Sentences with phrase «favor of defendants where»

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He has frequently been the lone dissenter, particularly in criminal cases where he writes in favor of the defendant, even when the arguments arrayed against his position are so formidable that his colleagues have joined the majority and moved on.

As second chair counsel, Michael participated in Laclede Gas Company v. Park 370 Development, LLC, et al., where a St. Louis County Circuit Court jury ruled in favor of Dowd Bennett client Laclede Gas, finding the defendant, a land developer, liable for damages resulting from its excavation activity adjacent to a Laclede gas main.

In a case where the primary evidence against the defendant is the identification of an eyewitness, a defendant should be permitted to present expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitness identification, whether or not there is additional corroborative evidence that could weigh in favor of guilt.