Sentences with phrase «defense attorneys say»

Some criminal defense attorneys say this will lead to the conviction of innocent people.

Defense attorneys say Cuomo's proposed right of redaction is far too broad, allowing prosecutors too much leeway in determining what to disclose.

Silver's lawyers also claimed there wasn't enough evidence to even consider charges related to a second alleged scheme, in which Silver steered a real estate company to a friend's law firm, also in exchange for fees, Defense attorneys say the parties involved had no idea Silver was even collecting the money.

Stockley believed that Smith was armed, defense attorneys said, and a gun was found in the car.

A defense attorney said Aron «appears to be unwell.»

A defense attorney says Nassau prosecutors are part of an attempted police cover - up, and told acting District Attorney Madeline Singas in a letter that letting his client's drug case go to trial would be «prosecutorial misconduct.»

Other defense attorneys said the ruling was good news for Silver's partisan opposite, former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was also convicted by Bharara's office in 2015.

The defense attorney said the three points are proof of innocence that will prove «fatal» to prosecutors» case.

A second NYCAL defense attorney said W&L should be worried about biased jurors in the future because the firm has a stain on its name.

Defense attorneys said Friday Adam won't testify and will decide by Saturday night if Dean will take the stand.

Defense attorneys said they need time to sift through it all.

The Skelos family's defense attorneys said in their closing statements that, regardless of how gross things may look, nothing criminal was going on — definitely nothing involving the words quid pro quo.

A defense attorney says Nassau prosecutors are part of an attempted police cover - up, and told acting District Attorney Madeline Singas in a letter Thursday that letting his client's drug case go to trial would be «prosecutorial misconduct.»

His defense attorney said that Xu was not a «sophisticated international dealer.»

Prosecutors are awaiting Henderson's written order before deciding how to proceed, but one defense attorney said the state would most likely have to reduce the charges in many cases or drop them altogether.

Not exact matches

Edwards» defense attorneys, however, quickly challenged Young's credibility, saying that he consulted with three other witnesses about his testimony and that he was a greedy staffer.

«He certainly was not above putting on a good show,» said defense attorney Ricky Harris of Spartanburg in South Carolina's northwestern «Upstate.»

Legal experts say a defense attorney's task to convince a jury that a client is legally insane is even more difficult in cases like that of Routh, who confessed to killing the men, apologized to the family and fled from police.

The defense plans an appeal, but Routh's attorney J. Warren St. John said he's not yet ready to discuss specifics.

«If someone is admitting that they committed the murder, it's a pretty tough burden to get a jury to say, «Let's excuse him anyway,»» said Dallas defense attorney Michael Snipes.

Houston defense attorney George Parnham, who was not involved in the case, said it lets jurors assume such a verdict could mean the defendant «will ride down the elevator» with them.

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 example of Oklahoma should be very troubling for Arkansas officials,» said Dale Baich, a defense attorney who represented Joseph Wood, who died in similarly grotesque circumstances in a botched execution involving midazolam in Arizona that same year.

Starbucks said it would develop the curriculum for the training with guidance from experts including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

Prosecutors also fear that Manning might not be a cooperative witness and that defense attorneys might raise questions about her credibility, officials familiar with the case said.

A defense attorney in a court filing says special counsel Robert Mueller has disclosed he has no evidence that former Trump campaign manager Paul...

Sol Wisenberg, a defense attorney who was a deputy independent counsel during the Starr special counsel investigation into President Bill Clinton, said the comment «obviously increases the president's exposure to potential campaign finance violations, but it also makes him look terrible.»

Ergo, from a pure legal defense point of view, the Vikings are wise to say nothing and let him go tamp sand (and yes, I'm an attorney so I'm not just talking through my hat).

Nevertheless, I am an attorney with 25 years experience, 13 of which were as a criminal defense attorney, and the video makes clear that by legal standards, the young lady WAS the aggressor — twice — no matter what was said prior (words are never an excuse for an attack) and yes Mixon has a valid (at least arguable) self defense case.

He seems to really relish the argument,» Morrow says of his defense attorney character.

In an exclusive interview with NY1's Zack Fink, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said he regrets taking campaign money from defense attorneys with cases before his office.

Reached by phone following the ruling, Stephen R. Coffey, Ortt's Albany defense attorney, said he had no comment on the decision but indicated that he thought Ortt would be exonerated.

«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.

Published reports say Schneiderman retained Kirshner, who has been a defense attorney for more than 30 years, and previously worked as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney'sattorney for more than 30 years, and previously worked as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney'sAttorney's office.

«Perini will simply continue the office's corrupt practices,» said Myers, referring to criticism that Perini used improper wire taps as a former Suffolk prosecutor and as a defense attorney rented a partyboat from a DA bureau chief.

There is no particular reason why a politician shouldn't accept campaign money from his own defense attorney: the CFB manual says nothing about it.

Attorney Lee Wang of the Immigrant Defense Project said ICE almost always comes into courts with two to four agents in street clothes, often without visible badges.

An attorney for a man accused of helping plan the Sept. 11 attacks says a military commission judge has denied a defense motion to allow the Guantanamo Bay detainee to distribute art he makes while in detention.

Glenn Magpantay, a staff attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said the group is looking into -LSB-...]

Defense attorneys for Smith and Halloran say their client's actions are not considered bribery under New York state law and are asking the court to toss some of the charges.

«The prosecution says it has a strong case, made stronger yesterday when state Supreme Court Judge John Michalek took a plea deal and admitted to taking bribes from Pigeon,» said Paul Cambria, defense attorney.

Paul Sabatino, a former counsel to the Suffolk Legislature and chief deputy county executive who helped craft Suffolk's ethics code, said if Prudenti took money from defense attorneys for use of the Christina Marie, it was improper.

The judge said a third party, agreed to by prosecutors and defense attorneys, has to be involved in any joint regular work at the district attorney's office by Spota and McPartland.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly on the stand.

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

Prosecutors said Liang never rendered aid to Gurley after discharging his weapon in a dark stairwell of the Pink Houses in East New York, in what defense attorneys called a failure of training in the NYPD's police academy.

That should give the defense attorneys enough time to review the records, she said.

But usually, the second trial... becomes more difficult for the prosecution because the defense has seen all that the prosecution has,» said E. Stewart Jones, an attorney from Troy who was part of Bruno's 2014 legal team.

In the government's motion, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lara Treinis Gatz, Catherine Mirabile and Raymond Tierney said the other material turned over to the defense includes: 35,000 pages of Town of Oyster Bay documents and emails; 30,000 pages of bank account records and 5,000 pages of phone records of unidentified people; 3,250 pages of what is described as «miscellaneous documents,» and 550 pages of documents involving unspecified loans.