Sentences with phrase «guilty pleas at»

Each applicant entered guilty pleas at different days.

«Costs rose when the county moved to a contract system [and there was also] a decline in the number of cases taken to jury trial, an increase in guilty pleas at first instance hearings, a decline in the filing of motions to suppress, a decline in requests for expert assistance, and an increase in complaints received by the court from defendants.»

For example, in the magistrates» court defendants are charged # 150 for a guilty plea at the first appearance and # 520 for a conviction after a not guilty plea.

Since trials also cost the state money, most judges will offer a lighter sentence in exchange for a guilty plea at the arraignment.

Michael Koribanics, attorney for Chmielarz, told the E-Commerce Times on Tuesday that his client planned to enter a not guilty plea at a hearing scheduled for later in the day before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Hammer in Newark federal court.

Not exact matches

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.

Daiichi Sankyo's press release comes in the wake not only of Ranbaxy's highly unusual criminal guilty plea and $ 500 million in fines and penalties — the largest ever against a generic - drug maker — but also a lengthy Fortune article that exposed for the first time the depth and extent of the fraud charges leveled at the company and the knowledge of senior company executives.

William Yeomans, a former deputy assistant attorney general who spent 26 years at the Justice Department, said Flynn's guilty plea «is likely big trouble for several members of the Trump administration.»

The cost to GEI for the internal investigation at the time of making the guilty plea was $ 5 million, and furthermore GEI had to abandon its planned IPO.

On March 14, when Cruz stood mute at arraignment and the judge entered a not guilty plea for him, lawyers discussed what little they knew about Cruz's financial situation.

The firm's solicitor entered guilty pleas to both charges at Coventry Magistrates» Court a week after 79 - year - old bus driver Kailash Chander appeared before JPs charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

He has not been required to enter a plea yet but during his first appearance at the same court during the summer he asked his lawyer to explain he intended to plead not guilty.

[89] The judge defended the decision stating «Ms Harman's guilty plea to driving without due care and attention included her admitting that she had been using a mobile phone at the time».

Press conference at Erie County DA's office re: guilty plea of former UB administrators, including Dennis Black https://t.co/KRGsbEqtzu

Responding to Bhahara's filing, Silver's lawyer Steven Molo issued a statement noting that Silver «entered an unequivocal plea of NOT GUILTY» at his arraignment two weeks ago because «he is not guilty.&GUILTY» at his arraignment two weeks ago because «he is not guilty.&guilty.»

Singh, a longtime friend of the Manganos, entered a secret guilty plea to bribing Mangano, Venditto and an unnamed New York City official at the U.S. District Courthouse in Central Islip on Oct. 17, 2016 — one year, one month and 11 days after Mei.

The plea came a week after Grimm pleaded not guilty to charges he evaded taxes by underreporting the amounts of wages and receipts at a Manhattan restaurant he once co-owned.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, who appointed Burke to chief of department and had long - supported him in the face of at times intense criticism, said in a statement: «Jim Burke, someone I entrusted with great responsibility, lied to my face for nearly three years and orchestrated a cover - up to perpetuate that lie... Burke's guilty plea today is a positive step forward in restoring justice in this County.»

Judge Patrick McGill then entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of Sweat, who was serving a life sentence without parole at Clinton Correctional when he and another inmate, Richard Matt, escaped on June 6.

A guilty plea has been entered in a case involving illegal aliens working at local Mexican restaurants.

Roque was assigned a public defender who entered a not guilty plea on his behalf at the Broome County Central Arraignment facility, according to a Binghamton University news release.

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...

John «Jack» Thompson, the former Westport Central teacher accused of secretly filming students at his Willsboro home, accepted a plea bargain on Thursday and pled guilty to four felony counts of unlawful surveillance in the second degree.

The appellate ruling led Mr. Bharara to vacate guilty pleas and convictions of at least seven other people.

A judge entered a not - guilty plea for David Sweat at his arraignment Thursday in Plattsburgh on two felony counts of first - degree escape and a charge of promoting prison contraband.

The MP, who was due to stand trial at Southwark crown court, today changed his plea to guilty, admitting three charges of false accounting relating to claims for repairs, utility bills, council tax and house maintenance between 2005 and 2008.

But by the ages of 28 to 33, about 20 percent of men with at least a high school diploma but less than a bachelor's degree hold some kind of criminal conviction or guilty plea.

Any member of the district administrative or supervisory staff, including any principal but excluding an employee specified in subsection (4), may be suspended or dismissed at any time during the term of the contract; however, the charges against him or her must be based on immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency, gross insubordination, willful neglect of duty, drunkenness, or being convicted or found guilty of, or entering a plea of guilty, regardless of adjudication of guilt, any crime involving moral turpitude, as these terms are defined by rule of the State Board of Education.

A guilty plea has been entered in the case of «Libre the Puppy,» whose condition at the time of his rescue prompted worldwide outrage and systemic changes in how Lancaster County handles similar cases of abuse.

He made the comment in announcing guilty pleas from two dealers and their businesses caught in New York City with upwards of a ton of illegal ivory goods with a retail value estimated at $ 2 million.

Lefebvre, 65, has continued as a climate activist and blogger at the site, and has funded other climate alarmist venues and events since his guilty plea.

The offer is typically in the form of «If the defendant will plea guilty now to the charge we want him to plea guilty to, then at the time of sentencing the prosecution will recommend to the judge that the sentence be as follows...».

While you have the option to plead «guilty,» you will probably plead «not guilty,» at this point unless your defense attorney has already negotiated a favorable plea agreement that you wish to accept.

Unrepresented accused persons + the greater rate at which they plead guilty + the power given the Crown prosecutor by plea bargaining, produce a lot of injustice.

It is the duty of a criminal lawyer to «appropriately negotiate a guilty plea and sentence for a client who faces inevitable conviction at trial, or for a client who simply wishes to acknowledge guilt».

At the criminal courts, more often than not there will be a guilty plea.

«For a defendant to be penalized by the government — whether you call it «punishment» or «forfeiture» — for a purported criminal act, the government should, one would hope, be required to obtain a finding of criminal guilt (i.e., guilt beyond a reasonable doubt), either by guilty plea or conviction at trial.»

These factors included that the guilty pleas of the two directors and the company came at a relatively early opportunity (the charges were laid in December 2013 and the guilty pleas were entered in October 2014), trial dates were never set, and, it is the authors» understanding, neither of the directors had prior convictions under the OHSA.

At the first appearance, your arraignment, your attorney will enter a plea of not guilty on your behalf.

They may continue to do so at trial, although if convicted they will lose the reduction in sentence normally given for a guilty plea.

In comparing Swartz to the other decisions, it must be remembered that Metron Construction pleaded guilty to criminal negligence (and eventually received a fine of $ 750,000 under the Criminal Code) at the same time as the company president entered his guilty pleas to the OHSA offences.

There are much worse examples, such as bail conditions that unnecessarily tear families apart and induce pleas of guilty from people who are in fact not guilty at all.

«After that, for the third person to call the percentage reduction in fine goes down and there is a possibility to a likelihood that the people involved at the executive level will be called to account personally and have to plea guilty to an offense.»

See also Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea Guideline Consultation, Sentencing Council, 11 February 2016, Section 3, at para.

F. Joseph Warin, chair of the litigation department at corporate law firm Gibson Dunn, said, «On balance is what we're seeing is this vehicle has become an alternative to a plea of guilty for businesses that are in a regulated industry.»

Rule 27.04 (2) reads: Except with the express consent of the prosecutor and counsel of record for the accused, the pre-hearing conference judge shall not disclose to the judge presiding at the proceedings any communications or discussion relating to a plea of guilty unless, whether pursuant to subsection 606 (4) of the Code or otherwise, a plea of guilty will be entered at the proceedings.

Again, the prime focus is to achieve quick pleas of guilty at the earliest possible moment in a trial process, effectively the first hearing in the Magistrates Court, with a reducing discount on the sentence for every hearing in which a plea is not tendered as the process continues.

At the end of this whole process the resulting discount of 30 % on the fine is no different to that which could be achieved through early co-operation and a guilty plea.

In the crown court, the charge stands at # 900 for a guilty plea and # 1,200 for a conviction after a not guilty plea.

At this point, the defendant must enter a plea of «guilty» or «not guilty.»