Sentences with phrase «conviction appeal court»

The Court of Appeal set aside the summary conviction appeal court's decision and excluded the compact disc containing the temporary Internet files, the laptop and the mirror image of the hard drive.

The summary conviction appeal court reversed the decision, concluding that there was no breach of s. 8 of the Charter.

The Crown sought leave to appeal the decision of the summary conviction appeal court.

In the Summary Conviction Appeal Court Judge's view, the absence of lawful authority meant the accused's s. 8 Charter rights had been breached.

The Crown appeals and a Summary Conviction Appeal Court upholds the Trial Judge's decision.

The Summary Conviction Appeal Court Judge agreed the officer should have removed himself from the home and sought lawful authority to conduct the search which resulted in the seizure of the accused's firearms.

This conclusion was reversed by a summary conviction appeal court, and partially reversed again by the Court of Appeal, which ordered a new trial.

The summary conviction appeal court judge dismissed the appeals on the basis that the trial judge had jurisdiction in both matters, that the rules of procedure in both trials would essentially have been the same, and that Sciascia was not prejudiced by any differences in the applicable rules of evidence.

Not exact matches

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

The decision came down today from the Divisional Court which heard Ford's appeal of his November conviction.

Brazil's Supreme Court early on Thursday rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plea to avoid prison while he appeals a corruption conviction.

An Italian appeals court ruled the DNA evidence was «flawed» and overturned her conviction in 2011.

Brazilian stocks jumped on Thursday after a court ruled that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva can be sent to prison while he appeals a corruption conviction.

Parker was acquitted in the rape case more than a decade ago and Celestin had his sexual assault conviction overturned on appeal (a higher court deemed his trial attorney ineffective), but the two men have come under fire once again as the media reports troubling details from the case, which included accusations that Parker and Celestin, then both 19, had sex with a Penn State freshman while she was unconscious after a night of heavy drinking.

Although he managed to get two years knocked off the seven - year sentence he was handed in 2009, in September Ontario's Court of Appeal refused to overturn his conviction.

Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson's appeals of their insider trading convictions hinge on a fairly nit - picky legal point about jury instructions, although an important one that has an appeals court pretty riled up.

A U.S. appeals court vacated the conviction of former Jefferies Group trader Jesse Litvak, the latest turn in a case that has spanned more than five years and helped usher in changes to sales tactics on Wall Street.

The jury's verdict came on the same day that a federal appeals court reversed the conviction of a former Jefferies Group LLC managing director who is serving prison time for lying to customers about the prices of mortgage - backed bonds.

That decision was the second time in 2 1/2 years that the appeals court tossed out the conviction of Jesse Litvak.

A federal jury found him guilty in 2010, but an appeals court reversed his conviction, ruling that prosecutors misapplied the federal corporate espionage laws against him.

The jury's verdict came on the same day that a federal appeals court reversed the conviction of a former Jefferies Group managing director who is serving prison time for lying to customers about the prices of mortgage - backed bonds.

After her appeal in Lahore's High Court was unsuccessful in October 2014, this is now the last chance for Noreen, the mother of five children, to appeal that her conviction should never have been allowed, due to inadmissible evidence.

A Clackamas County judge turned down a petition Monday for early release while the conviction of Shannon Mae Hickman, a member of the Followers of Christ church, is reviewed by the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Although the court overturned the conviction, the prosecutor would not let the case drop and appealed the decision to the country's supreme court.

An appeals court has upheld a ruling by a federal judge that effectively overturned his conviction in the sexual assault and murder of Teresa Halbach more than 10 years ago.

HBO's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which debuts on Oct. 5 and is directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen), is a glossy and engaging docudrama that focuses on the Supreme Court's inner - chamber battles in 1971, when the justices ruled on Ali's appeal of the conviction that had cost him 3 1/2 years of his career and threatened to send him to jail for five more.

Essentially, the appeals court agreed with him, ruling in part that the lack of decorum in the courtroom had deprived McLain of a fair trial and overturning the conviction.

But there were no blessings to match the one on that August day when the appeals court overturned his conviction.

The corruption conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Tuesday was overturned by a federal appeals court, dealing yet another blow to the prosecutors who had sought to crack down on Albany's unseemly way of doing business.

Miller's conviction was overturned on appeal by a unanimous vote of a federal appeals court in 1993.

The Supreme Court's ruling in McDonnell's case set a precedent that could help others accused of public corruption, including Sen. Robert Menendez (D - N.J.), who is awaiting an appeals court ruling in a corruption case; and former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (D), who is aiming to overturn his corruption convicCourt's ruling in McDonnell's case set a precedent that could help others accused of public corruption, including Sen. Robert Menendez (D - N.J.), who is awaiting an appeals court ruling in a corruption case; and former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (D), who is aiming to overturn his corruption conviccourt ruling in a corruption case; and former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (D), who is aiming to overturn his corruption conviction.

Silver's conviction on charges that he took payoffs disguised as legal fees in return for using his clout in Albany to benefit developers and a cancer researcher was overturned last year by the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because of flawed jury instructions.

Last month, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Silver's conviction for doing favors on behalf of a cancer researcher and developer who funneled $ 4 million legal referral fees to the former speaker, ruling the jury instructions were wrong and Silver was entitled to a new trial.

Former state Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam saw their federal corruption convictions overturned by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday.

The 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the conviction of Skelos and his son Adam for using Dean's influence to extort financial benefits for Adam had to be overturned because the jury charge didn't comply with a new Supreme Court ruling narrowing federal anti-corruption laws.

Disgraced former Downtown power broker Sheldon Silver endured his first day back in court on Monday, as prosecutors try to convince a second jury of the former Assembly Speaker's quid - pro-quo corruption scheme after a prior conviction was thrown out on appeal.

A New York appeals court has thrown out the manslaughter conviction of a man who prosecutors argued was driving drunk and triggered crashes that caused the death of a police officer in 2012.

An appeals court tossed out that conviction, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling that changed the legal boundaries for public corrupcourt tossed out that conviction, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling that changed the legal boundaries for public corrupCourt ruling that changed the legal boundaries for public corruption.

The corruption conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was overturned Thursday on a technicality by a federal appeals court.

A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday upheld former New York City Council member Dan Halloran's conviction for taking bribes and arranging payoffs to help former state Sen. Malcolm Smith get on the 2013 Republican mayoral primary ballot.

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of former Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., who is serving a 14 - year prison sentence for a scheme to take bribes from a carnival promoter.

The conviction was vacated on appeal, however, in part due to instructions given to the jury that were found to be incompatible with a Supreme Court ruling on the theft of honest services charges.

Reactions are rolling in to the surprise news this morning that a federal appeals court has overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, based on a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, involving a former Republican governor of Virginia, that narrowed the definition of what kind of official conduct is prosecutcourt has overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, based on a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, involving a former Republican governor of Virginia, that narrowed the definition of what kind of official conduct is prosecutCourt ruling, involving a former Republican governor of Virginia, that narrowed the definition of what kind of official conduct is prosecutable.

Lawyers for former state Senate leader Dean Skelos told a federal appeals court in Manhattan that the recent decision reversing the corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has strengthened Skelos» case for same treatment.

Attorneys representing former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was also convicted, along with his son Adam, on corruption charges, have — like Silver's lawyers — used the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of former Gov. Bob McDonald to appeal the conviction of the ex-Long Island Republican lawmaker.

Other examples would include Moos and McClure (where the Court of Appeal overturned the only successful kettling case to date) and the admittedly contentious decision in Abdul v DPP - the conviction under section five of the Public Order Act 1986 of those protesting in fairly vituperative terms («baby killers», «rapists», «murderers» etc) about the war in Iraq at a homecoming for British troops.

He fought that conviction for 17 months, but this past March was ordered to start serving his sentence after a midlevel appellate court denied his last appeal in February.

That means Silver, sentenced to 12 years in prison, could remain free for upwards of a year while he appeals his case — or never head to jail at all if a higher court throws out his conviction, or grants a new trial.

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the bribery conviction of former Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. — despite acknowledging that some of the jury instructions at his trial were technically wrong under the new rules.

Last year, a federal appeals court overturned both lawmakers» convictions, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowcourt overturned both lawmakers» convictions, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowCourt decision that narrowed...