Sentences with phrase «charges against the defendants»

The police will act to protect the child and file appropriate criminal charges against the defendant.

The prosecution is the party trying to prove the criminal charges against the defendant.

Spota demanded and received prosecutor Glenn Kurtzrock's resignation Tuesday, and the murder charge against defendant Messiah Booker was dismissed.

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.

It also alleges a number of procedural violations by Spence and Jones, who helped prepare ethics charges against the defendants.

The senior lawyer drew the attention of the court to the 13 court charge against the defendants involving N3.1 B and not N36B and demanded that the court call the EFCC to order in the media trial of the defendants.

In R v Tran, 2015 ONSC 5607, a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court, Justice Edward Morgan stayed drug charges against the defendant and threw out the seized drugs as evidence as being planted in the defendant's car by the Toronto Police.

If the facts of the case simply do not support the legal charges against the defendant, an experienced lawyer can bring this to the prosecutor's attention in an effective way, and make the appropriate application for dismissal of the charges.

On the record thus described, it is argued, somewhat faintly, that the acts charged against the defendants were not unlawful because within the protection of that freedom

Dismissal of federal charges against defendants in the KPMG tax fraud litigation after the judge said the U.S. coerced KPMG into denying legal funds to the ex-employees

Basically, this is to protect people who are exercising legal free speech and fair use rights from suffering legal burdens of fighting a case where the plaintiff alleges copyright or defamation charges against defendant when that is of extremely questionable grounds.

In Carosella, the complainant in an historic sexual assault case went to a crisis centre for advice about laying charges against the defendant.

Superior Court Information (SCI): A written document that lists the felony and / or misdemeanor charges against the defendant.

Sometimes a prosecutor pursues criminal charges against the defendant responsible for the fatal car accident.

[153] With regards to the criminal charges against the defendant, he was charged with dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

«Given the nature of the charges against the defendant and the apparent weight of the evidence against him, defendant faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison,» Ellis said of the former campaign manager.

A Cuomo campaign source pointed out that none of the charges against the defendants alleges that campaign contributions amounted to bribes.

This prompted the commission to investigate the matter and file a charge against the defendant.»

Defense attorneys sought before the trial to keep the entire episode about 329 Broadway out of the trial, arguing it had nothing to do with the charges against the defendants.

Shortly after his introduction, Ejiofor argued that the charges against the defendants lack merit and basic proof.

But the Prosecuting Counsel, Mr Chile Okoromma, objected on grounds that the charge against the defendants was new.

The defence team had also hinted the court that they had an application challenging the competence of the charges against the defendants.

Trial Judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba however asked the prosecution if the charges against the defendants were bail able and if they have been granted bail by the police.

The Attorney General reminds that charges against the defendants are accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

It was only after the U.S. attorney's office found out the passenger had been paid $ 97,000 in a Maine OUI accident lawsuit settlement that they decided to up the charges against defendant.

A written statement of the charges against a defendant sent for trial to the Crown Court, and signed by an officer of the Court