Sentences with phrase «effect of acquittals»

Civil courts have taken a hard line on the legal effect of acquittals, finding they are generally irrelevant to a civil suit for damages based on the same alleged misconduct and, therefore, are inadmissible.

This is because it is the verdict, not the reasons, that is relevant when determining the legal effect of an acquittal on a subsequent civil proceeding.

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The acquittal of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman over corruption charges has had no noticeable effect on the list's support.

Circumstances of aggravation 610 (1)... Effect of previous charge of murder or manslaughter (2) A conviction or an acquittal on an indictment for murder bars a subsequent indictment for the same homicide charging it as manslaughter or infanticide, and a conviction or acquittal on an indictment for manslaughter or infanticide bars a subsequent indictment for the same homicide charging it as murder.

The basis for overturning the acquittal was the trial judge had failed to consider the cumulative effect of the evidence.