Sentences with phrase «cases up to the trial»

Many criminal defense lawyers only take cases up to the trial stage.

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Meanwhile, another labor law professor, Temple's Brishen Rogers, told me, «I wouldn't rule out an appeal to the 9th Circuit, which could then push the trial back quite a bit, but also set up an interesting comparison case with the FedEx case from 2014.»

Most death penalty cases, from trials to appeals, rack up a large bill for multiple state agencies.

There's a whole process that's set up to ensure that the jury that finally gets impaneled is an objective group of people with no connection with anything going on in the case that might persuade them to cast a decision that's inconsistent with the evidence that's presented at the trial.

While the DOJ's case against AT&T's proposed $ 86 billion merger with Time Warner finished up this week, the consensus is that it will be another month before we know the outcome to the trial.

It is not the judges right or duty to express his personal opinions or beliefs while sitting on the bench, especially while giving a verdict.Judges are there to make sure due process and a fair and impartial hearing or trial takes place for all those involved.this particular judge's rant on the muslim world based on his views from serving in the military had absolutely no bearing on the case and should not have even been brought up much less used to chastise the victim with.

The wheels of justice move slow when someone has to consider even the ADA have their own trial schedule and it may take up to four weeks to schedule a case before the Grand Jury.

The case is scheduled to go to trial in December — though it could be delayed — meaning whatever magical fixes the DI board plans to implement from the blue - ribbon commission's report may only be in effect a year before the schools have to blow up their athlete compensation model and start from scratch.

For the very lucky, you only have to clean up a small pond's worth of pee over the course of a few weeks before you're in the clear, but for most people, potty training a kid involves a series of trials and tribulations that can take months (or in some cases years; our thoughts are with you).

And yes, sometimes it does happen that initial trials showed something to be reasonably safe and harm shows up later, but in that case, the harm it tends to be minor, indirect or rare.

JCOPE could have a follow up case, but they would never do it while a trial is ongoing, and we call on JCOPE to do its job and investigate unregistered oil lobbyist Cox.»

«In the future, depending on the number of cases that will come up for trial, the Judiciary may increase the courts and number of Judges to ensure that the courts are not overwhelmed by the volume of work and that the cases are dealt with expeditiously,» the statement added.

A defense attorney says Nassau prosecutors are part of an attempted police cover - up, and told acting District Attorney Madeline Singas in a letter that letting his client's drug case go to trial would be «prosecutorial misconduct.»

A former Brooklyn prosecutor is set to go on trial Monday in a guns - for - bribes case that has shaken up the way the NYPD doles out gun permits.

I will tell you, I really do hope that there is a trial in this case so all New Yorkers can see, in gory detail, what their state government has been up to.»

White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas got fed up with a politically connected lawyer's bid to delay the upcoming corruption trial of state Sen. Malcolm Smith over her pregnancy, suggesting in a ruling Wednesday that she lied about needing doctor - ordered bed rest when the case is scheduled to go to trial.

City Court prosecutors must also direct follow - up investigation, conduct legal research, respond to motions, obtain statements from witnesses, locate and secure evidence, conduct pre-trial hearings, and take cases to trial if they can not be resolved by a plea bargain.

In the Syracuse case, the trial revealed that Mr. Percoco helped to remove a potentially - costly labor union agreement requirement from an Inner Harbor parking lot project in Syracuse and helped free up funds for work completed on the Central New York Film Hub.

Daniel Gitner, the attorney for defendant Peter Galbraith Kelly, wrote to federal Judge Valerie Caproni last week about a hallway - length exhibit about famous cases set up outside the courtroom where the parties expect the trial will be held.

«I really do hope that there is a trial in this case, so that all New Yorkers can see, in gory detail, what their state government has been up to,» Bharara said in September 2016, when he unveiled the charges.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe refused to dismiss former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's corruption case, setting up the potential for another trial for the Rennselaer County Republican.

I have no idea where the CJ would get the authority not just to reach down and expedite a pending appeal but to order that cases in varying states of disarray (and maybe some have not even been filed yet) resolved at the trial level and the first appellate level and brought up to the Court of Appeals, IF the top court even has jurisdiction over each distinct dispute, within a fixed time.

While it's still too early to say the impact the Howe situation will have on the Percoco trial, Simon said the fact that it was the prosecution's star witness could wind up undermining the case.

A defense attorney says Nassau prosecutors are part of an attempted police cover - up, and told acting District Attorney Madeline Singas in a letter Thursday that letting his client's drug case go to trial would be «prosecutorial misconduct.»

Pan and Hou's cases are set to go to trial in February, refocusing attention on the allegations just as what is expected to be a cut - throat campaign starts to heat up.

«The number of cases in which people try to introduce neurotechnological evidence in the trial or sentencing phase has gone up by leaps and bounds,» says Joshua Sanes, director of the Center for Brain Science at Harvard University.

The case could be sent back to the trial court again or end up at the Arizona Supreme Court should one of the parties» appeal.

The actual disparity in number of cases between the two groups was small, with 129 lung cancers in all, and the trial wasn't set up to study that disease.

Set up as a mock - trial, the session was designed to examine the increasingly common dilemma of whether evidence such as MRI images, which can be used to see damage in the brain such as lesions or tumors, should be entered into court cases.

More important is Hutton's overstatement of the case for HRT: the long - term benefits of HRT are still not clear because the women who began taking HRT twenty or thirty years ago were probably healthier to begin with, and no one has set up a long - term randomised controlled trial.

After suffering from horrible cases of bloating as a result of eating gluten and drinking milk, where I would go from having a flat stomach to looking at least five months» pregnant in less than an hour, I decided to trial giving up gluten about six months ago.

The Bern court had declined to take up the case, saying Swatch had not shown sufficient cause for a local trial, but Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court ruled in a verdict announced on Tuesday that Swatch had a sufficient interest in having the case heard in Switzerland.

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Only if the case goes to a full trial will the court be able to enforce the constitution instead of leaving this most important duty up to the General Assembly, which has categorically failed to do its job.

The novel follows the aftermath of this decision, leading up to Ruth's trial — which is sensationalized all over Britain, and in which Milly's testimony has the power to either make - or - break the case.

If the case ends up going to trial, these discussions won't be used as evidence in court.

Alas I was too scared to do big jumps and struggled to even manage a wheelie, but when I picked up Urban Trial Playground I was able to swap the BMX for a dirt bike and live my childhood dreams, at least I thought that was the case.

In each case, unspoken rules governing the placement of the signified and the signifier are put on trial, held up to scrutiny through various unexpected inversions.

Jeff Koons's case went to trial and Damien Hirst's didn't as it was settled out of court, but both ended up paying compensation.

~ If you buttonhole me at the DC Court of Appeals, I promise to autograph any copies of The [Un] documented Mark Steyn shoved under my nose - and don't forget, all profits from book sales and trial merchandise and gift certificates go to prop up my end of this interminable case.

He frequently brought up matters that the trial judge warned him were prejudicial to his case, he declined to cross-examine the complainants, and he eventually abandoned his closing address after objections that he was trying to adduce new evidence.

One explanation for the long pre-trial delays and high rate of case settling just before trial consists in viewing the litigation process as an information exchange process, up to and leading to trial, where information on liability and damages has been fully exchanged.

In order to prove their case for copyright infringement at trial, Gaye's lawyers needed to show that i) Williams and Thicke had access to «Got to Give it Up», and ii) that the two songs were substantially similar.

In a rather unusual case, an Ontario Superior Court judge has set aside a default judgment that was obtained at an uncontested trial where the defendant intentionally decided not to show up.

An accused who was previously eligible for a lenient sentence or who had racked up considerable pre-sentence custody could throw in the towel and make peace with Her Majesty but is now encouraged to take a shot at trial even where he assesses his own chances of winning the case as poor — if you're getting slammed by a mandatory minimum whether you plead guilty or not, you may as well spin the wheel of justice and see what happens.

The Crown should ask the trial judge to reconsider the Corbett ruling so that the jury (or trial judge in a judge - alone trial) gets a fair and complete picture.209 Similarly, in a jury case, a defence strategy centred on an attack on the credibility of the victim can affect an accused's successful Corbett application, potentially opening up his or her entire criminal record to cross-examination for credibility purposes.210

Her litigation experience includes assisting in trying a national mass tort bellwether case and performing key roles during all phases of litigation leading up to trial.

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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 interest.