Sentences with phrase «decide on conviction»

Meetings to decide on conviction or acquittal of persons accused in administrative proceedings are also generally public, even though CVM may restrict access based on the public interest involved.

Not exact matches

As it currently stands, the president could decide to give his lawyer a get - out - of - jail - free card for any federal convictions, which would also shield him from being prosecuted for those same crimes on the state level.

Last year, Gorsuch spoke of how he agreed with Scalia that judges should use «text, structure and history» to understand the law, and «not to decide cases based on their own moral convictions or the policy consequences they believe might serve society best,» The Washington Postreported.

He observed: «So far I have not been able to agree with this metaphysic, but I am open to conviction; it is only on logic that I have really decided opinions.

«Whether such cases end in conviction or acquittal appears to rest on, firstly, the ability of police or prosecutors to link the defendant with a particular association, and secondly, whether the judge decides to uphold an individual's constitutional right to share beliefs as a private citizen,» Victoria Arnold reported for Forum 18.

The government also appears to have decided that it will not be able to proceed with this reform on any kind of cross-party basis, and so is keen to test out the conviction that the procedural reforms associated with EVEL will be employed on sufficiently few occasions that they may slip from political consciousness, while also looking substantive enough to satisfy the aspirations of its backbenchers.

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 do so.

Currently, the Crown Prosecution Service must decide - based on a report from the Metropolitan Police - whether there is a realistic prospect of conviction.

On Monday the justices decided not to disturb Rowland's 2014 conviction for conspiring to hide his work on political campaigns for two Republican congressional candidateOn Monday the justices decided not to disturb Rowland's 2014 conviction for conspiring to hide his work on political campaigns for two Republican congressional candidateon political campaigns for two Republican congressional candidates.

Shapiro cites cases such as McDonnell v. United States, decided in 2016, in which the court unanimously reversed the conviction of a former Virginia governor on the basis that meeting with constituents who seek favors is not one of the «official acts» that can be prosecuted under public - corruption statutes.

The prosecution (the Crown) decides whether to prosecute the case on summary conviction or by indictment.

«Because of the force that a conviction has in a factually overlapping later civil proceeding, the plaintiff in a lawsuit may decide not to wait for trial to obtain a ruling on liability, preferring instead to move for summary judgment on liability to gain an upper hand,» Gracewrites.

On learning of the conviction and friendship, the local authority held a disciplinary hearing where it was decided that Reilly had committed a serious breach of an implied term of her contract of employment amounting to gross misconduct.

Mr. Giordano reviewed both the felony and the underlying conviction and decided that the underlying conviction could be successfully vacated on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel.

After several pre-trial meetings the Crown, the prosecution decided to withdraw the charges based on the material provided and confirmed that there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.

However, the government gets to decide which information to disclose, and convictions can only be overturned for failing to disclose information if that information is «material,» meaning that it likely would have had an impact on the outcome of the trial.

Although not decided on the basis of the Charter, this case provides valuable insight into the necessary fault requirement for a criminal conviction, breathing new meaning into the «principles of fundamental justice» stemming from our common law tradition, and later enshrined in Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Effects of Your Job — A conviction for disorderly conduct will appear on your criminal record, which potential employers may review when deciding whether to hire you.

The five Supreme Court justices hear appeals of decisions over all matters decided in the circuit courts, including criminal convictions affirmed on appeal from magistrate court and appeals from administrative agencies.

Mr. Cloud, the accused, had not challenged the constitutionality of the surcharge, but Justice Healy was convinced of its arbitrariness and disproportionality, and decided to minimize its effects by imposing a nominal fine on Mr. Cloud, which resulted in the surcharge being calculated as a percentage of the fine (and thus a very small amount) rather than at 100 $ per summary conviction offence and 200 $ for an indictable offence.

On the other hand, a judge may decide not to deny shared custody if the conviction was from 10 years ago and the parent has been clean and sober since that time.