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Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine Mirabile is expected to give a rebuttal argument, U.S. District Court Judge Joan M. Azrack is expected to give jurors instructions and then they are set to begin deliberating.

The judge, though, said there was a «very fine line» between possible credit card fraud and the reason prosecutors wanted to give jurors for his incarceration.

In addition, prosecutors and defense attorneys occasionally would confer with each other, as the prosecutors and the defense hammered down the specifics of a jury charge — the instructions Azrack will give jurors before they begin deliberations.

The National Center for State Courts discovered that many state courts are giving jurors more liberty.

While Judge Valerie Caproni is giving jurors Wednesday off for a snow day, she told them they have to come back on Thursday.

Lawyer James Branden told the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that when Boyland was convicted in 2014 of overlapping schemes to take cash from undercover agents to help them with a carnival permit and a real estate project, the judge gave jurors too broad a definition of the type of promised acts that the Supreme Court says would be a crime.

Molo opened his summation with the legal instructions Caproni gave jurors when the trial began Nov. 3: that actions could be taken to «cultivate goodwill, or to cultiave a relationship with the entity that provided the benefit, and not in exchange for any official act» without constituting honest services fraud.

Citing severe weather predictions in New York City and especially Westchester County, where almost half the jury lives, Caproni gave jurors the day off Wednesday.

Mr. Dorego, as part of his testimony, gave jurors a brief primer on limited liability companies, or LLCs, explaining that each of Glenwood's 20 - plus buildings was owned by such an entity, and that each of those was in turn owned by the Litwin Family Trust.

The judge gave the jurors instructions to re-examine their opinions and attempt to reach a unanimous verdict if possible.

The Road to the World Car began in Frankfurt on September 19, 2017 and was followed by our first ‐ ever Tokyo Test Drive conducted at the BMW Tokyo Bay facility in October giving jurors yet another opportunity to evaluate contenders that might not be available in their home markets.

Curator Beth Lilly will give her juror talk at the gallery the following day, Saturday, September 26th, from 2 - 3 pm.

Alexander Campos will give a Juror's talk on April 23rd from 6 - 7 pm.

Mobile devices and social media have given jurors, judges and others the ability to reach out to the world and delve deep into someone's private life.

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The trial judge had given jurors clear instructions not to look up matters connected to the trial.

Not exact matches

«Virtually half» of jurors who participated in the Capital Jury Project, funded by the National Science Foundation, reported they knew the punishment they would give before the trial even began.

The jury that saw footage from this party actually didn't end up convicting Kozwolski; the judge declared a mistrial after a juror apparently gunning for the former CEO's acquittal gave an «okay» sign to the defense.

The Utah Supreme Court has reversed Warren Steed Jeffs» two convictions on charges of rape as an accomplice and ordered a new trial, saying instructions given to jurors were erroneous.

A Christian rape survivor is calling for jurors in sexual assault trials to be given more guidance about what constitutes rape.

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If you can get 12 jurors to give them the death penalty fine.

Drath said jurors gave their phone numbers and e-mail addresses to each other and will stay in touch.

Thanks to the impending storm, the jurors were given tomorrow off, though the judge admonished them to rededicate themselves to agreeing on a verdict when they return.

This raises the specter of a mistrial, though the judge, Valerie E. Caproni, ordered the jurors to continue deliberating, delivering a version of what is known as an Allen charge, an instruction typically given to juries when they suggest that they have reached an impasse.

And it showed in answers jurors gave to questions that Azrack last week said she planned to ask each prospect to get some sense of who they were.

Percoco's defense lawyers have given hints of how they intend to sow doubt among the jurors.

But Judge Valerie E. Caproni ordered the jurors to continue deliberating, delivering a version of what is known as an Allen charge, an instruction typically given to juries when they suggest that they have reached an impasse.

On Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Joan M. Azrack spent more than two hours giving instructions to the jury, reading aloud from 54 pages explaining the law and how jurors should go about considering each charge the defendants face.

Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni rejected five prospective jurors after prosecutors and defense attorneys objected to answers they gave on questionnaires they filled out earlier in the week.

A second note came shortly afterward, apparently from a different unidentified juror, stating that one of the jurors — the note did not specify which one — was having difficulty distinguishing whether or not giving New York State funds for «something in return is illegal.»

Speaking in hushed tones at a Queens restaurant, state Sen. John Sampson told a trusted crony to cover up a shady loan he had given the embattled politico, jurors at...

Caproni instructed jurors Silver is guilty if he was influenced at all in official actions by the referral fees, but innocent if he thought he was given referrals to «cultivate goodwill» or «nurture a relationship» with him but «not in exchange for any official action.»

Both sides gave their final word to jurors Monday, after three weeks of trial — each imploring jurors to use their «common sense» in hopes, of course, of leading them to very different conclusions.

Before sending jurors home for the night, the judge, Valerie E. Caproni, gave the usual advice that they not read about or listen to news accounts regarding the case, but she added a caution that they should not make up their minds because they had not heard all of the evidence.

Given how strange and over the top much of the testimony in this trial was, the jurors were probably unfazed by the fact that the prosecutors ended their argument by quoting a Shel Silverstein poem.

«I know what they want me to do, you know,» Singh said, according to a transcript given to jurors at Mangano's corruption trial in Central Islip, LI.

He lodged his objection to the jurors receiving a transcript of Spence's testimony, but Azrack said she would give it to them after prosecutors and defense attorneys review it.

«There are incidents due to people's hardships when we are willing to give leeway,» said Amer, who cited one case where a potential juror said he was in jeopardy of losing his job if he had to take time off work to serve.

Lamont gave the fellow a «thorough explanation of how there has to be a uniform standard of law, and why it's important that the judge tell jurors how it has to be interpreted,» Jarboe said.

Most of the jurors have never heard the word «neuroscience» nor given a moment's thought to the concept of «free will.»

For example, jurors tend to give more weight to the testimony of eyewitnesses who report that they are very sure about their identifications even though most studies indicate that highly confident eyewitnesses are generally only slightly more accurate — and sometimes no more so — than those who are less confident.

The big prizes from the festival are the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, one given by a select group of jurors and the other chosen by the festival attendees themselves.

The drag star will be the lone juror to decide the winner of a new award, the Next Innovator Award, given to one of the movies in Sundance's Next program that showcases forward - thinking ways of storytelling.

The Nora Ephron Prize jurors also gave a Special Jury Mention to writer / director Rachel Israel for her film Keep the Change (without additional comment), although Israel's enjoyable romantic comedy (an unusual story with a male character at its center) captured The Founder's Award for Best Narrative Feature (and $ 20,000 sponsored by AT&T).

Reflecting on the selection process, Iranian - born independent filmmaker and producer Shahin Yazdani, said: «As jurors we are obviously looking for films which have absorbing narratives, are engaging in their cinematic articulation and unique in their tone, but given the nature of SICFF, we are equally concerned about how artfully a film can convey some strong moral values to our target audience.»

The World Car Award committee, which was co-founded by Canada's own Beth Rhind, is directed by veteran Canadian journalist Gerry Malloy and counts Autofocus» own Mark Richardson among its 75 jurors, gives out awards in five different categories each year.

Being a digital juror usually means reviewing the facts of a case and giving your feedback to the attorneys involved.

Prosecutor David Alex asked jurors to give Mr. Brown that sentence — one year for each day the dog, named â $ œMercyâ $ by shelter workers, suffered before dying.

They are seven prizes up of grabs: Excellence in Visual Art, Audio, Design and Narrative, the Nuovo Award (which is «given to the game title that makes the jurors think differently about games as a medium»), the Best Student Game and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.