Sentences with phrase «grand jury cases»

Democrats in the Senate back the use of body cameras for police, as well as the creation of an Office of Special Investigation to oversee grand jury cases involving law enforcement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, meanwhile, has said he would appoint a special monitor in cases in which police officers are not indicted in grand jury cases.

After being read a statement about the Eric Garner grand jury case that cast Donovan in a good light and a separate statement that cast him in a negative light, the numbers stayed at 49 - 33.

Not exact matches

But it's up to the district attorney whether the case makes it to a grand jury.

A grand jury will hear the case June 11.

Nevertheless, McGowan could face indictment in Virginia on a felony drug - possession charge after a judge found probable cause Thursday to send the case to a grand jury.

General District Judge Dean Worcester said the legal standard for establishing probable cause to send the case to a grand jury is low, and that arguments about planted evidence are better suited for trial.

The case now moves to a grand jury and circuit court.

The local DA aid that Jones» case will soon be heard by a grand jury.

MJ was purly innocent and Johnny C told him to settle and MJ always said this was a lie and even two grand jury throw the 1993 case case.

I'm not going to rush to judgment — grand juries indict in almost every case.

The Dallas Police Department referred this case to a prosecutor for presentation to a grand jury, and the grand jury will determine whether to formally charge Manziel with a crime.

The wheels of justice move slow when someone has to consider even the ADA have their own trial schedule and it may take up to four weeks to schedule a case before the Grand Jury.

Then the state attorney general's office argued that the grand jury had been four members short of the full panel, and a judge allowed the case to be resubmitted.

The case sparked outrage in the small community of Sitka, and a grand jury indicted Rosi on felony negligent homicide charges.

The measures include long - sought bills such as raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and enhancing grand jury transparency as well as enshrining a special prosecutor for cases in which civilians die in encounters with police.

Paul Manafort and Rick Gates» case has added a new criminal charge or charges as of today, though whether the action is additional grand - jury approved indictments or indicates a coming a plea agreement remains a mystery.

The move comes as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman continues to question why Abelove took the Edson Thevenin case to a grand jury in 2016.

WASHINGTON — Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan — under fire for not securing a grand - jury indictment in the Eric Garner chokehold case — is being touted to replace convicted tax cheat Michael Grimm in Congress, sources have told The Post.

Yesterday a federal grand jury officially indicted Councilman Dan Halloran and Senator Malcolm Smith et al. in a case involving bribery.

He also proposed lifting some of the secrecy that surrounds the grand jury process, and the creation of a special monitor to investigate cases where a citizen dies after an encounter with a police officer, and the officer is not indicted.

She withdrew from the case last month, citing a conflict because her husband former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek testified in late 2014 before a federal grand jury in Manhattan as part of a related investigation.

«They were interested in Joel Abelove bringing Randy French's case to the grand jury,» said retired Detective Sgt. Patrick Bornt after appearing before the grand jury for 90 minutes at Rensselaer City Hall.

RENSSELAER — A Rensselaer County grand jury on Thursday wanted answers about the speed with which District Attorney Joel Abelove presented a fatal police shooting to another grand jury in 2016, according to a retired Troy detective who investigated the case.

The mayor and police also extensively discussed the Garner case and grand jury decision, as well as the continuing street protests.

Addressing the grand jury decision to not indict the police officer who caused Garner's death, Sharpton «connected the dots» of other cases of African Americans or Latinos killed by police, from Anthony Baez and Abner Louima to Michael Brown and Akai Gurley, urging action.

In both cases, neither officer was ultimately indicted by a grand jury.

White declined to comment on whether the grand jury asked about Abelove's presentation of the fatal shooting case to the April 2016 grand jury.

The case may be presented to a Grand Jury.

In the case of Garner, whose confrontation with police was captured on a dramatic video on which Garner can be heard repeatedly saying he can't breathe, former Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan declined to release minutes from the grand jury.

Retired Troy Police Detective Sgt. Patrick Bornt leaves the Rensselaer City Hall Thursday Sept. 28, 2017 in Rensselaer, N.Y. where a grand jury is hearing the case against Rensselaer County District Attorney

Retired Troy Police Detective Sgt. Patrick Bornt leaves the Rensselaer City Hall Thursday Sept. 28, 2017 in Rensselaer, N.Y. where a grand jury is hearing the case against Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove.

After the governor's proposals to elevate the threshold of adult criminality to 18 years and to create a special monitor to review cases where a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer for killing a potentially unarmed civilian failed to make headway in the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo rolled out a pair of executive orders.

The measure Lippman is introducing would apply to cases in which a grand jury has declined to issue charges or return no bill.

But in an Aug. 4 interview with Capital New York, Adler said «Grand Jury Number Two» in this long - standing case would not be impaneled until Friday, Sept. 5.

Several officials, including the head of the NYPD's biggest union, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, for whom Bratton served as police chief in the 1990s, and former Gov. George Pataki have criticized the mayor in the wake of the officers» deaths and ongoing protests against grand jury decisions not to indict police in the Garner and Brown cases.

Instead of working with Schneiderman's office to determine jurisdiction in the case, Abelove is accused of presenting grand jury testimony and granting immunity to the officer involved in the case and withheld evidence in the process.

The state's top judge on Tuesday called for a package of reforms to the legal system's grand jury process, including transparency in cases involving deaths of civilians caused by police officers.

At the same time, Ortt and Maziarz are seeking the disclosure of a grand jury transcript they believe will shed additional light on the case.

The state's two U.S. senators on Wednesday called for a federal investigation into the death of Eric Garner after a State Island grand jury decided not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the case.

Reports on the no indictment grand jury decision in the Eric Garner death case plus reaction from congressional leaders, and a progressive fight against charter schools.

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. has empanelled a grand jury that is taking testimony in a case involving Mayor Bloomberg's $ 750,000 contribution to the state Independence Party in 2009 that was passed on to campaign operative John Haggerty, who has never fully accounted for how he spent the cash, sources confirm.

Schneiderman said Abelove rushed the shooting case in front a county grand jury that cleared the officer less than a week after the shooting — and after the attorney general's office said they wanted to review the case.

«The fact is, no prosecutor should be critical of anybody until the case goes before the grand jury.

Mr. Thompson is now in the spotlight after grand juries failed to indict police in the cases of Garner and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. because he empaneled a grand jury to decide whether a unarmed Brooklyn man shot to death by a police officer last month should be indicted.

Molinari said he doesn't think the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case will hurt Donovan, even as some criticized the district attorney's handling of the case.

Connellan's case skipped a grand jury after it became clear he would plead to the crime.

Abelove personally presented the case to the Rensselaer County grand jury that cleared Sgt. Randall French in the fatal shooting of Edson Thevenin, 37.

Government lawyers, led by Carrie Heather Cohen, argued that the office's conduct was standard for high - profile cases, and that there «was certainly no prejudice in the grand jury proceedings.»

Newsday has also reported that the boss of those investigators, Christopher McPartland, the district attorney's chief of investigations and one of Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota's closest aides, has received a target letter from the grand jury on the case.