Sentences with phrase «efforts by defense counsel»
As suggested by past cases, the court's explanations and examples promptly led to additional efforts by defense counsel to re-analyze those examples and then offer his own.
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Heidi Chen, General Counsel for Zoetis, was recently presented with the 2016 Justice in Action Award by the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, which recognizes outstanding achievements and efforts in advancing social justice in the U.S. Below is an adaptation of Heidi's remarks from the event.
Without proper legal counsel, you will have no line of defense against zealous efforts by the prosecution and law enforcement to put you behind bars - even for a first shoplifting offense.
Below, the parties presented conflicting declarations on the worth of the defense work efforts, with the lower court crediting the plaintiff's counsel's declaration that the worth of the unlawful detainer work by the defense was between $ 5,000 - 10,000 — especially with the plaintiff's attorney testifying he did U.D. trial work on a flat per - daily fee basis.
In that instance, defense counsel claimed the production was the result of an attempt to re-produce the prior set in a searchable form and that a mistake by her litigation support team resulted in the re-production of the privileged materials, despite her efforts to ensure they were withheld, including conducting a «spot check» of the production prior to transmission.
Part III maps out the challenges for sentencing reformers in trying to fully assess and remedy these concerns by noting the complex realities that will necessarily attend efforts to measure and minimize the potential for differences in defense counsel to impact federal sentencing outcomes.
As revealed throughout Part II, prosecutors, probation officers, and judges have many official and unofficial opportunities to make discretionary decisions that directly impact federal sentencing outcomes, and these decisions can be greatly influenced by the efforts of defense counsel at every stage of the federal sentencing process.