Sentences with phrase «court jury on»

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Jury selection in San Francisco federal court is scheduled to begin on Oct. 10.

At trial in San Francisco federal court in 2012, the jury deadlocked on Google's fair use defense.

Ausdrill managing director Ron Sayers has been discharged from the Supreme Court today after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on tax evasion charges against him and former Barminco boss, Peter Bartlett, for the second time.

Biotechnology entrepreneur William Ardrey faces a retrial on fraud charges after Western Australia's Court of Appeal found the jury had been misdirected in the original court Court of Appeal found the jury had been misdirected in the original court court case.

Ausdrill managing director Ron Sayers has been discharged from the Supreme Court today after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on tax evasion charges against himself and former Barminco boss Peter Bartlett — for the second time.

The accord came ahead of a jury trial that was set to begin on Monday in state court in Woburn, Massachusetts.

In returning its verdict Thursday afternoon on the sixth day of deliberations, the Superior Court jury also pronounced Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of assault with a firearm, finding credence in defense attorneys» argument that the shot that ricocheted off the concrete ground before piercing Steinle's heart was an accident, with the gun discharging after the defendant stumbled upon it on the waterfront on July 1, 2015.

And while there is no legal requirement that underwriters like Mr. Thiel reveal their involvement to the opposing side or the jury, it is considered fair game for lawyers to ask questions about financial backing — something that Gawker Media did on Wednesday in court as part of its efforts to overturn the Hogan judgment.

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.

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.

A Brooklyn federal court jury found him guilty on three of the eight indictment charges Friday afternoon.

A former U.S. Army sergeant and two other U.S. citizens were found guilty by a jury in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday of taking part in a plot to murder a woman in the Philippines for money, prosecutors said.

On Friday, August 4, 2017, a federal court jury in Brooklyn, New York, found Martin Shkreli, former CEO of biopharmaceutical company Retrophin, guilty on three of eight counts of securities frauOn Friday, August 4, 2017, a federal court jury in Brooklyn, New York, found Martin Shkreli, former CEO of biopharmaceutical company Retrophin, guilty on three of eight counts of securities frauon three of eight counts of securities fraud.

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.

He was tried in the late 1990s but the jury could not decide on a verdict, sparking a retrial which ended in an acquittal, Woolwich Crown Court heard.

The husband of murdered teacher Ann Maguire, Don Maguire, right, and his daughter Kerry, left, speak to the media outside Wakefield Coroner's Court, following the inquest jury's conclusion on his wife's death.

Here was a black man obviously involved to some degree in the theft of church funds and the murder of a white man in a southern city, now on trial in «the Man's» court before an all - white middle - class jury.

After reviewing the apparent collapse of the freethinking movement after 1900, Schmidt turns to the post-war shift in Supreme Court jurisprudence: the rejection of blasphemy laws, limits on the school - supported study of religion, and the overturning of theistic requirements for public office or jury service.

An inquest into Mrs Maguire's death is due to take place before a jury at Wakefield Coroner's Court on November 13.

Pell appeared for an administrative first hearing in the Victoria state County Court where he will be tried after a magistrate on Tuesday decided he should face a jury but dismissed around half the charges the cleric had faced during a preliminary hearing in a lower cCourt where he will be tried after a magistrate on Tuesday decided he should face a jury but dismissed around half the charges the cleric had faced during a preliminary hearing in a lower courtcourt.

Kane acted after Superior Court Judge Eugene Kelly, who has been sitting and will continue to sit in Hartford as a special one - man grand jury, heard testimony on widespread corruption in the sport.

He had gone to jail on March 16, 1985, the day a jury of nine women and three men in U.S. District Court in Tampa found him guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering (including loan - sharking), extortion and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it.

After Booras dismissed the jury for the night, attorneys for both sides quickly slipped out of the court's side door without commenting on the turn of events.

U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni, openly frustrated by the pace of the trial's proceedings, said she plans on telling the jury first thing Thursday it's likely they won't begin deliberations in the trial until the week of March 5.

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.

Prosecutors immediately said they would pursue a retrial after the Second Circuit ruling, but Silver asked the Supreme Court to intervene and prohibit any retrial on the grounds that the government produced insufficient evidence for a properly instructed jury to find him guilty.

On appeal, the Second Circuit found that the jury instructions were too broad, permitting the juries to convict the defendants of corruption charges on a theory that fell outside the definition of «official act,» which the Supreme Court had provided in McDonnelOn appeal, the Second Circuit found that the jury instructions were too broad, permitting the juries to convict the defendants of corruption charges on a theory that fell outside the definition of «official act,» which the Supreme Court had provided in McDonnelon a theory that fell outside the definition of «official act,» which the Supreme Court had provided in McDonnell.

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.

On Monday, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick went to court and obtained a subpoena requiring the police to turn over the records from 2002 to the present for presentation to a grand jury today, he said.

Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard told a jury in federal court in Brooklyn that she had taken two steps into the training area en route to take an ice bath when she lost her footing «and hit the back of my head on the floor.»

Prior Court of Appeals rulings maintain that all schools in the state need to prepare youngsters to be effective citizens with the ability to vote and serve on a jury.

Joseph Percoco, second from left, leaving federal court on Sept. 22, 2016, was among 8 charged Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, in a 14 - county grand jury indictment as part of a wide - ranging bribery scheme.

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.

The court, presided over by Mrs Justice Merley Afua Wood, passed the death sentence last Wednesday after a seven - member jury unanimously found Frimpong guilty on two counts of murder.

A list of the questions asked by the jury to the judge includes one example in which they asked if a juror can «come to a verdict based on a reason that was not presented in court and has no facts or evidence to support it».

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.

«I think [Skelos lawyer Alexandra Shapiro] is right that in the instructions I gave the jury and in arguments made by counsel to the jury, there is a danger that the jury decided the case based on a rationale that may be rejected by the Supreme Court,» Wood said.

Dean Skelos, son Adam arrive at court Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.

Now, another arraignment will be scheduled for Roque in Broome County Court on that grand jury indictment.

In its decision regarding Silver's case, the appeals court ruled in 2017 that the definition of official corruption provided to the jurors differed from the one used by the U.S. Supreme Court when it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, and so it was possible the jury could have ruled differently had it been instructed on the updated definition of thecourt ruled in 2017 that the definition of official corruption provided to the jurors differed from the one used by the U.S. Supreme Court when it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, and so it was possible the jury could have ruled differently had it been instructed on the updated definition of theCourt when it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, and so it was possible the jury could have ruled differently had it been instructed on the updated definition of the law.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday threw out the 2015 conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on honest services fraud because the charge to the jury did not comport with the Supreme Court's 2016 decision in the case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, which narrowed the definition of an «official act.»

During a brief court appearance with the jury absent, Morvillo told the judge he has built a solid legal reputation by «being intent on doing everything I can in my power to ensure that my clients testify truthfully, even those who, like Mr. Howe, have had a history of not always telling the truth.»

Attorney Steven Molo notified the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Thursday that he'd like to ask the high court to review last week's ruling, which wiped out the conviction but also provided the government with assurance that there was sufficient evidence to convict Silver if a jury is properly instructed on the law and decides to dCourt of Appeals in Manhattan on Thursday that he'd like to ask the high court to review last week's ruling, which wiped out the conviction but also provided the government with assurance that there was sufficient evidence to convict Silver if a jury is properly instructed on the law and decides to dcourt to review last week's ruling, which wiped out the conviction but also provided the government with assurance that there was sufficient evidence to convict Silver if a jury is properly instructed on the law and decides to do so.

Jury assembly, court clerks and a public law library are located on the first floor.

After Mr. Silver's arrest on January 22, the federal government had until February 23 to secure a grand jury indictment — which amounts to a formal accusation and the beginning of the court process — on the charges.

Miguel Chinchilla - Mazariegos, age 46, residing at 13 Armstrong Court, Greenwich, CT, was indicted on December 7, 2011 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd and 3rd Degree, Criminal Sale of Firearm in the 3rd Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd Degree (2 counts).

On Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Joan M. Azrack spent more than two hours giving instructions to the jury, reading aloud from 54 pages explaining the law and how jurors should go about considering each charge the defendants face.

Indeed, prosecutors in the Silver case told the judge in a court filing last month that if the assemblyman's lawyers introduced evidence to «shed light on his good character or his character for truthfulness,» they would want to tell the jury about a 2009 episode that they claimed raised questions about his honesty.

The judge in the case noted that Silver took a «number of official acts — most obviously passing legislation and approving state grants and tax - exempt financing — as part of a quid pro quo, but there remained a «substantial question» on whether the court's jury instructions were valid in light of the McDonnell ruling.