Sentences with phrase «favor of the defense»

At the conclusion of phase II, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the defense.

After a four week trial, the jury found in favor of the defense.

The chase dynamic is played down in favor of a defense dynamic, but other than than it does still feel largely like playing classic Pac - Man titles, which is fine.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-- A recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling came down in favor of the defense in construction accident cases when it ruled that Union Pacific Railroad was not liable for the injuries suffered by a subcontractor while demolishing a railroad bridge in Chicago in 2006.

Mainland courts inclined to support Puerto Rico's sovereignty have precedents that can be used as a basis for rulings in favor of the defense.

Thus, if Hogue fouls out, Utah should be in, but if he does not, there will be the clash of basic basketball styles — offense against defense — that has often of late been resolved in favor of the defense.

Those assertions, made in pre-sentencing prosecution papers cited in a defense memo, said the amount of money the former party leader illegally took was more than $ 400,000, and that he obstructed justice by attempting to get three potential witnesses to falsely testify in favor of his defense.

The case was tried reverse bifurcated and after phase I the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defense, finding that the decedent's mesothelioma was not caused by his asbestos exposure.

However, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defense, based on the plaintiff's inability to establish that her damages were a result of the accident.

With respect to the fee award in favor of the defense, the appellate court determined that the trial judge erred in not granting plaintiffs» request for a voluntary dismissal of the San Francisco ordinance eviction claim, although it did remand for a look at whether there was another ground for fee entitlement.

Often a jury will start off in favor of the defense, particularly in medical malpractice cases, as they may not wish to believe a medical professional would be negligent or worse, alter medical records to cover up negligence.

In Montgomery County, all 19 jury verdicts were in favor of the defense; the same goes with the seven verdicts in Chester County.

No Bucks County case made it to a jury, according to the statistics, and six of the eight verdicts in Delaware County were in favor of the defense.