Sentences with phrase «guilty by a jury»

A former U.S. Army sergeant and two other U.S. citizens were found guilty by a jury in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday of taking part in a plot to murder a woman in the Philippines for money, prosecutors said.

Today, Silver was found guilty by a jury of seven counts in federal court related to corruption charges.

State Senator Tom Libous of Binghamton was found guilty by jury of lying to the FBI, for using his political influence to get a son Matthew a job with a Westchester County Law firm.

Tom Libous, one of the state's most prominent and powerful Republican lawmakers in the Senate, has been found guilty by jury of lying to federal agents in a case stemming from his son receiving a job at a politically connected law firm in Westchester County.

Pryce was found guilty by a jury last week of perverting the course of justice by taking speeding points for Huhne in 2003.

Taylor was the first parliamentarian to be tried and found guilty by a jury over the expenses scandal.

• On or about March 29, 2009, Kathy Bauck was found guilty by a jury verdict of four misdemeanor counts pertaining to animal cruelty and torture in the case of State of Minnesota v. Kathy Jo Bauck, 56 - CR -08-2271.

Mr. Caswell is only accused of a crime, but is still innocent until proven guilty by jury.

We have been able to obtain numerous outstanding case results, including not guilty by jury in Criminal Sexual Conduct cases, successful CSC appeals, drug possession and possession with intent not guilty verdicts and deferred sentences, negligent homicide dismissals, driver's license restoration and more.

Yet he was found guilty by another jury based upon circumstantial evidence during a subsequent civil trial.

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's former business associate, Rick Gates, pleaded not guilty on Monday after being indicted by a grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.

Once a judge allows someone to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, prosecutors must convince the jury the defendant was sane.

While they opened the trial by admitting Tsarnaev's role, he has maintained his not - guilty plea, leaving prosecutors to first convince the jury of his guilt before moving on to the question of whether he should be sentenced to death or to life in prison without possibility of parole.

David Demos, 36, was found not guilty Thursday of securities fraud by a federal jury in Hartford, Connecticut.

A jury found Cosby guilty last week on three counts of aggravated indecent assault brought on by one woman, although dozens have accused him of sexual assault.

Ross Ulbricht, 30, was found guilty by a Manhattan federal jury on all seven counts he faced after a closely watched four - week trial spilling out of U.S. investigations of the use of the bitcoin digital currency for drug trafficking and other crimes.

My father wondered how a local jury could give the defendants a fair hearing when they had already been declared guilty by the local paper.

Martin Shkreli, who became famous a couple years ago for price gouging an AIDS drug, was found guilty by a Brooklyn jury on two counts of securities fraud and a count of conspiracy.

«With today's verdict of guilty reached by an impartial and independent jury, the clean - up of corruption in New York continues in courtrooms.

Britain's first black Tory peer was found guilty of fraudulently claiming # 11,277 in parliamentary expenses by a jury at Southwark Crown Court, which found him guilty by an 11 - 1 majority verdict.

Queens political operative John Haggerty was sprung from jail Saturday after posting $ 250,000 bail but faces up to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty Friday by a Manhattan jury of grand larceny and money laundering after being accused of stealing $ 1.1 million from Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

«The dramatic disparity gives rise to an unacceptably high, «meaningful» risk that the jury could find Linda Mangano guilty merely by association, «she argued in court papers.

The court, presided over by Mrs Justice Merley Afua Wood, passed the death sentence last Wednesday after a seven - member jury unanimously found Frimpong guilty on two counts of murder.

NEW YORK, NY — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acts.

DEAN SKELOS and ADAM SKELOS were found guilty by a unanimous jury on December 11, 2015, of conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right, conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud, three counts of extortion under color of official right, and three counts of soliciting and receiving bribes.

By Tuesday, when a Manhattan jury found Percoco — whom Cuomo had known for decades and characterized as «my father's third son» — guilty of taking $ 300,000 in bribes from a donor to the governor's campaign, his former boss and best friend had decamped back to the state capital.

«With today's verdict of guilty reached by an impartial and independent jury, the clean - up of corruption in New York continues in courtrooms,» Mr. Bharara said a statement.

Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni, former aides of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, were found guilty on all counts by a jury in the Bridgegate trial.

Updated, 12:40 p.m. John F. Haggerty Jr., a Republican political consultant accused of stealing $ 1.1 million from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg during Mr. Bloomberg's 2009 re-election campaign, was found guilty of second - degree grand larceny and second - degree money laundering by a jury in Manhattan on Friday morning.

Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

After the fourth guilty pronouncement by the jury forewoman, Mr. Silver's shoulders sagged visibly inside his baggy navy blue suit.

The rookie officer was found guilty earlier this month of manslaughter by a mostly white jury and now faces up to 15 years in prison.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco has been found guilty on three counts of bribery and conspiracy to commit honest service fraud by a federal jury in Manhattan today.

Silver, who was found guilty by a federal jury in November on corruption charges, was originally slated for an April 13 sentencing.

SILVER was found guilty by a unanimous jury on November 30, 2015, of two counts of honest services wire fraud, two counts of honest services mail fraud, two counts of extortion under color of official right, and one count of engaging in illegal monetary transactions.

Joseph Percoco, his face flushed and his demeanor dour, was found guilty by a deeply - divided jury that sent out surprising word of its verdict at 11:42 a.m. after twice announcing they were at an impasse.

In 2015, Silver was found guilty by another Manhattan jury and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

A federal jury Friday found former Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence guilty of 20 of 22 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud in connection with municipal bonds issued by the town and the Ramapo Local Development Corporation.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Former state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos today were found guilty by a federal jury in Manhattan on eight counts charging the once - powerful lawmaker used his political influence to force businesses to hire the son.

By law, Silver was automatically expelled from his 65th Assembly District seat upon the Manhattan federal jury's guilty verdict.

Silver, the former state Assembly speaker found guilty of public corruption charges Monday by a jury, could be heading to prison, too.

While a judge, jury or, more likely, a guilty plea will ultimately determine Silver's suitability for prison, the facts presented by prosecutors convict him beyond any doubt of abusing his office for personal enrichment.

However, 23 year - old Justin Haffa was found guilty on a lesser charge of 3rd degree robbery by a jury in Chautauqua County Court, which delivered its verdict on Wednesday afternoon.

Royce Corley, 29, was found guilty by a Manhattan federal jury of sex trafficking minors and possessing child pornography.

After a trial which might best be described as a rush to judgment, Hunt was found guilty by an all - white jury which took the word of a couple of shady characters over that of an innocent African - American kid with a solid alibi.

The police also abused multiple other guests, who testified at their trial, where they were found not guilty by an all - white jury.

This story, along with other video and reports, was reported to the Otter Tail County Sheriff Department, and resulted in Kathy Bauck being found guilty of animal torture by a jury verdict in 2009.

The opinion means the Court disagreed with all six arguments submitted by Bell and upheld the guilty decision made by the jury.

And by August 1967, when The Fugitive proved Kimble's innocence to a record TV audience, Sheppard had been retried and found not guilty by a Cuyahoga County jury.

This is partly evidenced by the fact once the option is selected, a piece of paper is produced that claims that you've appeared, pleaded no - contest and waived your right to a judge or a jury trial, at which point you're found guilty, with a deferred judgment, and with the option of case dismissal should certain conditions be satisfied.