Sentences with phrase «court testimony about»

In that case, the court ruled that public university officials violated the First Amendment when they disciplined a college administrator for his truthful court testimony about financial improprieties involving an Alabama state representative receiving monies from the college.

Not exact matches

In addition to information about Page's Moscow trip, the DOJ also provided the FISA court with other evidence suggesting Page misled the committee during his testimony under oath, the Democratic memo said.

Forrest cited the harm caused by drugs, and the testimony of two parents who gave victim impact statements in court about how they had lost their children to Silk Road - related overdoses.

In one case, a borrower's testimony about her mental impairment, including evidence that she received Social Security benefits, was enough to convince the court of undue hardship.

PSA: should your kids ever need to talk about their anatomy in court, nicknames are not admissible testimony.

Christie isn't urging people in New Jersey to get to the polls in a tight election, he is promoting his own interview with Charlie Rose on CBS in which he denies all the sworn testimony about him in open court during the Brideggate trial which links him to the lane closures the touched off the scandal.

After weeks of testimony about bank loans and allegations of securities - related fraud, the courtroom spectator section during prosecution arguments filled up once more — to the point where court security officers began sending spectators to an overflow courtroom.

Brennan based his complaint on testimony from David Wildstein, the star witness in a Newark federal court case involving two of Christie's former aides, who testified that Christie learned about the lane closures while they were happening — and laughed.

Dean Skelos attorney Robert Gage made the disclosure about Mangano at a sidebar on Friday in court, during testimony by Mangano's chief deputy, Rob Walker, who did receive immunity.

Jurors in federal court in Manhattan heard defense attorney Daniel Gitner pepper Todd Howe with questions about how he was jailed following testimony suggesting he lied to a credit card company to try to get it to remove a $ 600 fee for a night he spent at a luxury Manhattan hotel.

The conversations were played during the first full day of testimony at the Skeloses» bribery and extortion trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan while prosecutors questioned Sen. Tony Avella, a Queens Democrat, about the procedures and legislation.

Schneiderman's office obtained court authorization in August to convene the Rensselaer County grand jury, which began hearing testimony Sept. 20 at Rensselaer City Court, about nine miles away from the county courthouse where Abelove wcourt authorization in August to convene the Rensselaer County grand jury, which began hearing testimony Sept. 20 at Rensselaer City Court, about nine miles away from the county courthouse where Abelove wCourt, about nine miles away from the county courthouse where Abelove works.

The conversations were played during the first full day of testimony at their bribery and extortion trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan while prosecutors questioned State Senator Tony Avella, a Democrat, about the procedures and legislation.

After hundreds of hours of testimony — sometimes explosive, sometimes plodding — about whether Joseph Percoco, a former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, sold his influence in state government, the case in Federal District Court in Manhattan has gone to the jury.

Court papers have suggested that Mr. Dorego's testimony will show that Glenwood executives, concerned about the consequences of alienating Senator Skelos, agreed to funnel money to Adam Skelos.

NEWARK, N.J. — During defense attorney Michael Critchley's cross-examination of David Wildstein at the Bridgegate trial in federal court this morning, the witness said that it was his «understanding» that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to what would later become Port Authority deputy Bill Baroni's legislative testimony about the George Washington Bridge lane closures.

U.S. District Court Judge Joan M. Azrack said she would provide for the deliberations a transcript of the testimony by FBI special agent Laura Spence, who had said Linda Mangano made false statements in FBI interviews about her alleged no - show job with restaurateur Harendra Singh.

To date, Mitchell has performed more than 1300 autopsy examinations, overseen about 30,000 death investigations, and provided expert testimony in countless court cases.

Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Constand in the court of public opinion.

But when the legislation passed, the only available evidence about the program consisted of testimony; a dozen or so empirical studies by the program's own staff that used primitive quasi-experimental designs; and the most - cited single study confounded the court - ordered introduction of the program with a simultaneously ordered reduction in class sizes of 40 percent.

As per my last post about the second day in court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I was purposefully ambiguous about one of the two articles written in The Santa Fe New Mexican regarding my testimony.

The Service shall conduct any hearings with respect to any such complaint in executive session, and shall not release any testimony given therein except by agreement of all parties involved in the complaint with the permission of the court, and the Service shall endeavor to bring about a voluntary settlement between the parties.

Until now, details about how the credit reporting industry handles consumer credit data were largely secret, apart from what's been revealed through court cases and government testimony.

That the show has political significance and speaks to the experience of African - Americans is clear from the inclusion of an essay titled «Speaking Truth,» in the catalog by Anita Hill, whose testimony about sexual harassment during Clarence Thomas» confirmation hearings to the U.S. Supreme Court made her a target of public wrath.

But in the sentencing, Superior Court Judge James Downs found that Diez's military service, along with testimony from former colleagues about his good character, were mitigating factors, and chose to sentence him to 15 - 27 months instead.

When the prosecutor put the defense witness on stand, he started asking about her use of Facebook, gradually leading up to the point of asking «and were you not posting on Facebook minutes before your testimony in court today?»

The appeals court rejected Sienkowski's argument, holding that under Indiana law a party can not attack the validity of a verdict by juror testimony about jury deliberations unless it relates to (1) drug or alcohol use by any juror, (2) the question of whether extraneous prejudicial information was improperly brought to the jury's attention or (3) whether any outside influence was improperly brought to bear upon any juror.

The court also pointed to testimony by firm partners that off - the cuff casual office conversations about progress on a case were not billed to clients.

(That is, give out - of - court spoken testimony — see the «Discovery» discussion for more about this) In this case, the couple was able to settle after depositions showed their story was backed by the evidence.

Considering what a mess the Monday testimony and lawyer argument on the effect of the new claim construction was (because, frankly, both parties had previously hedged their bets as they didn't know what the appeals court would do), the jury is probably now very confused about it (and Judge Koh did the right thing by denying both parties» motions for judgment as a matter of law since there are reasonable arguments for and against infringement, for and against validity).

Unfortunately, the Court goes into very little detail about the size of the reasonable royalty claimed by plaintiff's expert Raymond Sims, whose royalty testimony the Court precluded.

Witnesses are given the necessary preparation to give effective testimony in support of the Release Plan, as well as necessary notice and preparation about the atmosphere and procedures of bail court which is often crowded and fast moving.

The restaurant claimed that this showed that the plaintiff was lying about falling and asked the court to strike his testimony.

What's most interesting about this case is the weight given by the court to the parties and their respective testimonies, and the role this analysis has on the overall outcome of the case.

The Religion Clause blog has a blurb about a case decided by a Montana trial court back in May where the court refused to suppress testimony about the defendant's confession to a pastor of his involvement in a homicide.

It provides an overview of the essential role that treating and expert practitioners play in the lawsuit, tips on how treating practitioners can avoid hurting their patient's case, details about «experts» and their duties, guidelines for preparing medical - legal reports, as well as tips to provide effective expert testimony in court.

«I think that, fairly read, the lower courts should take away from today's opinion that the Court is serious about the right to confrontation and that statements describing past incidents to law enforcement agents can not serve as a substitute for live testimony at criminal trials.»

Sounds pretty sensible, especially the part about not «broadcasting» information that subsequent witnesses could use to tailor their testimony based on what has already happened in court.

Based on the testimony of several witnesses, the court was satisfied on a balance of probabilities that what Dr. Stokes said about Mr. Papp was substantially true.

Lastly, the Court examined the hearing before the Appeal Committee and found that, even if there had been legitimate concerns raised about the hearing before the Dean, the appeal to the Appeal Committee provided the applicant with a fresh hearing at which there was oral testimony, an opportunity for cross-examination, full documentary disclosure and the opportunity to be represented by counsel.

Adding to this ever growing database of case comments criticizing expert witnesses for advocacy, reasons for judgement were released this week by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, rejecting the evidence of an orthopaedic surgeon hired by ICBC and providing critical comments about his courtroom testimony.

On appeal, the Massachusetts Appeals Court found that the testimony about the tumor being «possible Stage 1» was properly excluded, but that the testimony about the tumor being likely Stage 2 was improperly excluded.

A judge's instruction to the jury on how they could weigh testimony about a defendant's possible change in appearance at trial - in this case, wearing glasses - wasn't prejudicial, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has ruled.

A Richmond Circuit Court vacates defendant's 2012 drug and weapon convictions, as a detective in the case committed perjury in his testimony about the history and reliability of a confidential informant, which was extrinsic fraud that allows defendant's collateral attack...

Today the Court granted certiorari to Harrington v. Richter, an ineffective assistance of counsel case challenging the issuance of habeas corpus relief by the Ninth Circuit based upon counsel's reliance on cross-examination and other methods to create reasonable doubt about the defendant's guilt rather than expert - opinion testimony.

After 13 years the Mississippi Supreme Court has finally conceded that Jeffrey Havard is entitled to a hearing at the trial court level on whether or not the new evidence about the expert witness Steven Hayne's testimony warrants a new tCourt has finally conceded that Jeffrey Havard is entitled to a hearing at the trial court level on whether or not the new evidence about the expert witness Steven Hayne's testimony warrants a new tcourt level on whether or not the new evidence about the expert witness Steven Hayne's testimony warrants a new trial.

Boston government investigations and white collar defense partner Brian Kelly is quoted in this article about a recent federal court case that convicted a man of extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion, where the prosecutors presented expert testimony from a Mafia expert.

Claude Ducloux, an Austin lawyer who represents attorneys in the State Bar of Texas grievance process and is knowledgeable about legal ethics but who is not involved in the case, says the Supreme Court's ruling assures lawyers that when they have an unambiguous agreement with a client, that agreement is going to be valid and the client can not inject testimony into the case that the agreement says something else.

In a unanimous decision, the Court held that testimony about juror statements made during deliberation is not admissible to show dishonesty during voir dire.

On remand from Daubert, the lower court's unease with this new task was clearly evident: «Our responsibility, then, unless we misread the Supreme Court's opinion is to resolve disputes among respected, well credentialed scientists about matters squarely within their expertise, in areas where there is no scientific consensus as to what is or what is not «good science,» and occasionally to reject such expert testimony because it was not «derived by the scientific method.&rcourt's unease with this new task was clearly evident: «Our responsibility, then, unless we misread the Supreme Court's opinion is to resolve disputes among respected, well credentialed scientists about matters squarely within their expertise, in areas where there is no scientific consensus as to what is or what is not «good science,» and occasionally to reject such expert testimony because it was not «derived by the scientific method.&rCourt's opinion is to resolve disputes among respected, well credentialed scientists about matters squarely within their expertise, in areas where there is no scientific consensus as to what is or what is not «good science,» and occasionally to reject such expert testimony because it was not «derived by the scientific method.»