Sentences with phrase «guilty pleas by»

And so there were many more trials that would otherwise have been guilty pleas by self - represented accused persons.

UB officials, meanwhile, say several policies were adjusted and updated following the discovery of fiscal improprieties that resulted in Thursday's guilty pleas by Dennis Black and Andrea Constantino.

And yet the cause of human liberation deserves and needs more than a guilty plea by those conscious of their relative privilege.

What: A guilty plea by Howe was unsealed when Preet Bharara announced a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges against nine people in September 2016.

The conviction stemmed from a guilty plea by the accused person.

A guilty plea by a ninth person, former lobbyist and longtime Cuomo ally Todd Howe, was unsealed as well.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the guilty plea by now Democratic former Sen. Carl Kruger «unfortunate» this evening, but said the new disclosure database created by the June ethics legislation will provide some much needed sunlight to Albany.

But such power by threat, can force a guilty plea by an innocent person — see the wrongful conviction case of, R. v. Hanemaayer, 2008 ONCA 580, 234 C.C.C. (3d) 3.

In a case involving possession of a small amount of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, the prosecutor will frequently seek a sentence of two years or two and a half years on a guilty plea by an offender with no prior, or unrelated, record.

You can enter a not guilty plea by mailing or faxing a written statement to the court listed on your citation.

Not exact matches

Jha's guilty plea confirmed an earlier report by cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebbs, who wrote an article in Jan. 2017 tracing the Mirai botnet attacks to Jha and White.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to the FBI, the first Trump White House official to make a guilty plea so far in a wide - ranging investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller.

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.

The prior three corporate convictions under the CFPOA have been achieved by the entering of guilty pleas.2 The Court also for the first time interpreted the meaning of key provisions in the statute, including clarifying that an inchoate offence of conspiracy exists under the CFPOA and in what circumstances a real and substantial connection will be required and found.

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.

• 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.

Despite the charges and Carr's guilty plea, her fans still stand by her — even raising money for her on a Facebook page created by In Service to Women, a group that supports midwifery and now hopes to help pay for Carr's legal fees.

He pleaded guilty to three counts of defilement and was sentenced, on his own plea, by the Court presided over by Ms. Audrey Kocuvie - Tay, to 25 years imprisonment on each count; to run concurrently.

Wilson wasted no time in going for DiNapoli's jugular, referring to him as the «unelected comptroller» (he was elevated to his post in 2007 by his former Assembly colleagues following former Comptroller Alan Hevesi's guilty plea to a felony and subsequent resignation).

One by one, they stood up, entering pleas of not guilty.

«As a lawyer, I can tell you, any judge that assesses an accused person not to be in a proper frame of mind, even if the accused person pleads guilty, he is duty bound by law to record a plea of not guilty if he is not satisfied as to the soundness of the mind of the accused person.

Thursday marked Hevesi's second guilty plea since 2006 when he pleaded guilty in a case involving misuse of state resources brought by Albany County District Attorney David Soares.

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.

The lawyer for Christopher Loeb, who was assaulted by Burke, filed a motion Wednesday stating that Loeb's guilty pleas for grand larceny and drug possession should be set aside based on the guilty pleas from police department members.

The criminal case was resolved with a guilty plea entered Sept. 20, 2000 by 4628 Group Inc., a subsidiary of Ellicott Development.

«The payments have ranged in size, but the largest before the BNP Paribas settlement was $ 715 million paid by Credit Suisse AG in conjunction with its guilty plea in a tax evasion case.»

His candidacy has been married by his guilty plea to a misdemeanor violation of state election law for gathering phony petition signatures.

Sampson pleaded not guilty, but has one month to decide whether to take the following plea agreement: Accept a sentence of 37 to 46 months by pleading to embezzlement and one other charge.

The guilty plea comes after Wills was found guilty of corruption charges filed by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for embezzling money from the state Office of Children and Family Services and the New York City Campaign Finance Board.

The district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, was vacated by Grimm following his guilty plea on a felony count of tax evasion.

By Chris Cillizza November 28, 2005; 11:55 AM ET Categories: House Save & Share: Previous: The Friday Line: Ten House Races to Watch Next: Rep. Cunningham Enters Guilty Plea, Resigns

Taggard's attorney, Tom Petro, declined Tuesday to discuss the guilty plea or the other allegations made by Carnright.

«Eric Illsley sentenced to a year in jail after his guilty plea to false accounting over his expenses Main A by - election is now due to take place in Leicester South»

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.

The CEO of Columbia Development entered a not guilty plea in the bid - rigging case being brought by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

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.

And, as expected, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has also released a statement on the guilty plea to a felony corruption charge by his predecessor, Alan Hevesi.

In the guilty plea case a former state Senator from Niagara (George Maziarz) admitted to the criminal misuse of his campaign funds by illegally steering them into the pocket of an aide.

When the former Republican state senator pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor on March 2 to satisfy five felony election law charges brought by Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, most observers thought the plea meant the inside story of Maziarz's Niagara County machine would never be told.

In 2009, an investigation into absentee ballot fraud by Democratic officials and party operatives in the Working Families Party primaries resulted in several guilty pleas and two acquittals

He also said he was fully vetted by the Second Department Grievance Committee of the New York court system, which conducted a thorough investigation into all the circumstances leading up to his guilty plea to determine his character and fitness to continue practicing law.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has approached the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal seeking to set aside the guilty plea entered by four companies which were accused of laundering a sum of $ 15.591 m being claimed by the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience.

The district, the most conservative in New York City, was previously represented by a proudly anti-de Blasio congressman in Michael Grimm, a Republican who resigned in January following a guilty plea to a tax evasion charge.

Mr. Bharara also secured a guilty plea against SAC Capital, the hugely successful hedge fund founded by Mr. Cohen.

Swain is set to decide April 10 whether she will accept the guilty plea and sentence the Stamford - based firm founded by Greenwich billionaire Steven A. Cohen.

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.

Ex Cllr Ian Dolby has been told by a Judge to expect a custodial sentence, after he changed his plea to guilty part way through his trial.

Gonzalez tried to withdraw his guilty plea earlier this year and go to trial, a request denied by Pauley.

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.

(By early summer of 2006 there were 20 guilty pleas.)