 defendants.

It is the first defendant to settle and agreed to help the plaintiffs with their case against the remaining defendants, which are American Airlines Group (aal), Delta Air Lines (dal) and United Continental Holdings (ual).

On April 11, 2018, Patrick K. McDonnell — a defendant in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's case against CabbageTech, Corp (DBA Coin Drop Markets)-- submitted a letter to Judge Roanne L. Mann of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

In February, the agency dismissed charges against six defendants in the case, according to federal court records.

In March, the judge initially presiding over the case, Jack B. Weinstein, granted the CFTC's preliminary injunction against the defendants.

We know from the CFTC case against Sarao that he switched FCM's often: «Defendants traded the E-mini S&P at four futures commission merchants (FCMs) during the Relevant Period: FCM A (April 2010 to October 2011), FCM B (November 2011 to January 2012), FCM C (July 2012 to August 2012), and FCM D (August 2012 to June 2014).

An early investor files a new case against the social network saying, «The defendants were unjustly enriched because they realized enormous profits and financial benefits from the IPO.»

In December 2012, he added Gawker as a defendant in the state court case that he had already filed against Heather Clem and Bubba Clem.

We believe that market - rigging tactics of which banking institutions have been repeatedly accused — and, in many cases, are legal defendants in actions brought against them — have been disguised but are still widely practiced.

The other is a federal agent who will help to summarize the prosecution's case against the four defendants.

Jibo said that the EFCC had successfully established a case that would warrant the defendants to open their defence to the charges against them.

The defense motions have included asking the judge to drop some charges, and give each defendant a separate trial to avoid having the case against one prejudice the others.

«He considered announcing this week, but eventually decided against doing so — a decision validated by the fact that some defendants are starting to claim that the cases against them are driven by politics,» the source said, referring to claims made by Espada.

Azrack said the cases were different for three reasons: The de Blasio case involved only «campaign contributions» and not personal gifts, a fact that would increase the government's burden of proof for bribery; the defendants failed to demonstrate they are «similarly situated» to de Blasio; and, critically, the de Blasio matter was already reviewed by a different set of federal prosecutors, who declined to move forward with a case against him.

Embattled Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. may be running for reelection unopposed, but that doesn't mean he's off the hook for declining to prosecute cases against Harvey Weinstein and President Donald Trump's eldest children and accepting campaign cash from lawyers linked to those would - be defendants in the process.

«It is my decision that this court has jurisdiction on the charges filed against the first defendant in this case and the notice of preliminary objection is dismissed,» Justice Solebo ruled.

In motions filed Friday night, attorneys for most of the defendants said they want separate trials for their clients to avoid the chance of unrelated evidence against one or two defendants tainting the others» cases.

The Attorney General's (AG) Department discontinued its case against Alfred Woyome, in the GHc51 million judgment debt saga because it was considering a possible settlement with the defendant, President John Mahama has said.

She cited the state's pending cases against former Erie County Democratic Chairman G. Steven Pigeon and defendants in the Buffalo Billion program as the kind of prosecutions she will also emphasize.

The government's accusations also were modified to clarify the prosecution's case against the eight defendants.

Rotimi told the Tribunal that discharging the defendant at a no case point level will defeat the fight against corruption and purpose of the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

Spielvogel said he wouldn't vote for it with the pending criminal case against Kaloyeros and the other defendants.

The anti-graft agency insisted that the said statement would have been vital to its prosecution of the criminal case pending against the defendant before the Federal High Court.

The Attorney General's office said it's actually quite common for state and federal prosecutors to bring charges against a defendant simultaneously and in this case, both have been investigating Pigeon for years.

The federal case against nine defendants was so complex it was split into two separate trials.

«It was in preparation for Joe's case; in preparation for the case they were indicting against the nine defendants,» Cuomo said.