Sentences with phrase «defendants take those cases to trial»

Moreover, if defendants take those cases to trial, some judges are more likely to impose a harsher sentence, while others will still give the mandatory minimum (albeit rarely).

Not exact matches

Ben Gazzara (who passed away earlier this year) is the defendant, a hot - headed army officer arrested for murder, and Lee Remick, Arthur O'Connell and Eve Arden co-star, with rising star George C. Scott getting a «featuring» credit for a small role and a brilliant performance as a big - city attorney who steps in to take over the state's case late in the trial.

Most of the time, a defendant who rejects a plea and takes the case to trial wants an acquittal.

The case was taken to trial, and the jury found that the defendant was negligent.

Thomas remains the only defendant sued by the Recording Industry Association of America to take her case to trial, resulting in a jury verdict against her of $ 222,000.

[51] Insurers, like any other defendant, are entitled to take cases to trial.

Going further, if the insurer takes an off - coverage position just prior to trial, the plaintiff's lawyer may advise the defendant that the case is no longer covered.

This can tip off to the defendant (rightly or wrongly) that something has happened to significantly weaken the plaintiff's case, and emboldens the defendant to go all - in on the trial by taking offers off the table.

Therefore, defendants and their insurers often feel pressure to provide an appropriate settlement for a case rather than taking it to trial.

Birth injury cases can vary in length, depending upon whether the defendant (s) will agree to an appropriate settlement or whether we will need to take your case to trial.

Insurers, like any other defendants are entitled to take cases to trial.

The search for principle takes longer and longer, and in the meantime cases awaiting trial are delayed, to the disadvantage of the defendants awaiting trial, the witnesses to the events which bring the defendants to court, and the victims of those alleged crimes.»

The court commented that all defendants are entitled to take their case to trial if they wish, and to accept the risk of damages and an award of costs if they lose.

Like those capable replications on the small screen, our attorneys opt to go to trial rather than settle with defendants for sums that are a fraction of our clients could potentially receive should we take the case before a judge.

«Costs rose when the county moved to a contract system [and there was also] a decline in the number of cases taken to jury trial, an increase in guilty pleas at first instance hearings, a decline in the filing of motions to suppress, a decline in requests for expert assistance, and an increase in complaints received by the court from defendants.»

If the prosecution's case is so weak that the defendant lying under oath is enough to derail it then it was too weak to take to trial!

A recent Fourth Circuit opinion in a False Claims Act case demonstrates that while the government can freeze defendants» assets before trial with lightning speed, getting them unfrozen can take anywhere from many years to never.

Knowing that the firm will take such cases to trial is often the most effective way to obtain fair compensation and to insure that the wrongful conduct of the defendant does not continue.

Attorneys assigned to the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender's Felony Trial Division represent indigent defendants in 34 courtrooms that take in cases from the City of Chicago.

In a summary trial the matters to be considered are, among other things, the amount involved, the complexity of the matter, the cost of taking the case forward to a conventional trial, and whether there is a real possibility that the defendant can bolster its evidence by discovery or by evidence given at trial.

As Justice McEwan noted (paras. 19 - 20), it was a ten - day trial «largely a result of the thorough approach the defendant took to the case,» even though «[c] ompetent counsel might have cut the time in half, because counsel generally know how much evidence is enough.»)

That proportion is no accident: patent litigants flock to Texas because the court has put in place a host of procedures that make it difficult for defendants to terminate meritless cases early, while also speeding up the time it takes for cases to go to trial.