Sentences with phrase «defense attorneys do»

Many criminal defense attorneys do not accept youth cases.

His work on the other side of the criminal justice system has helped him develop well - honed defense skills most other criminal defense attorneys do not have.

The use of stingray and related technologies is a roll of the dice in the sense that law enforcement is hoping that either the defense attorneys don't have enough savvy or wherewithal to find out about the technology and ask the right questions or, even if that does happen, they're hoping that the judge that they have is favorable to their approach and not going to order them to reveal information about its use.

While Treinis Gatz worked to construct a web binding allegations against Edward and Linda Mangano and Venditto together, Mangano's defense attorney did what he could during his opening argument to rip them apart.

Personal injury lawyers work on contingency and get paid out of the settlement, but your defense attorney does not.

In reality, most of the work a criminal defense attorney does involves investigating, researching, and developing legal arguments.

In fact, much of the work a criminal defense attorney does is actually done outside of the courtroom.

Your trial is no place for you to be represented by a criminal defense attorney you don't trust.

You are confident that the defense attorney does not share belief in your innocence, since they were not eyewitnesses in the case and therefore have no clue what really happened, and are predisposed to believe that most people lie to get out of trouble.

Fortunately, (d) didn't matter, as the appellate court vacated the conviction even though the defense attorney did not appear at oral argument.

Personal injury lawyers work on contingency and get paid out of the settlement, but your defense attorney does not.

Not exact matches

His aunt told Time: «Why do we even need defense attorneys if they just tell the jury he is guilty?

Defense attorneys have already said the 21 - year - old defendant committed all the crimes he is accused of, but they also contend Tsarnaev did so in an act of subservience to his older brother, not because of a personal passion.

«To do activism really, really well, you have to be not only smart and persistent, but you have to be willing,» says David Rosewater, who advises companies as the global head of Morgan Stanley's shareholder activism and corporate defense group, and who has previously represented Elliott as an attorney.

The article doesn't address any court proceedings, but I'm sure they had a fair trial and were duly represented by competent defense attorneys.

In addition, in the event the criminal case went to trial, one of the defense attorneys would have spent a little time on the plaintiff being in a bar at age 18, «Tell me, miss, how did you get into the bar?

But if you are at the receiving end of this inappropriate question, respond with an upbeat informative answer like, «Before I had kids I was a [NASA engineer, defense attorney, 3rd grade teacher] and I have to tell you, it was a lot easier than the job I do now!»

Let's do the time warp Thursday was for sparing between the defense attorney and the beef safety professor.

«In light of the fact that the defendant himself, his janitorial company, his defense attorney and his bodyguard together received one - third of Soundview's final $ 600,000, it simply is not reasonable to think that the defendant did not communicate with his son, Alejandro, about how the money was to be allocated.»

«We are deeply disappointed that the City Council passed a flawed Right To Know Act which will do little to end deceptive and often abusive NYPD searches,» said Tina Luongo, Attorney - In - Charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society.

On Monday, the prosecution did not pursue the testosterone subject further after Mangano's defense attorney, Kevin Keating of Garden City, objected and the lawyers met with U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack for several minutes out of earshot of the jurors and others in the courtroom.

Trump's attorneys reportedly have been meeting with Mueller in recent months — submitting documents and memos in the president's defense to prove that he didn't obstruct justice by firing former FBI chief James Comey.

Under questioning by Agnifilo, Venditto's defense attorney, Strollo conceded that he didn't know if prosecutors» claims about the town's behavior and what officials knew were true or false.

«He knows he did not commit a crime,» defense attorney Steven Molo said.

Defense attorneys for Smith and Tabone did not consent to going forward with the trial with fewer jurors, leading Judge Karas to schedule a new trial for January 5th, 2015.

Tina Luongo, attorney - in - charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society, which has supported closing Rikers Island, applauded the reduction but warned more work still needs to be done.

Ortt, however, did not return a phone call to discuss his hiring of a criminal defense attorney.

Defense attorney Steven Molo, however, argued that Silver's actions did not amount to a criminal offense.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh testified Wednesday that the Town of Oyster Bay «was willing to do whatever I wanted,» but a defense attorney for former Town Supervisor John Venditto sought to show his client wasn't essential to Singh securing town - guaranteed loans.

His attorney, Barry Bohrer, said the defense team was looking at all options but did not specifically say it would appeal the verdict.

And when Silver's defense attorney Steven Molo argued that the grants Silver sent the doctor weren't even very big, Caproni said, «They don't have to be extraordinary.

Of the GOP district attorney selection, Schaffer said, «I'm shocked that the best they could do is a recycled, worn - out defense attorney.»

At the hearing, Silver's defense attorneys repeatedly called attention to those years of public service and the numerous letters that were sent on his behalf, which they said showed all the good he had done for his constituents.

Defense attorneys sought before the trial to keep the entire episode about 329 Broadway out of the trial, arguing it had nothing to do with the charges against the defendants.

The papers, which respond to arguments raised by the attorney of the former aide, Joe Percoco, push back against claims federal prosecutors did not provide defense lawyers enough time to respond before the trial begins early next year.

Coffey says a defense attorney has to represent clients that he or she does not always agree with.

District Administrative Judge C. Randall Hinrichs has barred Suffolk's traffic court from jailing defendants who don't have an attorney without a review by a higher court judge, curtailing a practice that defense attorneys have complained violates motorists constitutional rights.

Silver's defense attorney Steve Molo said the government's actions amounted to a very public scolding of activities they didn't like, but which did not amount to crimes.

Defense Attorney Dennis Vacco's firm does not discuss their fees, but as a former NYS Attorney General, chances are he charges more than Miller.

Ciminelli's defense attorney, Daniel Oliviero, did not return WBFO's phone call as of Monday afternoon.

After another corruption case in 2013, New York criminal defense attorney Jeffrey Hoffman told the Huffington Post that the fear of wiretaps did not seem to be doing much to dissuade illegal activity.

Defense attorneys argue that the onetime Albany power broker did nothing illegal.

The list of witnesses was revealed by Silver defense attorneys in motions laying out what questions they want asked to weed out biased jurors, such as, «Do you have any opinions about politicians, elected officials, or anyone that works in politics — positive or negative?»

The main objection from defense attorneys is that the bill doesn't do enough to protect people who are wrongfully accused of crimes.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday called together several top administration officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, to consider what to do with the detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Defense attorneys initially promised a full slate of witnesses in an effort to clear their clients but that didn't happen.

«I did not believe one word that you said,» Lynch said, sounding more like tough - talking U.S. District Court Senior Judge Gary Sharpe or state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Breslin than a former defense attorney who carried the reputation of a prosecutor's worst nightmare after taking the bench in January 2013.

«They're not actually doing anything to protect public health,» says Mae Wu, an attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

«More than 90 percent of international agreements the U.S. has joined have followed the same executive process the president just completed for the Paris Agreement, and did not require a trip through the Senate,» said Alex Hanafi, an attorney at the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund.

«We are doing it successfully in animals and we're doing it successfully because they've taken a hard look at it,» notes Jon Sheldon, a study co-author and criminal defense attorney in Virginia.