Sentences with phrase «grand jury testimony»

Prosecutors chafe under a state law that gives witnesses automatic immunity for crimes discussed in grand jury testimony.
Since then, the Staten Island Republican party backed Donovan, who's currently trying to block courts from releasing grand jury testimony in the Eric Garner case, to fill the vacant seat.
Last year, the court agreed to the release with the stipulation that any material related to or derived from grand jury testimony be redacted.
«Monday's Three Burning Legal Questions Main Paterno's Death Causes Key Grand Jury Testimony to Be Inadmissible Under Sixth Amendment»
Scheduled grand jury testimony regarding Flynn was also postponed by prosecutors.
While I do not have the medial evidence (or the leaked grand jury testimony) to prove it, something makes me think that David Boston used a similar technique.
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.
Thompson stumbled on a gold mine of records 10 years ago, when a clerk in Erie County gave her access to thousands of Attica documents, including grand jury testimony and depositions that had never been public.
At the time, Senator Savino urged Staten Islanders to respect the judicial process, but sponsored a bill, along with Staten Island Assemblymember Matthew Titone, requiring grand jury testimony to be made public.
The Los Angeles Times reports that it and the New York Times were among media outlets that decided not to run accounts of the purported grand jury testimony today, because they could not confirm that the transcript matched that on file in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.
Successfully represented employer in lengthy criminal and civil investigations by the Attorney General's office and other regulatory agencies involving wage - hour, tax and prevailing wage claims - including representing witnesses in grand jury testimony
Danes «knew several of the suspects of the investigation and allegedly disclosed to them specific details and contents of grand jury testimony,» according to AG Eric Schneiderman's office.
«Paterno's Death Causes Key Grand Jury Testimony to Be Inadmissible Under Sixth Amendment Main Thursday's Three Burning Legal Questions»
In April, a state judge approved that release with the caveat that no material from grand jury testimony could be disclosed.
Civil liberties lawyers urged a state judge to reverse Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's attempt to keep secret the grand jury testimony concerning the police chokehold death of Eric Garner, saying the public needs to reconcile a widely watched video of the arrest with the decision not to indict the officer involved.
[Civil liberties lawyers urged a state judge to reverse Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's attempt to keep secret the grand jury testimony concerning the police chokehold death of Eric Garner....]
STATEN ISLAND — The state's highest court agreed Monday to expedite the appeals process to release the grand jury testimony in the Eric Garner case.
Lawyers for the public advocate argued that the release of the grand jury testimony would help the public understand the grand jury's decision and help lawmakers make reforms to the process.
«The court notes that there was opinion testimony offered to the effect that (1) but for being asked by Henry Wojtasek, Synor probably would not have hired Meghan Ortt, (2) that she had a «no - show job,» and (3) that Synor was a conduit for funds to be paid to her,» the judge wrote of the grand jury testimony he inspected.
The judge noted that Ortt said in his grand jury testimony that he was approached in 2008 by Maziarz, then a politically potent GOP senator, along with Bill Patton and Wojtaszek about running for North Tonawanda mayor.
Mangano's grand jury testimony in the Skelos case occurred before the indictment of Singh on Long Island, so prosecutors in the Southern District would have had no reason then to ask him during the Skelos investigation about Singh or possible questionable activities in Oyster Bay.
Wade said he showed up for his grand jury testimony armed with a newspaper article about Jack Casey, a former Rensselaer County Republican chairman, once soliciting campaign donations from county workers.
Lynch wrote that the law concerning grand jury testimony «does not grant the right to a second opportunity to give further testimony, following the completion of the people's examination.
In his grand jury testimony, the president had been more careful than in his deposition, seven months earlier.
Increasingly, the savvier members of the prosecution staff recognized that their entire case came down to the sex - whether the president had lied about it in his deposition and then in his grand jury testimony.
New York is one of 10 states where prosecutors can wait until a trial to turn over witness names and statements, grand jury testimony and other evidence known as discovery, which backs up criminal charges.
Skakel contended his lawyer would have realized he needed to question Ossorio based on the grand jury testimony of Ossorio's girlfriend, who mentioned she was in another room of the home with her «beau» during the program.
In his grand jury testimony — his only sworn testimony in the case — Paterno corroborated McQueary, testifying under oath that McQueary told Paterno that he saw Sandusky engaged in fondling or «doing something of a sexual nature» to a boy.
With Paterno's death, however, his grand jury testimony is no longer admissible.
Case involved significant issues related to eDiscovery and resulted in client's grand jury testimony and no charges being filed against client.
Giardino sided with the prosecution and ruled that jurors could hear Bethea's grand jury testimony, saying Smith had the «motive and the opportunity» to intimidate Bethea.
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