Sentences with phrase «court jury pool»

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While there were dissenters, the Supreme Court found that Skilling's negative publicity didn't prevent him from receiving a fair trial — especially because Houston was the fourth - most - populous city in the country, allowing for a large jury pool.

This is jury - pool tainting, fry»em in the court of public opinion and damn the facts — basically, full - speed - ahead political one - up - manship.

Hours after the I - Team reached out, a lawyer for Westchester county and its jail medical provider filed a letter with the court expressing concern the publicizing of Grant's deposition could taint the jury pool, and suggesting there had been a misunderstanding that would be cleared up by Wednesday.

Thus, lawyers from the public defender service have been asking judges to allow them to examine court data on jury pools — and this month, D.C. Superior Court Judge Boasberg ruled that the defense is entitled to information about how jurors are identified and summcourt data on jury pools — and this month, D.C. Superior Court Judge Boasberg ruled that the defense is entitled to information about how jurors are identified and summCourt Judge Boasberg ruled that the defense is entitled to information about how jurors are identified and summoned.

Considering the disadvantages of arbitration, its changing nature, and changes in the pool of available arbitrators, employers should consider another alternative; having agreements with their employees that all legal disputes will be submitted to court, but only before a judge without a jury (a «bench trial»).

Paraphrasing generously, this is what the court said: «In a survey of 1000 hypothetical jury pools, 65 % found reasonable doubt.

We know the courts, their personnel and the jury pools from which fact finders are drawn.

His familiarity with the reputations of specific courts and jury pools enables him to judiciously navigate localized legal outcomes with seasoned perspectives.

In cooperation with the Judicial Conference Jury Committee — with assistance from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the Indiana Department of Revenue — the Supreme Court has made available a statewide jury pool list to make compilation of jury pools simpler and more efficiJury Committee — with assistance from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the Indiana Department of Revenue — the Supreme Court has made available a statewide jury pool list to make compilation of jury pools simpler and more efficijury pool list to make compilation of jury pools simpler and more efficijury pools simpler and more efficient.

Prosecutors complained that Bulger's lawyers were tainting the potential jury pool and violating local federal court rules governing lawyers by talking to reporters about the case and attacking the credibility of the government's witnesses.

After two courts slammed him for using what amounted to a «push poll» to sway a jury pool in a wrongful death case, prominent Dallas attorney William...

This week the United States Supreme Court accepted for consideration the case of Foster v. Humphrey, regarding Georgia prosecutors» use of peremptory challenges to strike every black juror in the jury pool in the defendant's case.

Several times a year, not enough people show up at the municipal court in response to jury summonses to provide a jury pool large enough to conduct a trial on a day where someone facing criminal charges must be tried or have their charges dismissed on speedy trial grounds.