Sentences with phrase «defendants pleaded»

Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges when they appeared before the trial judge, Justice Jude Okeke, on Tuesday.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge leveled against them and were granted bail in the sum of N5 million with a surety in like sum who must be an officer not below Grade Level 15 in the Federal Civil Service.

After the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges, the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Ben Ikani, expressed readiness to call his first prosecution witness immediately.

Both defendants pleaded not guilty in Sept. 2016, and there has been no public movement in the case since that time.

Pigeon's attorney Paul Cambria said these are the same charges from a felony complaint, to which the three defendants pleaded Not Guilty in April.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the counts.

«In addition to the money being paid back, I hope the defendant pleading guilty brings justice to those affected by his crimes.»

A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head Media & Publicity said «The defendant pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.

As part of our plea agreement, the defendant pled no contest to the misdemeanor offense of outraging public decency.

The defendant's insurers pleaded that the accident was bound up in the criminality of the claimant and defendant as a joint enterprise and so denied liability, despite the fact that the defendant pleaded guilty to dangerous driving arising from the incident.

If the government brings additional charges after a defendant pleads, the defendant's existing plea will not apply to the new charges.

If the defendant pleads such a defense, then the burden of proof is on the defendant.

On appeal from [2014] EWCA Crim 748 This appeal considered whether, when a defendant pleads not guilty to murder on...

Thus in Sedley's case (1675) Strange 168, 1 Sid 168, the defendant pleaded guilty to outraging public decency where he had appeared naked on the balcony of a house and had urinated on several people present.

So far, 19 traders have been charged in respect of Libor and Euribor manipulation with four trials delivering very mixed results: one defendant pleaded guilty, four were convicted and eight were acquitted.

This appeal considered whether, when a defendant pleads not guilty to murder on the grounds of diminshed responsibility, the judge must direct the jury as to the meaning of «substantial» for the purposes of the phase «substantially impaired» in the Homicide Act 1957, s 2 (1)(b).

This was an action of trespass, brought in the Court below, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant in error, for an assault and battery, and false imprisonment, to which the defendant pleaded the general issue, and a special plea of justification.

If a judge participates in the plea negotiations through a 402 conference, he or she indicates what the penalty will be if the defendant pleads guilty.

It is justified by the benefits gained by the government when defendants plead guilty early in criminal proceedings.

If a defendant pleads guilty, the Probation Service will be asked to provide a pre-sentence report (PSR).

The defendants pled guilty and were sentenced to one year in prison and the sentence was suspended on condition that for 25 years they would never both be in the state of Virginia at the same time.

In practice, it has little to do with remorse or repentance and everything to do with whether a defendant pleads guilty.

(And of course, Booker applies to defendants pleading guilty as well, which it wouldn't if it was a purely jury - trial right.)

Where a defendant pleads guilty on the basis of a written plea, the basis of the plea is a «confession» within the meaning of the Police and Criminal Evidence 1984, s 76 (A) and is therefore admissible at the request of a co-accused under s 76 (A)(1).

@Rodrigo: plea bargains can contain more than the defendant pleading guilty.

The facts of Innospec Ltd's egregious foreign corruption are well known, as is the fact that this defendant pleaded guilty to the offence of conspiracy to corrupt.

CanLII contains only judgments and not the full details of court proceedings, so it will not give you information on current litigation, cases that were settled out of court or where the defendant pled guilty, or many of the cases in which there was an oral decision.

The defendant is aware that the court has jurisdiction and authority to impose any sentence within the statutory maximum set for the offense (s) to which the defendant pleads guilty.

Deferred Disposition is a form of plea deal, where a defendant pleads «Guilty» or «No Contest» to criminal charges in exchange for meeting certain requirements laid out by the court within an allotted period of time also ordered by the court.

What if the original charge was a felony and the defendant plead down to a misdemeanor?

Not exact matches

Once a judge allows someone to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, prosecutors must convince the jury the defendant was sane.

«By requiring more precision in initial pleadings, the bill would allow courts and defendants to better assess the legitimacy of infringement claims,» notes the Internet Association, a group that supports the bill.

By requiring more precision in initial pleadings, the bill would allow courts and defendants to better assess the legitimacy of infringement claims.

One testy prosecution witness, after solemnly giving his name, immediately pleaded the fifth amendment when asked if he knew the defendant.

The action of testifying has an intimate relation to an institution — the judiciary; a place — the court; a social function — the lawyer, the judge; an action — to plead, that is, to be plaintiff or defendant in a trial.

CNN: Priest's guilty plea throws wrinkle into Philadelphia sexual abuse trial Attorneys in the child sexual abuse and conspiracy trial of two Philadelphia priests debated Monday over which potential witnesses jurors would be allowed to hear regarding a third defendant who pleaded guilty to molesting boys just days before opening remarks.

Of the 150 cases before magistrates courts so far, the majority of defendants were remanded in custody despite pleaded guilty to relatively minor offences.

Both the first defendant, Nwosu, and third defendant, Bashir pleaded not guilty to all the charges when they were read to them.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case alleging the bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects was scheduled to plead guilty this afternoon and begin cooperating with the government.

The three defendants have pleaded not guilty and, through attorneys or spokesmen, declined to comment or didn't return calls and emails for this story.

Singh agreed to cooperate against the defendants when pleading guilty to bribing Edward Mangano and Venditto and trying to bribe New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who wasn't charged.

He has pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio and the defendants in the case.

«The defendant who was the target in this case, George Maziarz, plead to a penal law charge where the penalty was $ 1,000,» Assistant Attorney General Christopher Baynes said in court.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case involving the alleged bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects pled guilty Friday afternoon and agreed to cooperate with the government.

After Turaki pleaded not guilty to the 32 counts on Tuesday, Justice Dimgba said he was inclined to granting bail to the ex-governor «in deference» to the earlier bail granted the defendant by Justice Halilu of the FCT High Court.

«However, the defendants» contributions are highly probative evidence of the genesis and evolution» of relationships between alleged co-conspirator Joe Percoco, a former top Cuomo aide, and lobbyist Todd Howe, who has already pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the government, Kim added.

Some of the money was funneled from the electric company to Howe, who a year ago pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, and helped federal prosecutors build their cases against the defendants.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty; after which they were admitted to bail in the sum of N200, 000 each, with one surety each in like sum.

The defendants all have pleaded not guilty and have said the payments to Percoco were perfectly legal while he was working as a private consultant.

«One of the really scary parts with this defendant is that the initial crimes for which he was incarcerated and pled guilty to are significant in and of themselves,» Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen said.