Sentences with phrase «convicted of a criminal charge»

Finn is the only American bishop ever to be convicted of a criminal charge for failing to report suspected child abuse.

At least 10 ex-lawmakers who've been convicted of criminal charges are still receiving taxpayer - funded pensions worth tens of thousands of dollars a year, a Daily News review of state pension records found.

Allegations of personal misconduct by former Social Services Commissioner Al Dirschberger have sparked a new proposal that would ban payouts to government appointees convicted of criminal charges.

Being convicted of any criminal charge in Ohio can have serious implications for your freedom, security and reputation.

You may also be entitled to restitution payments if the driver is convicted of criminal charges related to your injury.

Not exact matches

Martin Shkreli, unaffectionately known as the «pharma bro» — and infamous for his decision to hike the list price of Daraprim, a drug used by HIV / AIDS and cancer patients to combat infections, by more than 5,000 % in 2015 under his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals — was convicted on three criminal securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Brooklyn jury on Friday.

Greg Reyes Former CEO Brocade Communications Charges: In 2007, Reyes was convicted on 10 criminal counts of conspiracy and fraud.

The suspected operator of the underground website Silk Road was convicted on Wednesday on narcotics and other criminal charges for his role in orchestrating a scheme that enabled around $ 200 million of anonymous online drug sales using bitcoins.

They reveal Walsh was convicted of sexual assault while attending the University of Maryland in the 1980s and also arrested in Nassau County in 1989 for criminal mischief in the third degree — a charge that was later dropped to disorderly conduct, to which the chairman pleaded guilty.

Within living memory, two leaders of the small Labour group on the council have been convicted on criminal charges — smuggling booze and fags in one case and corruption in the case of his successor.

Within living memory, two leaders of the small Labour group on the council have been convicted on criminal charges

Skelos noted three Senate Democrats are missing — Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., Sen. Kevin Parker (who was just convicted on two misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief) and Senate President Malcolm Smith (who's in China)-- and so can't provide the 32 votes necessary to follow the Assembly's lead and pass the bill.

This afternoon the House of Lords will debate Chris Grayling's final, and arguably, most controversial legacy: the criminal courts charge — a fixed and mandatory fee which applies to every person who pleads guilty or is convicted of any offence.

The police and prosecutors won't charge or convict themselves, and so the crimes of the criminal justice system are swept under the rug.

While Lord West's review has found no systematic failings in our procedures for checking potential suspects, it has highlighted the importance of enhancing existing cooperation to share more information between police and immigration services and internationally across countries: - within the EU to enable British law enforcement authorities to access immigration information on existing EU databases; - bilaterally with other member states to mutually exchange information; - and joining up criminal records databases throughout the EU so that our authorities can quickly identify individuals charged with crimes, no matter where in Europe they are convicted.

She parsed words and tried to pretend that because Rivera was convicted of conspiracy charges, that meant he was some kind of thought criminal or political prisoner — but no one bought that feeble argument.

Their package includes plans for a public funding of political campaigns, retroactively stripping pension beneifts of a public official who has been convicted of felony corruption charges, restricting the use of campaign funds for criminal defense and tighten campaign disclosure reports to identify lobbyists.

Article 14 (1) Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of his personal liberty except in the following cases and in accordance with procedure permitted by law; Article 19 (1) A person charged with a criminal offence shall be given a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitution.

Donald Trump's national spokeswoman, said that embattled top aide Corey Lewandowski would stay with the campaign even if he's convicted of a criminal battery charge in Florida.

But due to the absence of some Democratic senators — one, Sen. Kevin Parker, was not immediately at the Capitol because he was hearing a jury convict him of misdemeanor criminal mischief charges in Brooklyn — and the reluctance of most Republicans, the bill failed.

At the first major summit meeting of NYPD top supervisors since a corruption scandal rocked the NYPD and City Hall, Bratton told nearly 600 officials how their disgraced colleagues had lost hundreds of thousands in back pay to be allowed to retire — and still faced the prospect of being convicted on criminal charges and sent to prison.

[* Note: UBF did not omit the second part (ii) of this question («Been charged or convicted of a criminal offense pursuant to any administrative and / or regulatory action taken by any government entity?»)

The disclosure of Percoco's improper use of Cuomo's office for campaign work was disclosed during Percoco's recent federal criminal trial, where he was convicted of federal corruption charges.

The Howard League campaigned against the criminal courts charge, which required defendants who were convicted of a crime to pay fees ranging from # 150 to # 1,200 towards the cost of their case.

He was facing up to seven years in prison if convicted having been charged with 19 counts each of first - degree offering a false instrument for filing and first - degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, all felonies under state penal law.

In 2001, he was convicted on criminal charges of «spreading false information intended to disturb the public order» for circulating a private paper that was critical of Tunisia's human rights practices during a regional meeting of human rights defenders in Morocco.

Has been convicted or found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty to, regardless of adjudication of guilt, a misdemeanor, felony, or any other criminal charge, other than a minor traffic violation.

Who has been convicted of, or who has pled nolo contendere to, a misdemeanor, felony, or any other criminal charge, other than a minor traffic infraction;

In a nutshell, the CRA has begun to record the fingerprints of every person charged with tax evasion, a move that could severely restrict foreign travel for any Canadian accused but not necessarily convicted of a criminal tax offence.

(I'm going to bracket technical concerns about the implementation of the Recommendation, which really reduce to drafting matters — e.g., presumably the statement of principles will be drafted in such a way that it does not conflict with lawyers» duties to their clients (for example, presumably a criminal defence lawyer will not be put in a position where their representation of a client charged with or convicted of a hate crime is somehow a breach of the statement of principles).)

R. v. Rodgerson (J.) 2015 SCC 38 Criminal Law Summary: The accused was charged with first degree murder and convicted of the included offence of second degree murder.

This is just the tip of the iceberg for DeGrasse, who was convicted of larceny in 2007, criminal possession and identity theft in 2009, and charges of fraud surrounding a mortgage scam in 2012.

The most recent decision was given on June 26, 2015, when Metron Construction's project manager, Vadim Kazenelson, was convicted of four charges of criminal negligence causing death and one charge of criminal negligence causing bodily harm (R. v. Kazenelson, 2015 ONSC 3639 (CanLII)-RRB-.

In December of 2012, the Manitoba government changed the law so that anyone convicted of a drive - impaired charge will have to register for the Interlock Ignition Program in order to obtain a valid driver's licence after the criminal driving prohibition ends.

Many citizens are shocked to learn that their vehicle, cash, financial accounts or other property can be seized and forfeited by the government despite the fact that they have not even been charged with a criminal offense, let alone convicted of one.

Section 110 of the Criminal Code stipulates that a judge may order weapons probation for an individual who has been charged and convicted with certain types of crimes.

An experienced San Diego home invasion criminal defense attorney will build a case highlighting why you are not guilty of the charges, negotiate a plea bargain with the prosecution, and / or to reduce your sentence if you are convicted.

The hard question is determining what a jury's acquittal «necessarily decided» in particular facts and circumstances, given that a jury verdict in a criminal case typically only determines if the jury convicted, acquitted, or hung on each of the charges presented to it in the indictment and not dismissed before tiral.

If you are convicted of the charge, you can also face a serious civil suit that can ruin you financially, in addition to the criminal charge.

If you are negotiating a plea to a criminal charge, and your client's top priority is avoiding winding up convicted of a felony, say so.

[The case] involves a criminal defense attorney (strike 1) who is outspoken about the need to zealously defend individuals accused of the most heinous crimes (strike 2) charged with helping a convicted terrorist plan further terrorist attacks (strike 3) in an atmosphere where the prosecution was continually allowed to discuss bin Laden despite his irrelevance to the case (strike 4).

If you plead guilty to or are convicted of any of the above charges, you will automatically get a criminal record, lose your driver's license, pay a fine of a minimum of $ 1,000, and be prohibited from driving for a significant period of time.

However, anyone convicted before 24 December will still need to pay the charge and it is unknown what will come in place of the charge as the Lord Chancellor has made it clear that the Ministry of Justice will consider alternative ways of ensuring that criminals pay their fair share.

This is highly desired by offenders who are charged and convicted by the court as «criminals» with a permanent criminal record that is detrimental to the future of the defendants.

If you are convicted on criminal charges for possession of methamphetamine you will face serious time in an Illinois state prison and be required to pay substantial criminal fines.

Since April 2015 the courts have had to impose a charge on all adults convicted of a criminal offence whatever their circumstances might be.

Under the Criminal Code for instance the maximum sentence for assault causing bodily harm (at 10 years) and aggravated assault (at 14 years) means that the Courts have a broader range of sentence options available at their disposal when sentencing offenders under these types of charges if same are convicted or plead guilty.

Another reason that victims of alcohol or drug related accidents should seek competent legal counsel and file a civil action against the defendant instead of hoping for criminal restitution is that the standard of proof required to win an Indiana personal injury lawsuit is less than what a prosecutor must prove to convict a defendant on criminal charges.

The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta has ruled that the provincial Jury Act may exclude people convicted or charged with criminal acts from serving on juries.

However, Justice Brian Burrows of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench ruled that the exclusion of accused and criminally convicted persons was reasonable and acceptable because «a person who has been convicted of a crime, or is currently charged with a crime, is prima facie likely not to be impartial as between the Crown and the accused in a criminal proceeding.»