Sentences with phrase «guilty pleas so»

The little - known placement agents moved into the national spotlight last year when New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo revealed a «pay - to - play» scandal, payments to get pension fund investments, resulting in five guilty pleas so far.

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.

Not exact matches

Mueller has so far secured two guilty pleas and two indictments in the investigation.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has either indicted or gotten guilty pleas from 19 people and three companies so far — with most of those being announced just in the past few weeks.

Mueller's team has either indicted or gotten guilty pleas from 19 people and three companies so far.

Federal prosecutors recommended that David Wildstein, who has described himself as the mastermind of the so - called Bridgegate scandal, serve no prison time as a result of his testimony against his co-conspirators, which followed his guilty plea.

So far Mueller has 5 guilty pleas from Trump aides.

So far, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's probe of the scandal has netted seven guilty pleas and $ 138 million in recoveries.

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.

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.

The use of plea bargains is particularly insidious, because the accused typically don't have the money to make bail or mount a vigorous defense, so even the innocent are willing to plead guilty just to secure their freedom.

Prosecutors» method of plea bargaining changes so as to produce more guilty pleas which increases the probability of wrongful convictions.

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

This is particularly so where the pre-trial conference includes discussions with respect to a possible guilty plea.

Tell the judge you would like to have your case sent to guilty plea court so that you can plead guilty to your charge (s).

Often times, though not every time, our experienced injury lawyer, Jamie Butler, is able to secure a plea negotiation for a substitutional charge to be added so that you plead guilty to a Motor Vehicle Act offence (such as «undue care and attention» or «failing to remain at the scene» or being charged as an «owner» rather than a «driver» to a Motor Vehicle Act charge) instead of a criminal hit and run charge.

So I get my summons to City of Atlanta Municipal Court and I know that if I am found guilty or plea that 3 points will be added to my license and my insurance rates will go up.

On Finding of Guilt For serious personal injury offences or murder, s. 606 (4.1) requires that after accepting a guilty plea, the judge must inquire whether «any of the victims had advised the prosecutor of their desire to be informed if such an agreement were entered into, and, if so, whether reasonable steps were taken to inform that victim of the agreement».

The discount for the assistance provided by the defendant should be assessed first, against all other relevant considerations, and the notional sentence so achieved should be further discounted for the guilty plea.

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.

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

So pleading guilty to a ticket might not seem like a bad idea in the short term, but it might come back to haunt you many years later if you are facing a future ticket and asking a prosecutor to make you a favorable plea bargain or settlement offer.

Entering a «not guilty» plea essentially means you believe you are innocent of any charges against you, and you're accepting your right to prove so in court.