Sentences with phrase «guilty by indictment»

If found guilty by indictment, the accused faces imprisonment for a maximum of 10 years.

Not exact matches

The searches open a new front for the Justice Department in its scrutiny of Mr. Trump and his associates: His longtime lawyer is being investigated in Manhattan; his son - in - law, Jared Kushner, is facing scrutiny by prosecutors in Brooklyn; his former campaign chairman is under indictment; his former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying; and a pair of former campaign aides are cooperating with Mr. Mueller.

Michael Vick after entering a guilty plea After he was named in a very - detailed, 84 - count Federal indictment for hosting dogfights in his home, for funding the entire operation, and for executing losing pit bulls by means of lynching, drowning, electrocution and body slams, MichaeI Vick retained a Dream Team of five, very high - priced attorneys, masterminded by Billy Martin, the same hired gun who recently represented former Dick Cheney hatchet man Scooter Libby.

For the past year, we have been following the story of billionaire Steven Cohen's SAC Capital, particularly its unprecedented indictment followed by a guilty plea and a record $ 1.8 billion... Read More

A Judge will not usually object to a legally - represented defendant applying, by consent (i.e. through the prosecutor), to amend the indictment in order to enter a plea of guilty.

By the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, s71 (in force on 6 April 2010) a person, who holds another person in slavery or servitude or requires another person to perform forced or compulsory labour (see Art 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights), is guilty of an offence liable on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months in England and Wales or six months in Northern Ireland or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both and on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or a fine or both.

Nothing in KRS 432.230 to 432.270 shall prevent any court or judge from proceeding against any person writing or publishing a libel or slanderous words concerning such court or judge in relation to his judicial conduct in court by indictment, nor prevent any court from punishing any person guilty of a contempt in resisting or disobeying any judicial order or process issued by or under the authority of such court.»

Also, really absurdly nitpicky note: under the «Don't include irrelevant info» paragraph it looks like the «arraignments» was written (def: A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted by law.