Sentences with phrase «hear evidence in the case»

A federal grand jury in Manhattan has begun hearing evidence in the case, which focuses on two de Blasio fund - raisers — Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg — with investigators trying to determine if the two men benefited from some type of favorable municipal action, or the promise of some action, in exchange for their donations, their fund - raising or some other gesture.

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«This case has already been dismissed with prejudice by the court that heard it, which ruled in Yelp's favor and also found the claims not to be supported by credible evidence,» Vince Sollitto, Yelp's vice president of communications said.

At a hearing last week in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn said he would consider dismissing the lawsuit, saying the DoJ may not have the evidence to try this as a fraud case.

The government made the appeal citing national security concerns if members of MI5 were forced to give evidence in an open hearing, but the coroner stated that the victims» families, as «interested persons» in the case, could not be excluded.

The five - member panel, which met last Wednesday to hear testimony in the case, was tasked with making a final determination after the ethics committee for the Public Employees Federation found evidence of a «major violation» and referred it for a hearing.

Phone - hacking committee hearing as - it - happened Mr Murdoch insisted he was only presented with evidence of widespread phone - hacking in January 2011, after civil cases threw up new evidence.

Kaye did find evidence of potential criminal activity (lying under oath) in the latter case and referred it to Albany County DA David Soares, from whom we've heard nothing to date.

Mixed race suspects were more likely to be sent to court than given a police disposal; Black and mixed race defendants were more likely to be remanded in custody prior to their hearing date; Black defendants had a higher chance of being acquitted than white ones, suggesting that different standards of evidence may be applied to cases involving different groups of defendants; Mixed race teenagers were more likely than others to be given a (more serious) community sentence than a (less onerous) first tier penalty or referral order.

Ed Stradling's report on two Lib Dems, former election candidate Jo Shaw and Islington Councillor Greg Foxsmith, speaking out following their resignation from the party over the coalition's Justice and Security bill, which will allow judges in civil trials to hear evidence in secret in certain cases.

Making reference to the Courts Act of 1993 (Act 459), Mr Justice Ofoe said Section 31 (2) holds that «an appellate court, on hearing an appeal in a criminal case, shall allow the appeal if the appellate court considers (a) that the verdict or conviction or acquittal ought to be set aside on the ground that it is unreasonable or can not be supported having regard to the evidence, or (b) that the judgement in question ought to be set aside as a wrong decision on a question of law or fact, or (c) that there was a miscarriage of justice, and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.»

His comments are revealed in an email to Keith Vaz, chair of the home affairs select committee which has been hearing evidence on the case for extending detention without charge.

«The purpose of our consultation is to ask how, in a modern, internet - connected society, the law of contempt can continue to support the principles that criminal cases should be tried only on the evidence heard in court,» Professor David Ormerod, who is leading the consultation, said.

Among those discussed is allowing the release of evidence and testimony heard by a grand jury in cases where a civilian is killed by police.

Ken Clarke's Justice and Security Bill would have allowed Ministers to order secret court hearings to consider evidence in national security cases.

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James will file a brief today with the New York State Supreme Court seeking expedited appeal hearings against the denied petitions to release grand jury transcripts and evidence in the Eric Garner case.

Banks» name has yet to come up specifically, but a reference was made to him at a hearing on Thursday when a lawyer for Reichberg complained that the defense is only now getting email evidence tied «unindicted co-conspirators» in the case, including «Chief - 1 and Detective - 1.»

And in a pre-trial hearing last week for an employer retaliation case, a judge in New York rejected an attempt to introduce fMRI lie detection evidence from Cephos, the same Massachusetts - based company involved in the Tennessee case.

As made clear in the article, the core data on which the findings were based were evidenced, except in the case of one child, by the transcript of a General Medical Council fitness to practise hearing which sat between July 2007 and May 2010.

The prosecution's case against the suspect, Farroukh Erdogan (Moschitto), involves classified evidence which can only be heard in closed court proceedings.

«The evidence this court heard was that it could take anywhere from two to almost ten years and cost $ 50,000 to $ 450,000 or more to bring these cases to conclusion under the Dismissal Statutes, and that given these facts, grossly ineffective teachers are being left in the classroom.»

Federal judge Denise Cote, who is overseeing the case, indicated in a pretrial hearing last week that she is «leaning toward» the DOJ's version of events, based on all of the evidence that she has seen already.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about the collection of DNA evidence, and whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits police from obtaining DNA samples before conviction without a warrant.

His own record of being an aggressive willing combatant in the slur wars will work against him should this case actually get in front of a jury and the jury hears the available evidence (which is pretty conclusive) on that point.

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear five appeals this week, including three criminal cases involving driving «over 80» and production of evidence; an unjust enrichment claim; and an appeal in a sexual assault case in which the Court of Appeal of Alberta had found that a trial judge had erred by relying on a stereotype about the behaviour of sexual assault victims.

The court has, in many cases, been prepared to hear argument and see evidence from them (usually on limited issues) and has also been prepared to consider costs awards against them and in their favour depending upon the outcome of their involvement.

In the Recent BC case of D.M.L. v. D.B.L the court reviewed the statutory and case law as well as hearing expert evidence form Dr Elterman, a well known psychologist who prepares parenting and child assessments and from both the parties themselves.

However, Georgia law does permit jurors to employ more than sight and hearing in assessing evidence, as demonstrated by cases from the prohibition era.

The Argersinger rule also tends to impair the proper functioning of the criminal justice system in that trial judges, in advance of hearing any evidence and before knowing anything about the case except the charge, all too often will be compelled to forgo the legislatively granted option to impose a sentence of imprisonment upon conviction.

In civil cases that use sequestered juries, sequestration is not required during the trial itself, but begins when the jury has heard all the evidence and starts to deliberate.

The majority of felony criminal cases are resolved in the pre-trial phase of criminal proceedings through court appearances (conferences and hearings), waivers, motions (requesting court to resolve a dispute about the evidence or charges between the defense and prosecution), discovery issues, and plea bargains or negotiations.

In the case of three of the Bills, joint committees of inquiry have been established to consider and analyse the content of the draft legislation and to hear evidence from interested parties, or «stakeholders» as they are often called.

In the July 2011 issue of Canadian Lawyer, we wrote about «hot tubbing» — the term was coined in Australia to describe the procedure of organizing all experts in a case into a panel and hearing their evidence concurrentlIn the July 2011 issue of Canadian Lawyer, we wrote about «hot tubbing» — the term was coined in Australia to describe the procedure of organizing all experts in a case into a panel and hearing their evidence concurrentlin Australia to describe the procedure of organizing all experts in a case into a panel and hearing their evidence concurrentlin a case into a panel and hearing their evidence concurrently.

Notably, taking into account that a respondent to such an application is not, and can not, be required to give evidence (see FPR 2010, r 33.14 (4)-RRB-, it is inadvisable for an application for a judgment summons to be heard at the same time as another related application in the proceedings, for example, as in this case, an application to vary a maintenance order.

At this point, it is worth pointing out that: a) such a decision is considered to be «final» in Poland after six months (i.e. Mr Kussowski can not be investigated again for the same facts in Poland) unless new «essential evidence» against the suspect is uncovered (§ 12 - 13); b) the Polish authorities — apparently without requiring specific assistance in that regard — based their decision to drop the case, inter alia, on the fact that it had not been possible to hear witnesses residing in Gemany, including the victim.

An arbitration hearing often mirrors what you would expect to find in court: both sides present their arguments, offer evidence and testimony, and make their case in front of a neutral third party.

We provide thorough representation in medical malpractice cases, gathering and preserving all relevant evidence, and action as a strong advocate for you in all hearings or proceedings.

In addition to providing an overview of new accident benefits arbitration process under the License Appeal Tribunal (LAT), which came into effect on April 1, 2016, Michelle will share valuable anecdotal discussion of what counsel have experienced so far on both sides, such as evidentiary and production issues at the case conference stage and before a hearing, what evidence adjudicators are looking for or emphasizing, the format of the hearing (written, oral, hybrid), witness issues, etc..

Specifically, setting the bar at «balance of probabilities plus» might encourage employers to settle otherwise unmeritorious claims where an interim order has been made (following a necessarily incomplete and superficial examination of the evidence and the parties» respective positions); and give successful employees unrealistic expectations as they move towards the full hearing, especially bearing in mind the absence of a statutory compensation cap in public interest disclosure cases.

Second, it raises the issue of whether or not a judge ought to decide, in advance of the hearing, and in the absence of oral submissions from counsel, whether or not oral evidence is necessary in a particular case.

If you think those are difficult questions for lawyers, consider how much more difficult they are for the judge who is required to decide the case on the admissible evidence adduced in the hearing, supplemented by whatever the judge can take judicial notice of.

[7] Usually this matter, in jury cases, is left until all of the evidence has been heard.

And I think that's also evidence that you can come to the conference and not just speak to Clio, you can speak to 30 other technology companies that, in many cases, integrate to the Clio platform, or integrate with the Clio platform, and hear their story about how they might be able to help your practice get better or more efficient, or help you deliver better customer experiences.

In the Woodward case, the trial judge decided to override the decision after the State presented new evidence during the sentencing hearing.

Archer was a case of alibi, the sort of case in which the accused probably has the very most to gain by hearing the other defence witnesses and then tailoring his evidence to fit in with theirs.

This case is worth a quick read as it is a great example of an LVI claim going to trial, having all the evidence heard in two days, and receiving timely reasons for judgement.

30 Although defence counsel may well run the risk of having evidence of an accused viewed as tainted when testifying after hearing other defence witnesses testify, I do not in this case find that Mr. Pasloski's evidence should be so characterized.

An oral hearing, depending on the procedures followed, can help your case in that (1) the questions asked at a hearing will often bring out evidence that was overlooked in written submissions, and (2) the decision - makers are better able to assess the credibility of witnesses in person.

Munby LJ noted in this case the evidence of the mother that although she had wanted to go to university and get a teaching degree her parents would not hear of it, because it was «not religious enough».

I had always understood that details of the parties» assets would be of assistance to the court in resolving disputes of this nature, but both counsel persuaded me that such information would not advance either party's case and I therefore heard no evidence about this.

Their respective counsel were equally anxious that these allegations should be put in evidence, and I have no doubt they would have been extremely interesting to hear, but as I was due to go on a well - deserved holiday at the end of the case regrettably I was unable to allow that evidence to be given.