Sentences with phrase «criminal cases against defendants»
We also act in cases where innocent third parties are affected by orders made in criminal cases against defendants.
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Spielvogel said he wouldn't vote for it with the pending criminal case against Kaloyeros and the other defendants.
The anti-graft agency insisted that the said statement would have been vital to its prosecution of the criminal case pending against the defendant before the Federal High Court.
The Howard League campaigned against the criminal courts charge, which required defendants who were convicted of a crime to pay fees ranging from # 150 to # 1,200 towards the cost of their case.
He has frequently been the lone dissenter, particularly in criminal cases where he writes in favor of the defendant, even when the arguments arrayed against his position are so formidable that his colleagues have joined the majority and moved on.
While it is regrettable that poor defendants in criminal cases don't have access to such zealous advocacy against the state, that should not be held against the individual lawyers who ply their trade well.
The court awarded the firm's client, previously a defendant in the criminal case, a permanent protection order against the alleged victim in that case and denied the alleged victim's request for a reciprocal order.
If you are a victim of crime and have a criminal case pending against a defendant, do not wait until that case concludes to speak to a negligent security lawyer — the sooner the better.
These cases can be filed against the defendants in addition to any criminal cases that may be simultaneously pending against them for the same incidents.
The statute of limitations will not be extended if a criminal case is pending against the potential defendants for your loved one's death, it will not be extended if you didn't know about the statute of limitations, and it will not be extended if you have been trying to negotiate a settlement with the insurance company.
Another useful tool in civil cases is that the 5th Amendment privilege against self - incrimination does not apply, so if the defendant refused to testify (perhaps claiming the 5th Amendment for fear of criminal consequences of truthful testimony) that refusal to testify can be used to infer that his testimony would have hurt him and to find civil liability.