Sentences with phrase «heard evidence against»

Deliberations began Thursday for jurors who heard evidence against Joseph Percoco and three businessmen.

A jury of seven women and five men was chosen Monday to hear the evidence against Joseph Percoco, who's accused of shaking down more than $ 300,000 in «pay - to - play» bribes from companies seeking to do business with the state.

District Attorney Ken Thompson said in December that he would convene a grand jury to hear evidence against Liang.

A district judge in Michigan ordered Jeb, the Belgian Malinois, to be euthanized after hearing the evidence against him on Sept. 19.

In Minnesota, a panel of twenty - three citizens who hear evidence against a person accused of a crime and determine whether that person should stand trial.

A federal grand jury in Phoenix is hearing evidence against Michael Lacey and James Larkin, the founders of the controversial classified - ad website Backpage.com.

Not exact matches

In the same hearing, Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers added their organizations to the list of many other American and international intelligence agencies over the past week that have said there's no evidence to back the president's wiretapping allegation against former President Barack Obama.

LEESBURG, Va. (AP)-- A judge is scheduled to hear evidence on whether a drug possession charge in Virginia against actress Rose McGowan should go forward.

A judge is scheduled to hear evidence on whether a drug possession charge in Virginia against McGowan should go forward.

The New Mexico State Legislature and Governor King quickly passed Senate Joint Memorial 5, which stated, in part and with considerable exaggeration: «Whereas, despite New Mexico's long and rich chile history and prehistory, with solid archaeological evidence indicating the continuous use of both red and green chile since the time of Folsom Man some twelve thousand years ago [this is not true], we now find «Texas Man» claiming the noble chile as his; and whereas despite the facts, we hear boasting from east of the Pecos that «The Lone Star State» is the chili capital of the Southwest... and Texas chefs malign the noble «red and green» by blending it into a slurry of kidney beans and onions called chili; now, therefore, be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico that the Land of Enchantment bets the «whole enchilada» and its reputation as the Chile Capital of the World against the Lone Star State in the Mother of All Chile Wars Festival to be held May 29 - 31, 1993 at the Doña Ana County Fairgrounds.»

«From the allegations against the Minister for Energy - designate at his parliamentary confirmation hearings to that against the CEO of BOST, to those against the two deputy Chiefs of Staff; to the claims of extortion against the Trade Minister and to those against the Minister for Special Development Initiatives, they have all been investigated and no evidence has been adduced to suggest mildly the perpetration of any act of corruption,» he noted with pride.

From the allegations against the Minister for Energy - designate at his parliamentary confirmation hearings; to that against the CEO of BOST; to those against the two deputy Chiefs of Staff; to the claims of extortion against the Trade Minister; and to those against the Minister for Special Development Initiatives; they have all been investigated and no evidence has been adduced to suggest mildly the perpetration of any act of corruption.

The source noted that picking a panel to weigh charges against Police Officer Peter Liang in the fatal shooting last November of Akai Gurley, 28, was difficult because the jurors were told they would be hearing evidence for two to three months.

The federal jury was in its first full day of deliberations Friday after hearing over a month of evidence against Joseph Percoco and three businessmen.

Jurors heard dozens of FBI telephone wiretaps — evidence more commonly used against mobsters and drug dealers — in which father and son schemed with each other and bad - mouthed Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«The Committee, after the hearings and the analysis and evaluation of the evidence adduced before it has come to the conclusion that there is no merit in the allegations levelled against the Ministry of Trade and Industry as contained in the motion and which culminated in the setting up of the Special Committee,» concluded the committee's report.

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.

From the tidbits of information gleaned at a hearing on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, it appeared that prosecutors had argued last fall — in a closed hearing and in sealed court papers — to be able to use certain evidence against Mr. Silver at trial.

Mayor Bill de Blasio fulminated against his two favorite targets — reporters and the rich — when pressed with questions today about the news last night that state and federal grand juries are hearing evidence regarding his political fundraising efforts.

During public portions of Friday's 2 1/2 - hour hearing, Caproni ruled against Silver and said that multiple pieces of potentially incriminating evidence could be shown to the jury at trial.

The evidence against links between diet and cancer are discussed here, too: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/256766501.html?page=1&c=y I would really like to hear Dr. Greger's opinion about these stories because the mainstream is eating them up.

Suffice to say that the jurors who heard the expert testimony and examined all the evidence at Burzynski's trial are pretty persuasive when they call the FDA's case against him little more than a witch hunt.

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

Finally, video evidence would level the playing field if a teacher ever has to defend their teaching against a principal's written notes at a dismissal hearing — a teacher's video vs. an observer's written notes.

At times I have seen it take on an «us against them» situation as evidenced by the comments I heard from teacher leaders that ranged from administrators trusting us as professionals to telling administration to back this is the... more»

On the fourth day of the federal government's ebook pricing trial against Apple (s AAPL), Amazon (s AMZN) and Google (s GOOG) executives offered testimony in hearings that were often fraught and occasionally funny — but still introduced little evidence that was new or surprising to anyone who has been following the trial.

«The deck is not stacked against Apple unless the evidence stacks the deck against Apple,» Cote said, adding that she would not reach a final opinion until she hears all the testimony.

Two felony charges dropped TAMPA, Florida ---- Claiming a lack of evidence sufficient to warrant a continued prosecution, Florida assistant state attorney Andrew Hubbard on May 1, 2018 informed Hillsborough Circuit Judge Mark Wolfe at a preliminary hearing that the state has dropped all charges against Spencer Heintz, 23, who had faced two counts of aggravated -LSB-...]

The other is a sound piece entitled Marais / Brand, in which offbeat statistical evidence given in the Florida hearings on the Bush / Gore recount issue by South African expat Laurentius Marais is placed against a background of music by once - exiled Dollar Brand.

As we saw in the March 21 courtroom tutorial hearing, the judge was not impressed with one of the main bits of accusatory evidence about the «conspiracy,» and the one Chevron attorney speaking at the hearing, Theodore Boutrous, had never seen the plaintiffs» «conspiracy evidence» before — which could actually undermine other lawsuits against energy companies.

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 first link in my article takes readers to a prior one where I show how the very same Sheldon Rampton appeared before a US House hearing and regurgitated an accusation phrase against skeptic scientists that was made famous by anti-skeptic book author Ross Gelbspan and the enviro - advocacy group Ozone Action in 1996 - 7 — these people have every appearance of being the epicenter of the accusation that skeptic scientists operate under a coal / oil industry directive to fabricate false assessments in exchange for mega-millions...... an accusation that has no evidence to support it that I can find, and its central piece of evidence is a 1991 coal industry memo that no one is allowed to see in its complete context.

If you think such structures are acting and funding against their own interest — ie some sort of «angelic» conspiracy is at work, where our Climategate friends and others put integrity and objectivity their own political ideals and grant streams, then let us hear the evidence for your conspiracy.

Alternatively, a juror might initially believe a celebrity is innocent (based on admiration), and, after hearing convincing evidence against the celebrity, change his opinion to a guilty verdict.

A solicitor may attend the hearing to offer advice to the bereaved family on what is happening in the criminal process, and to also take a note of the evidence to support any later civil compensation claim against the defendant.

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.

This is a phase when it is very important to have an experienced criminal defense lawyer since the preliminary hearing is the first opportunity for you and your lawyer to hear and assess the evidence that the state has against you.

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.

As the GMC decided, while there was no evidence of patient harm, there was evidence that Dr Varma had been persistent in making false assertions against colleagues, that there was evidence of a «deep seated attitudinal problem» and also that at the hearing he had not demonstrated any insight.

While the court heard testimony regarding the benefits of the relocation for the children, i.e. a support system, better schools, lower costs of living, etc., there is also evidence weighing against the move.

A committee is not, however (and this may be the most important aspect of the decision), «otherwise required to hear his evidence as to whether or not the substantive allegation against him is or is not well - founded; that is not the issue on the application for an interim order.»

During the trial considerable evidence was admitted that brought into question the validity of the female employees allegations against Elgert, including the testimony of two employees who had heard the female employee comment, prior to making the sexual harassment allegations, that she would «get even» with Elgert after he had transferred her to a department away from her boyfriend.

At the start of the hearing, the untested allegations against the accused will be entered as evidence.

The Employment Standards Code s. 125 also prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who assert their rights under the Act, make a complaint under the Act, or give evidence in any hearing of proceeding under the Act.

She appealed against that decision and at the appeal hearing produced a «fit for work» note and additional medical evidence.

The mother gave evidence against him at the threshold hearing (ChA 1989, s 31) in care proceedings concerning the two surviving siblings of the family.

The Hearing Panel concluded, and the applicant herself admitted, that she had suppressed evidence in a criminal negligence case against 2 nurses in relation to the death of Shore's 10 - year old daughter.

The appellate court hearing the case determined that the lower court was incorrect to admit evidence of the truck driver's lack of insurance in the negligent hiring claim against ACS.

«The process for a judge hearing a non-suit application is to ask whether, based on the evidence presented by the plaintiff, taken at face value and without being weighted, there is enough evidence for a prima facie case against the defendants.

The disputant who conducts their own hearing runs the risk of providing evidence that is used against them to uphold the prohibition.