Sentences with phrase «cases of the criminal nature»

Anticipating a position as a public defender at the office of the City of Miami Gardens, I aim to contribute to the system by providing benefit of my insight into handling complex cases of the criminal nature.

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Wouldn't we all deserve to know the truth of this decade long criminal case which is fascism by nature?

Kim noted the unusual nature of announcing that his office wouldn't pursue criminal charges, saying that, in this case, it was appropriate to not «unduly influence the upcoming campaign and Mayoral election.»

Criminal background checks show felony and misdemeanor convictions and pending cases, usually including date and nature of offense, sentencing date,.

Some of the more significant, noteworthy story beats from the anime return: asymptomatic criminals; unusually young latent criminals; rookie female inspectors working a case on her first day; the true nature of the Sibyl system revealed.

While Jones» case is unusual in terms of both the severity of her crime and the exceptional nature of her academic accomplishments — and most of all for the contrast between the two — she is but one of a much larger group pursuing higher education while bearing a criminal record.

The judge concluded that the celebrity's own ongoing civil claims of sexual assault in a separate proceeding posed a possible bias in the case at hand, which involves serious criminal charges of a sexual nature.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against sentence was allowed — Trial judge erred in concluding that discharge was not appropriate in circumstances, especially given conclusion that accused did not deliberately attempt to injure victim — Trial judge found that there was no need for either specific deterrence or general deterrence; prime concern was need for denunciation of her conduct — Section 730 of Criminal Code permits discharge in cases of this nature, provided that it was in best interest of accused and not contrary to public interest — Accused was responsible individual with no record whatsoever, she held position as counsellor and social worker for 25 years — Trial judge did not find that conviction would definitely affect her employment, but possibility existed, and such conviction would necessarily result in criminal record — There was no likelihood of re-offending — Conditional discharge would not be contrary to public iCriminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against sentence was allowed — Trial judge erred in concluding that discharge was not appropriate in circumstances, especially given conclusion that accused did not deliberately attempt to injure victim — Trial judge found that there was no need for either specific deterrence or general deterrence; prime concern was need for denunciation of her conduct — Section 730 of Criminal Code permits discharge in cases of this nature, provided that it was in best interest of accused and not contrary to public interest — Accused was responsible individual with no record whatsoever, she held position as counsellor and social worker for 25 years — Trial judge did not find that conviction would definitely affect her employment, but possibility existed, and such conviction would necessarily result in criminal record — There was no likelihood of re-offending — Conditional discharge would not be contrary to public iCriminal Code permits discharge in cases of this nature, provided that it was in best interest of accused and not contrary to public interest — Accused was responsible individual with no record whatsoever, she held position as counsellor and social worker for 25 years — Trial judge did not find that conviction would definitely affect her employment, but possibility existed, and such conviction would necessarily result in criminal record — There was no likelihood of re-offending — Conditional discharge would not be contrary to public icriminal record — There was no likelihood of re-offending — Conditional discharge would not be contrary to public interest.

[7] Contrast the discussion of the nature of criminal wrong - doing in its emphatic denial of residence rights to convicted criminals in Case C - 378 / 12 Nnamdi Onuekwere v Secretary of State for the Home Department EU: C: 2014:13.

The Joint Committee rejected the public defender model adopted in the United States on the basis that, for criminal cases, it was «wrong in principle that both prosecutor and defender are employed by the same master» and that the impersonal and bureaucratic nature of the public defender model made it impossible to exercise «the zeal and vigour which should be characteristic of defence counsel in every case.»

We had a client who couldn't go on her daughter's field trip because she had a bad check case dismissed 10 years ago, and so it's a real opportunity to help people who have been outcast from mainstream society because of old criminal convictions and things of that nature.

In other cases, a driver might face criminal charges for his or her conduct behind the wheel and the nature of those charges could determine the punishment that results, including incarceration.

«The appellant maintains that, by its nature, a tax on criminal defence legal fees will, at some level, be prohibitive or at the very least act as an impediment to or will interfere with the right to counsel since the additional cost of the tax to an accused will interfere with the financial resources available to mount a defence to the charges brought against him or her,» wrote Tax Court of Canada Justice Brent Paris, summing up the firm's case.

There were cases in which the consequences were so serious, or the nature of the claim was such, that the imposition of a criminal standard of proof was required.

If you or your loved one is facing criminal defense or personal injury issue of any nature, you need to be confident in the attorney you choose to handle your case.

This is most often the case when a driver's conduct is criminal in nature, and it causes serious bodily injury or death to one of the accident victims.

See Bowen v. Roy, 476 U. S., at 706 - 707; id., at 705, n. 15; Yoder, 406 U. S., at 218; see also McDaniel v. Paty, 435 U. S., at 628, n. 8 (noting cases in which courts considered claims for exemptions from general criminal prohibitions, cases the Court thought were «illustrative of the general nature of free - exercise protections and the delicate balancing required by our decisions in [Sherbert and Yoder,] when an important state interest is shown»).

The announcement quotes SLJ co-chair John Salsberg as saying, «The Board of SLJ is pleased that the FTC exercised its discretion to end the investigation, after it became more fully informed of the nature of the actions of SLJ this past August, when attorneys refused to accept appointments to new cases in the criminal courts.

As a first step, the ICC could have reconsidered its case law about the nature of limitation periods in the light of supranational inputs and of the criminal traditions of most of the Member States, acknowledging the procedural nature of norms concerning the interruption of the limitation period while saving the substantive nature of its essence and its basic rationale.

Other cases of this nature, involving people who do not fit that definition, are heard in a criminal court.

However, the draconian nature of confiscation proceedings and the effect of statutory assumptions in «criminal lifestyle» cases mean that lawyers really need to be at the top of their game in order to act in their clients» best interests.

There are further comments in the case about the judge's role as «neutral, passive arbiter» (para. 67) and the basically adversarial nature of the sentencing phase of a criminal proceeding (ibid.).

The justice part of access to justice requires that those lawyers and judges dealing with family law cases and criminal law cases have the interest in, aptitude for, and the professional experience and expertise required to deal with the complexities of, and multifaceted nature of, IPV [intimate partner violence].

The patchwork nature of traffic - court decisions is creating a dangerous precedent in this area and I can only hope that we will see a judicial pronouncement by a criminal court judge in a well argued case soon.

Their lordships indicated that in some civil cases the criminal standard would still apply given the nature of the proceedings, for example anti-social behaviour order proceedings under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to which the criminal standard had been applied in R (McCann) v Crown Court at Manchester [2003] 1 AC 787.

Remember states are fictitious in nature, whereas human defendants, in criminal cases, are of substance, tangible, and palpable.

In a worse case scenario and passengers (either in your vehicle or the other drivers) are killed in a vehicle accident while you are uninsured you may face serious criminal and civil penalties depending on the nature of the accident.

Investigators visit crime sites and assemble crime related samples and information to conclude on the nature, causes of the crime and prepare a strong case file to fight the case against the criminals.

Special agents are assigned cases usually of the criminal nature — those that ordinary investigators do not have the capacity or training to hack.

Once you have a criminal report, you can consider the nature, severity, and timing of any criminal convictions to make a case - by - case decision.