Sentences with phrase «guilty plea deal»

«An experienced attorney is less likely to just take the easiest guilty plea deal,» concluded Mallo.

At first blush, Zuk was lucky that he was able to strike a guilty plea deal for only one count of child porn distribution.

Not exact matches

Whether the perpetrator is found guilty after a trial or takes a plea deal to avoid trial, the court has the power to make restitution a condition of the sentence or probation.

Meanwhile, Flynn struck a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller and pleaded guilty in federal court last month to making false statements to federal investigators about his discussions in December 2016 with Russia's ambassador to the US at the time, Sergey Kislyak.

Congressional Republicans are rushing this through before anyone has a chance to grasp all of the bad stuff in it and before special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation possibly ensnares bigger fish than former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to a charge Friday as part of a plea deal.

But he has now agreed to a plea deal with Mueller's team, pleading guilty to just one false statements charge and one conspiracy charge.

Five of these people have already pleaded guilty — the latest being former Trump campaign staffer Rick Gates, who signed a plea deal and committed to cooperate with Mueller's investigation Friday.

Polanski originally pleaded not guilty, but ultimately agreed to a plea deal for a single charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

• Vincent dealt swiftly and fairly with New York Yankee reliever Steve Howe — for whom there are not enough violins in this world — by handing Howe his seventh drug - related suspension, this one for an indefinite period, following his guilty plea to a charge of attempting to possess cocaine.

Meanwhile, Adidas had confirmed that they had terminated his sponsorship deal in light of his guilty plea earlier in the day, while Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce had conceded that the former England international wouldn't be included in the squad for this weekend's clash with Manchester United.

Former State Fair Director Peter Cappuccilli Jr. pleaded guilty to official misconduct and agreed to pay $ 50,000 restitution but avoided jail in a plea deal that dismissed more serious charges.

Federal prosecutors offered Sampson a plea deal of three to four years if he pleaded guilty to the embezzlement and obstruction charges.

The state Assembly representative for the region that includes the Clinton Correctional Facility is slamming the plea deal that the Clinton County District Attorney reached with Joyce Mitchell, who pleaded guilty this week to helping inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat escape from the maximum security prison last month.

He freely admitted he had spent two decades as a deadbeat stiffing dozens of creditors, and had pleaded guilty to bank theft in 2010 for spending a phony $ 45,000 bank deposit as well as bribery and embezzlement as part of his plea deal.

Geddes, N.Y. — Former New York State Fair Director Peter Cappuccilli Jr. pleaded guilty today to official misconduct and agreed to pay the state $ 50,000 restitution but avoided jail in a plea deal that dismissed more serious charges.

Sampson, 47, was released Monday on $ 250,000 bond after prosecutors told a judge they already offered him a plea deal that could him behind bars for a maximum of about four years if he pleads guilty to the top embezzlement count and a lesser charge in a nine - count indictment.

Last week, the Times reported Hevesi was in negotiations with Cuomo's office for a plea deal that would require him to plead guilty to a second felony corruption charge and do time in prison.

A 14 - year - old boy has pleaded guilty in Niagara County Family Court as part of a plea deal related to a massive recycling plant fire in Lockport that killed his teenage friend.

The Quadrangle settlement was one of five deals announced yesterday by Cuomo, whose investigation has stretched from coast to coast and so far netted six guilty pleas.

He has pleaded not guilty and, according to multiple reports, has rejected all offers of a plea deal, threatening to spill the beans in court on what Team Bloomberg knew and when they knew it.

One thing is certain: Cuomo is doing no favors for DiNapoli by negotiating this deal with Hevesi so close to the general election, which is the first time the former assemblyman has run statewide since being placed in the comptroller's office by his legislative colleagues in February 2007 after Hevesi's first guilty felony plea in Chauffeurgate.

Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke has pleaded guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

And in the wake of Howe's guilty plea to corruption charges, the state's pursuit of multimillion - dollar deals and lucrative land transfers without competition and public scrutiny takes on a more ominous feel.

McInerney's guilty plea was part of a deal in which he agreed to cooperate with Special Prosecutor Trey Smith's investigation.

Plea deal leaves actor with a felony on his record DA»S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe today announced that Stephen Baldwin (DOB 05/16/66) of Upper Grandview, New York pled guilty to one count of Repeated Failure to File Personal Income Tax Returns, a class «E» Felony.

Lowe pled guilty to the manslaughter charge as part of a plea deal in Tompkins County Court.

Prosecutors say that Espada and his son (also named Pedro) will be offered plea deals for reduced sentences in exchange for admission of wrongdoing — but knowing the Espadas, who pleaded not guilty to the original charges, they're probably not going to give an inch.

A middle aged man, Muideen Agboola, who is standing trial for dealing in hard drugs, on Monday entered a plea of guilty at a Federal High...

Indeed, Silver's conviction could have a greater impact than any of the many guilty verdicts and plea deals that preceded it, including the initial conviction of former Senate Leader Joseph L. Bruno almost exactly six years ago.

In plea deal, youth gets 21 years for killing gay teen Brandon McInerney avoids a retrial by pleading guilty to shooting Larry King.

Ms. Stoia pled guilty to one count of animal cruelty and as part of the plea deal, all 11 cats were surrendered to the BCSPCA.

JOHN HAS SUBMITTED A GUILTY PLEA IN A DEAL WITH U.S. OFFICIALS THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN RESOLVED).

For those cases where guilty pleas will be entered, complicated preliminary hearings dealing with culpability bandings and turnover utilising experts will become the norm.

Specific topics covered include the role of the prosecutor, defendant and justice of the peace; the presumption of innocence; proof beyond a reasonable doubt and findings of credibility; elements of an offence; guilty pleas to an offence charged or another offence; mens rea, strict liability and absolute liability offences; defences to regulatory charges, including due diligence, reasonable mistake of fact and officially induced error; trial procedure; presentation of evidence; rules of evidence; the voir dire; dealing with the unrepresented defendant; Charter applications; access to justice issues; paralegals and lawyers in the courtroom; requests for a bilingual trial; articulating reasons for judgment; delivery of a judgment; sentencing; and trials of young persons.

Most courts, including Maryland, believe that it is unfair to defendants in civil cases to allow traffic ticket guilty pleas to hover over an accident case because tickets are — for better or worse — not a big deal to most people.

Whether there was a trial or the you pled guilty / no contest (accepting plea deals is included in this);

The Crown recognizes that not all types of offences need to be dealt with through guilty pleas or trials, and that sometimes helping out in the community can make up for harm caused by an offence.

There are particular difficulties in giving an indication in respect of a young offender — under 18 at the date of his plea of guilty or his conviction — because there is the additional option, which is not available when dealing with an adult, of imposing an extended sentence in respect of a serious specified offence.

Vancouver Criminal Defense Lawyer Emmet J. Duncan negotiated over several months with Crown Counsel and after those negotiations, the Prosecution agreed that in the face of a variety of problems with the Crown case, and even more so, given substantial steps the Client had taken towards rehabilitation, the most appropriate way to deal with the case was to DROP ALL CRIMINAL CHARGES and accept a guilty plea under the Motor Vehicle Act.

This judgment is also remarkable in that such was the judge's antipathy to the notion of the SFO doing deals that it asserted that the sentencing court's jurisdiction extends much further in response to a guilty plea.

In the context of dealing with the issue of remorse on the one hand and pleas of guilty on the other, sentencing is not simply a matter of arithmetical precision.

«It was definitely a distraction for the company for a period of time, and expensive, but everybody throughout the company, as well as the Crown prosecutor and the authorities we dealt with on the guilty plea, agree that but for the fact Niko went through the process they did, they wouldn't have been dealt with as leniently as they were.

Deferred Disposition is a form of plea deal, where a defendant pleads «Guilty» or «No Contest» to criminal charges in exchange for meeting certain requirements laid out by the court within an allotted period of time also ordered by the court.

Word that Garza would plead guilty to the charge emerged through statements by former customers who had spoken with federal investigators and later shared letters from the Department of Justice detailing the pending plea deal.