Sentences with phrase «decision by prosecutors»
The decision by prosecutors buoyed City Hall, delivered an immediate and perhaps insurmountable lift to Mr. de Blasio's re-election chances in the fall, and instantly snuffed out the last embers of hope for an array of Democrats and even some Republicans mulling a potential mayoral challenge in 2017.
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Sessions could also reportedly weigh in on specific decisions by prosecutors, including whether to pursue subpoenas and indictments.
A decision by the prosecutor to discontinue or withdraw proceedings with regard to all charges in the prosecution on which the request was based;
Not exact matches
«After a investigation, a charging decision is made by a career prosecutor.
His decision to abandon the suits in their early stages came as he faces a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York over his private financial and business dealings.
Was the decision by Mike de Jong on behalf of the B.C. Liberal government to offer to pay the defence costs, estimated at $ 6 million, made before the special prosecutor's offer of reduced charges and could that have operated as...
The prosecutor was outraged by the decision.
The decision in this case was taken by Mr Rene Barclay, a senior and very experienced prosecutor, in consultation with Sue Hemming, the Head of Special Crime Division and in consultation with me as DPP.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office on Thursday reacted to the decision by federal and city prosecutors to not bring any charges in multiple investigations into fundraising and political activities.
On the same day Nixon announced her candidacy, Cuomo announced he has ordered the state attorney general's office to review a 2015 decision by Manhattan prosecutors to not pursue a sex abuse case against Harvey Weinstein.
Steve Coffey, a lawyer for Aiello, said the decision to put his client on the stand could rest with whether «the door is opened» by the judge to permit prosecutors to ask Aiello about Buffalo Billion - related issues.
MANHATTAN — The state's top prosecutor should investigate Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s decision not to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. over evidence they tried to sell condos by using inflated sales figures, one state lawmaker says.
Molo finished his three - hour summation by thanking the jurors and praising Silver's decision to fight the charges of a prosecutor who Molo said is «viewing the world through a dirty window.»
«We are deeply disappointed in the decision by federal prosecutors not to pursue charges in the killing of Ramarley Graham,» said WFP State Director Bill Lipton.
NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- New York's governor on Monday ordered the state attorney general to review a 2015 decision by Manhattan prosecutors to not pursue a sex abuse case against Harvey Weinstein.
* Some policy and fiscal decisions were influenced by people who prosecutors say used bribes given to Percoco in ways only subpoenas could reveal in order to enrich their companies and themselves.
The decision to spare de Blasio had been made by Kim's predecessor Preet Bharara, the corruption - busting prosecutor fired last weekend by President Trump, sources told The News.
The Republican prosecutor said that the information from the autopsy that determined Mr. Garner's death — following the application of an apparent chokehold by Officer Daniel Pantaleo last month — was a homicide, compelled his decision to impanel 23 civilians to hear evidence and vote on whether Mr. Pantaleo or any of the other cops who brought him to the ground will be tried in court.
They can have friendly appointed official investigate a crime, after which the decision to bring charges rests with that prosecutor, and the results are determined by a trial.
The Senate approved a fiscal 2017 defense policy bill after skipping votes on several major amendments, including a proposal by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to transfer from commanders to military prosecutors decisions on whether to prosecute military sexual assault cases.
Prosecutors, though, say evidence will show that Percoco was still a powerful force within the governor's office during that period and that he exerted that influence to help those paying him by getting the Empire State Development agency to reverse a decision regarding use of union labor that greatly benefited the Syracuse developer.
In the wake of the decision by the special prosecutor to not file charges in the Aaron Bailey police action shooting, I thought it might...
New York will end an agreement with New Jersey allowing companies to trade emission credits in order to meet pollution standards, a decision that follows accusations by federal prosecutors that the credits were part of a corruption scheme involving a Competitive Power Ventures power plant in New Jersey.
Ultimately, the decision not to seek charges was made by the federal prosecutors themselves — the case was never presented to a grand jury — in light of the challenges of proving such a case.
He characterized Cuomo's actions in the Weinstein allegations as possibly politically motivated and «an unwarranted intrusion by an elected executive into a charging decision by an independent prosecutor.»
Federal prosecutors could attempt to retry McDonnell based on new, tougher standards on federal corruption charges laid out by Monday's Supreme Court decision.
Gillibrand has vowed to continue fighting to take the decision out of the chain of command, preferring that it be made by independent military prosecutors.
Adelanto School District Superintendent Lily DeBlieux said she has not yet been approached by prosecutors to discuss a potential settlement, and that any such decisions would first be vetted by the school board.
Requiring the Crown to weigh proportionality, the court says, «would greatly expand the scope of judicial review of discretionary decisions made by prosecutors and put at risk the adversarial nature of our criminal justice system by inviting judicial oversight of the numerous decisions that Crown prosecutors make on a daily basis.»
The prosecutor had asserted he was protected by the deliberative process privilege, which protects communications that are part of the decision - making process of a governmental agency.
The SCC, however — in a unanimous decision written by Justice Michael Moldaver — made clear the constitutional obligation to weigh proportionality rests with the court, not the prosecutor:
His decision provoked an angry backlash of editorials and newspaper articles claiming preferential treatment by one prosecutor for another — editorials and articles that named me publicly for the first time as the person involved.
Duty Room Handles various matters including motions for default judgment, decisions concerning applications for warrants to search, applications by the Clerk to strike improper or incomplete pleadings, motions to dismiss filed by the prosecutor pursuant to Criminal Rule 48, cognovit notes, motions to excuse jurors, probable cause hearings, and performing civil wedding ceremonies.
A federal prosecutor's decision to let prominent political blogger Andrew Sullivan off the hook for a marijuana bust was condemned yesterday by a federal magistrate judge as unjustified favoritism.
Suspects who want to benefit from the advantages granted by the collaborators» provisions are forced to make their statement before the police or the public prosecutor during the investigation, while a decision about sentence mitigation or a total exemption from punishment will be left to the discretion of the trial judges, who are not formally bound by any commitments made during the preliminary proceedings.
The broad requirement of Article 4 (1) does not apply to the prosecutor's acts that aim to prove the individual's guilt (such as the indictment), nor to preliminary procedural decisions by judicial or other competent authorities and which are based on suspicion or incriminating evidence (for example a decision on pre-trial detention).
That decision needs to be made by the prosecutors who will be responsible for prosecuting the case,» he says.
The panel also urges provincial governments to create policies to make clear the circumstances under which Crown prosecutors will not proceed with charges (that is, where there has been a free and informed decision to request assistance to die made by a competent individual).
Despite the decision Monday by Lake County prosecutors to drop the case against 41 - year - old Angel Gonzalez of Waukegan, the man was not allowed to walk away from Dixon Correctional Center.
On the other hand, the grand jury decision, public statements by police, prosecutors, and politicians, and published articles leave out too much detail.
[46] The many decisions that Crown prosecutors are called upon to make in the exercise of their prosecutorial discretion must not be subjected to routine second - guessing by the courts.
Barry Scheck, co-director and founder of the Innocence Project in New York, said, «I'm still stunned by the irrational decisions of some prosecutors and law enforcement not just to do the test and find out.
As such, the decision whether to use a stay should be made independently by the prosecutor in accordance with the traditions of the prosecutor as a Minister of Justice.
The list of factors suggesting a decision in favor of prosecution mainly contains criteria relating to the seriousness of the offense (for example, premeditation, a particularly vulnerable victim), whereas factors disfavoring prosecution include insignificant harm, expectation of a small penalty, negative effects of the prosecution on the victim's mental or physical health, and compensation paid by the defendant to the victim (Code for Crown Prosecutors, secs. 6.4, 6.5).
Decisions made by Prosecutors about consenting to or opposing release made in the proper exercise of their discretion will be supported by the Attorney General.
While Masipa ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove explicit premeditation to kill Steenkamp — a decision that had been anticipated by many legal experts — she also cleared Pistorius of murder dolus eventualis.
Deficiencies include: description of material in schedules compiled by police disclosure officers; lack of examination of material by prosecutors; and lack of adequate recording of actions, decisions and the reasons for them by prosecutors.
When the legislature crafts a straightforward statute, by contrast, it's easy to hold the prosecutor accountable for charging decisions.
There is much in this story and in this high - profile sentencing that merits commentary, but I am especially struck by the decision by federal prosecutors to request a sentence here that is more than a decade below the advisory guideline range.
As revealed throughout Part II, prosecutors, probation officers, and judges have many official and unofficial opportunities to make discretionary decisions that directly impact federal sentencing outcomes, and these decisions can be greatly influenced by the efforts of defense counsel at every stage of the federal sentencing process.