Sentences with phrase «degree murder case»

We have three court officers assigned to this first - degree murder case; that is all there are available.

My track record speaks for itself: I have taken two first - degree murder cases to trial and obtained acquittals in both.

In fact, I have taken two first - degree murder cases to trial and obtained acquittals in both.

I have prosecuted or defended 5 first degree murder cases to verdict.

Attorneys assigned to the Multiple Defendant Division (MDD) of the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender represent clients in felony and first degree murder cases where more than one person is accused.

The Broward County State Attorney's Office typically presents evidence to grand jurors in all first - degree murder cases and all police shootings.

Not exact matches

As in the case of Marilyn Lemak, police officials are suggesting a deteriorating marriage drove 36 - year - old Chun Anderson, who has been charged with attempted first - degree murder for allegedly tricking her daughter into overdosing on sleeping medication Thursday before taking the medication herself.

But, should Gabay die, the case would become a second - degree murder investigation, said police.

It is unclear whether Co-conspirator 2 is Israel Mendiola - Flores, the only suspect charged with second - degree murder in the case who is not named in the Letts affidavit.

«In criminal trials, seeing intention in an action can mean the difference between first - degree and second - degree murder, in some cases between life and death, so any benefits of video replay should be weighed against its potentially biasing effects,» Caruso says.

When DISCOVER contacted him last summer, Coffee was working on an SBS case in which the accused abuser had been in jail for six years awaiting trial and potentially faced a first - degree murder charge.

One prominent crime case is that of then -25-year-old Casey Anthony, who was charged with first - degree murder in connection with her two - year - old daughter Caylee's death in the summer of 2008.

Among the cases Stevenson cites: a 14 - year - old condemned to death for killing his mother's abusive boyfriend and a mentally ill adolescent girl condemned to life in prison for second - degree murder for the death of young boys killed in a fire she started accidentally.

Mr. Lenamon has defended clients in 20 first - degree murder trials and eight death penalty cases.

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear six appeals this week, including two sets of companion cases: the first related to first degree murder convictions in the death of an Alberta child in 2011, and the second related to two law societies» refusals to accredit Trinity Western University's law school.

In case you crave more details, Monson is a defendant in one trial involving drug charges and another trial charging second - degree murder, and in the course of those trials he has stabbed three different lawyers with writing utensils.

Already, dozens of cases in Ontario alone have been stayed under the Jordan framework, with the public becoming particularly familiar with the name when an Ottawa judge threw out a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, who was accused of killing 28 - year - old Fouad Nayel, after it took four years to bring his case to trial.

We have over 35 years of experience and we have triumphed in countless challenging court cases - from your basic DWI case to first degree murder.

Actually, for everyone interested, I posted a question maybe last week or the week before whether you can be convicted for both first degree murder and second degree murder for killing a person, and it was exactly this case that inspired the question.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial for a B.C. man convicted of two counts of first - degree murder in a case involving the admissibility of hearsay evidence and threshold reliability.

Toronto police services have charged the man with second - degree murder in connection with the case.

In a case where the accused faces five or more years in jail in a charge other than first - degree murder and treason, Crown and defence are entitled to 12 peremptory challenges each.

Minnesota criminal lawyers have been involved in defending a number of these types of cases from First Degree Murder to Criminal Vehicular Operation.

There are many cases where it is quite obvious that A has illegally killed B, but where it is much less obvious whether this was first degree murder, second degree murder, or manslaughter.

RT @dtanovich: First - degree murder charge dismissed against N.S. man in case involving Mr. Big sting https://t.co/JUI80lwAnJ

Third does the imposition of the mandatory minimum sentence for second degree murder constitute «cruel and unusual punishment» in this case, so that Mr. Latimer («the appellant») should receive a constitutional exemption from the minimum sentence?»

In State courts of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties we've been involved in well over a thousand cases and tried to jury verdict cases ranging from first degree capital murder where the death penalty is being sought, sexual battery, drug trafficking, violations of probation, domestic violence and racketeering to misdemeanor criminal charges including driving while under the influence and driving while license suspended.

In fact, in his final year as a prosecutor in 1995, Mr. Papirmeister was dubbed as» The Minute Man» in a newspaper article chronicling his string of victories in homicide cases, where juries in three separate murder trials, each returned verdicts of guilt as to first degree murder, after just minutes of deliberation.

The firm handles a wide variety of criminal defense cases ranging from traffic criminal to first degree murder.

We have successfully used our skills and experience to represent clients in both state and federal courts in matters ranging from DWI cases to complex campaign finance violations, defense of governmental officers accused of illegal conduct, Medicare and Medicaid fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, and first degree capital murder.

In a case pending before the Provincial Court of Alberta at Edmonton my client refused to enter election for mode of trial on a charge of second degree murder.

Prior to founding Almanza Law, Mark worked at Lawndale Christian Legal Center, a non-profit law office representing youth in juvenile and criminal court, and has handled numerous felony, misdemeanor, and traffic cases ranging from DUI through First Degree Murder.

The legal services of our Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney include defense against violent crimes, sex crimes, drug crimes, federal crimes, DUI, theft crimes, and white collar crimes including a 1st degree murder death penalty case.

Moslenko was charged with first - degree murder in Kaila's death but the charge was stayed and his case never went to trial.

... First degree murder charged (2) For greater certainty and without limiting the generality of subsection (1), where a count charges first degree murder and the evidence does not prove first degree murder but proves second degree murder or an attempt to commit second degree murder, the jury may find the accused not guilty of first degree murder but guilty of second degree murder or an attempt to commit second degree murder, as the case may be.

For example, as criminal lawyers in San Jose we have represented clients in Santa Clara County who have faced life in prison for three - strike cases; two - strike cases; serious or violent felonies, i.e., attempted murder, car - jacking, robbery, first degree burglary, gang - related stabbings; child pornography sex offenses requiring mandatory lifetime sex offender registration; child molestation, felony possession of methamphetamine for sale; felony possession of marijuana for sale, weapons offenses and many more.

Mr. Forrester has handled a wide variety of minor and major felony cases, ranging from misdemeanor DUI to first - degree murder.

As Crown Counsel, Mr. Duncan prosecuted literally hundreds of cases of all levels of seriousness including all sorts of driving offences (including drunk driving / DUI / impaired driving, driving over.08, prohibited driving, driving while disqualified and driving without due care and consideration); property offences including theft, fraud, possession of stolen property and break and enter; and all types of violent offences including all forms of assault (assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and aggravated assault), robbery, sexual assault, extortion, kidnapping and both First Degree Murder and Second Degree Murder.

These cases range in severity from drug possession to first degree murder.

Of course, in the Vader case, an unconstitutional section in the code led to a mistrial application, a stunning reversal of a first - degree murder conviction, delays, wasted resources, untold grief to the victim's family and an appeal.

In Quebec in early April, 2017, a judge granted a Jordan stay in the case of Sivaloganathan Thanabalasingham, charged with second - degree murder in the death of his wife.

There has been heightened public scrutiny on courts to deal with criminal cases at risk of being tossed since the Jordan ruling, and that pressure only increased last November when a Superior Court judge in Ottawa stayed a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, after it took four years to get his case to trial.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has restored the first - degree murder acquittal of a man from Cambridge, Ont., in a case that saw a key witness recant his statement.

Noting that two youths had been charged with first degree murder in the case of Stefanie Rengel, Elliott complained that the two accused were «still legally anonymous.

In the first case, R v Cairney, the accused was acquitted of second - degree murder but convicted of the lesser and included offence of manslaughter on the basis of the codified provocation defence in the Code.

As he faces 17 counts of first - degree murder and 17 counts of attempted murder, Local 10 News is learning more about the case against him.

Whether a client is charged with first degree murder, domestic assault, sexual assault, or possession of marijuana, we approach every case with the same level of resolve.