Sentences with phrase «court reduced his sentence»

The appeal court reduced his sentence, giving precedence to the principle that sentences should accord with types of offenders.

Not exact matches

A new court ruling out of White County has approved a state - run program that offers a 30 - day reduced sentence to prison inmates if they agree to undergo a long - term (in some cases, permanent) form of contraception.

A military court sentenced him to death on a charge of sedition which was later reduced to 20 years in jail.

On Oct. 27 of last year, appeals court judge Karen Peters reduced Dixon's sentence and did away with his criminal record.

This gene already has figured in a court case in Italy, Hyman said, where a defendant's sentence was reduced based on testimony that he had the gene and was predisposed to violence.

The prosecution appealed the sentence, Hyman said, and the appeals court — rather than rejecting the sentence — agreed with the trial court and reduced the sentence by an additional year.

One successful program in Connecticut intervenes on behalf of veterans when they find themselves in criminal court, offering reduced or eliminated sentences in return for closely monitored psychiatric treatment.

However, a court may reduce (modify) to include any of the requirements relating to probation and community control, a legal sentence imposed by it within 60 days of its imposition; after the receipt by the court of a mandate issued by the appellate court upon affirmance of the judgment and / or sentence upon an original appeal; after receipt by the court of a certified copy of an order of the appellate court dismissing an original appeal from the judgment and / or sentence; or if further appellate review is sought in a higher court or in successively higher courts, after the highest state or federal court to which a timely appeal has been taken under authority of law, or when a petition for certiorari has been timely filed under authority of law, has written an order of affirmance or an order dismissing the appeal and / or denying certiorari.

R. v. G.P. (2015)-- Successfully argued at the Court of Appeal for Ontario that a client's sentence for robbery should be reduced from 1 year to 6 months less a day, so that she could appeal her deportation order.

Prosecutors «may» dismiss cases of those who successfully complete the veterans court program and courts «may» reduce or modify any sentences related thereto but specifically not below statutory minimums.

While district courts are sorting through issues surrounding retroactive application of the Sentencing Commission reduced crack sentencing guidelines (background here), the circuit courts continue to sorting through crack sentencing cases impacted by the Supreme Court's decision in Sentencing Commission reduced crack sentencing guidelines (background here), the circuit courts continue to sorting through crack sentencing cases impacted by the Supreme Court's decision in sentencing guidelines (background here), the circuit courts continue to sorting through crack sentencing cases impacted by the Supreme Court's decision in sentencing cases impacted by the Supreme Court's decision in Kimbrough.

Although the UK criminal courts can in some (very rare) circumstances recognise cooperation by individuals with criminal investigations by granting immunity or imposing reduced sentences, 25 there are no equivalent provisions enabling individuals to enter into such negotiated settlements with prosecuting authorities.

The Manitoba Court of Appeal has reduced a convicted offender's sentence for manslaughter from six years to four because he suffers from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Again, the prime focus is to achieve quick pleas of guilty at the earliest possible moment in a trial process, effectively the first hearing in the Magistrates Court, with a reducing discount on the sentence for every hearing in which a plea is not tendered as the process continues.

(The Associated Press, Mother cuts daughter's hair in court, judge reduces sentence)

With the statements made in Pham and the subsequent changes to the legislation, appellate courts could be less willing to reduce sentences to avoid collateral immigration consequences.

Conceivably, the trial court could deny the new trial motion and sentence Mr. Stern to prison, place him on probation or reduce the two conspiracy counts to misdemeanors.

The court shall grant the motion if the DNA results, along with all other evidence, establishes that a new trial would likely produce an acquittal of the offense, or entitle «the applicant to a reduced sentence» or «new sentencing proceedings.»

The Court notes that lack of financial incentive may indeed reduce an offender's moral culpability — a factor relevant to the flexible use of discretion enjoyed by sentencing judges.

Ms. Giroux had pled to the full offence of trafficking — the issue was not whether she was guilty of the relevant state of mind but, rather, whether her lack of knowledge in fact should be mitigating enough such that a court could appropriately use its discretion to reduce the sentence.

The Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed the convictions of Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb but reduced their sentences by a total of two one years, each.

The courts will do what they can to help reduce, and, so far as practicable, eradicate it... it is important for public confidence in the criminal justice system that the man or woman caught in possession of a knife or offensive weapon without reasonable excuse should normally be brought before the courts and prosecuted... whatever other considerations may arise in the individual case, sentencing courts must have in the forefront of their thinking that the sentences for this type of offence should focus on the reduction of crime, including its reduction by deterrence, and the protection of the public.

Courts have the discretion to impose alternative sentencing options, which can significantly reduce the harshness of the criminal sentence you receive.

Your defense lawyer can present evidence and argue for a lighter sentence, which can result in reduced jail time, lower fines, court supervision, or other alternatives.

Remorse is expressed at sentencing by an accused's acceptance guilt for his crime in his entering a guilty plea.It has long been recognized by the Courts that an acceptance of» guilt» can go a long way to reduce a sentence (or in later dealing with parole if necessary).

Where leave is granted the Court of Appeal will consider representations as to the appropriateness of the sentence and have the power to uphold the sentence or reduce the sentence as they see fit.

The Crown Court has the powers to reduce the sentence from the original however there is the possibility that they may pass a more onerous sentence than the original.

The district court further explained that a lower sentence would allow Pauley to be rehabilitated through the counseling he will receive during incarceration, and the court noted that a lifetime of supervised release would reduce the risk of Pauley becoming a repeat offender and would deter him from future criminal conduct.

The Court upheld the original sentence, agreeing with submissions that Mr. Duncan's team made, that although sentences in older riots were longer and harsher, that amendments to the Criminal Code in 1996 that were designed to reduce incarceration in favour of rehabilitation made those older cases ones which must be approached with some caution.

The dispute involves hundreds of prisoners whose sentences were reduced by an appeals court in 2005 and reinstated last year by the Ohio Supreme Ccourt in 2005 and reinstated last year by the Ohio Supreme CourtCourt.

But if such mitigation (or lack of aggravation) is found by the court, the judge could reduce the sentence to 12 or 6 years.

By investigating the accuracy of the breath testing equipment and even the officer's reasons for administering the test in the first place, it is possible to get a reduced or suspended sentence — or the courts may drop the charges altogether.

So even in a case where there are significant arguments to make in favour of a reduced sentence for the accused, the Court took no mercy.

«To have imposed a sentence of less than six months» imprisonment would have involved reducing the sentence... [in such a way that it] would have resulted in a demonstrably unfit sentence for a «significant sexual assault» involving anal penetration» the Court held.

A pretty large volume of the entire U.S. Court of Appeals docket involves sentencing decisions where guilt is not disputed, and surely panel sentencing in cases with potentially long sentences would reduce that and might even be money saving for the federal judicial branch as a whole despite the extra effort invested at the trial court level, in addition to furthering justice by balancing out extreme staCourt of Appeals docket involves sentencing decisions where guilt is not disputed, and surely panel sentencing in cases with potentially long sentences would reduce that and might even be money saving for the federal judicial branch as a whole despite the extra effort invested at the trial court level, in addition to furthering justice by balancing out extreme stacourt level, in addition to furthering justice by balancing out extreme stances.

The Court allowed the appeal in part, and reduced the custodial sentences from 90 days to 45.

results in more Aboriginal people being incarcerated, for longer periods and with fewer options for rehabilitation within their communities; and undermines the positive achievements of Aboriginal courts, which have relied on flexible sentencing and bail options and community involvement in strengthening Aboriginal law, empowering Aboriginal leadership and, ultimately, reducing rates of recidivism.