Sentences with phrase «grand jury indictment against»

The grand jury indictment against Ortt involved allegedly false filings of election campaign documents over what Schneiderman said was an illegal scheme intended to make up for a $ 5,000 cut in pay Ortt would get as mayor from posts he held as North Tonawanda city clerk and treasurer.

Ya got ta love it... We have a Grand Jury indictment against this not so intellectually astute Democratic player in South Carolina for showing an obscene picture to another adult that you can buy at any convenience store in our Nation while at the same time we have a Hooker Madame running for office in New York.

Not exact matches

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment Friday against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities accused of violating US laws to interfere with US elections and political processes.

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment Friday against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities accused of violating US laws to interfere with US elections and political...

Albany County Judge Peter Lynch ruled that Sen. Robert Ortt's rights weren't violated during the grand - jury process last month, which resulted in felony indictments against the Niagara County Republican and his predecessor, ex-Sen.

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.

A grand jury today handed up a three - count indictment against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on charges of mail and wire fraud and extortion, a month after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara shook the city's political class with a criminal complaint against the longtime Manhattan legislator.

Albany County Judge Peter Lynch tossed the case against Ortt, saying there was «no valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences which could lead a rational grand jury» to issue the indictment against the senator.

Cuomo himself in recent days has called for a series of criminal justice reforms as well as new police training following a Staten Island grand jury not issuing an indictment against Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

The charges against Mr. Silver changed slightly in a grand jury indictment, and then again with a superseding indictment.

When a Staten Island grand jury refused to return a criminal indictment of an officer in the death of Eric Garner, she issued a press release declaring «the use of excessive and lethal force against people of color is a persistent problem nationwide.»

Chautauqua County Court Judge David Foley dismissed the charge of second degree manslaughter against 34 year - old Thomas Jadlowski in a ruling issued on Wednesday, saying District Attorney Patrick Swanson erred when he presented the case in front of a grand jury while seeking an indictment.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, who is accused of two misdemeanors and one felony related to his handling of a fatal police shooting case, has moved to dismiss the indictment against him, arguing that «the evidence before the grand jury» did not support the charges, according to court filings this month.

Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who unsuccessfully sought an indictment last year against a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black Staten Island man, expressed pity for the grand jury involved in the case in his first radio interview since becoming the official GOP nominee to replace former Congressman Michael Grimm.

Following the Garner grand jury decision, Cuomo said that he, «like many Americans,» was surprised that no indictment was leveled against Officer Daniel Pantaleo, especially since there was a powerful video that captured Pantaleo putting an arm around the Staten Islander's neck as Pantaleo and other officers wrestled him to the ground.

Councilwoman Debi Rose, a Staten Island Democrat, said tonight she was «profoundly disappointed» that a grand jury decided not to bring an indictment against the police officer who placed Eric Garner in the chokehold that many say led to his death.

Supreme Court Justice Steven L. Barrett dismissed the manslaughter indictment against Haste in May because he said prosecutors» instructions to the grand jury who indicted Haste were faulty.

The original manslaughter indictment against Haste was dismissed in May by Supreme Court Justice Steven L. Barrett, who ruled that prosecutors from the office of Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson erred when they instructed the grand jury that it did not have to consider communications other officers gave Haste that Graham, 18, had a gun.

Support for charges against Pantaleo was especially strong among Black adults, with 85 % stating that the grand jury was wrong not to bring an indictment and 86 % expressing support for federal civil rights charges, according to the New York Times / Siena College poll.

A Wake County grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday against Nancy Errichetti, 55,

Following a seventeen month long investigation a grand jury returned indictments against 55 people.Â

The people who would be prosecuted at trial would be those against whom the prosecutors could get grand jury indictments.

His failure to disclose this asset in his bankruptcy schedules, as mandated by the Code, led a grand jury three years later to return a six - count indictment against him that eventually resulted in a bankruptcy fraud conviction and a 27 month jail sentence.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

It is said that, under the form of writ used in this case, the defendant in the prosecution which might follow an indictment by the grand jury would not be apprised of the name of the precise witness who might have appeared against him, and § 829 of the Revised Statutes and the Sixth Amendment of the Federal Constitution are invoked.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

We are therefore of the opinion that the court below no more erred in sustaining this indictment than it did at a former term, at the instance of this same plaintiff in error, in adjudging another bad which was found against him for the same offence by a grand jury composed of twenty - three persons.

And it was required, in cases where the grand jury in attendance upon any of these courts should terminate its session without proceeding by indictment or otherwise against any prisoner named in the list, that the judge of the court should forthwith make an order that such prisoner, desiring a discharge, should be brought before him or the court to be discharged, on entering into recognizance, if required, to keep the peace and for good behavior, or to appear, as the court might direct, to be further dealt with according to law.

The military commission could not have jurisdiction to try and sentence Milligan if he could not be detained in prison under his original arrest or under sentence after the close of a session of the grand jury without indictment or other proceeding against him.