During that class they stressed the importance of several simple yet effective techniques designed to
help jurors remember key points raised during your opening statement and closing arguments.
He is most interested in finding ways to
help jurors understand and digest complex issues and facts.
Using day - in - the - life videos along with other techniques,
we help jurors understand complex medical information and the results of any medical malpractice injury.
Reports are provided about jury trial innovations designed to
help jurors understand the trial better and to improve juror comprehension, performance, and satisfaction such as question - asking, note - taking, and annonymous juries.
The strategy was to
help jurors organize the evidence differently to show that the defendants» actions were not justified.
Outlining certain legal considerations for the case will
help the jurors make sound decisions based on what they have heard.
Because of the ambiguous nature of abstract art we have broken this contest down into 3 categories of expression to
help the jurors gain insight into what you have created.
However, the appeals court ruled that in the trial, the judge's instructions in the case were insufficiently specific to
help jurors distinguish.
The scribes were there during the entire juror review,
helping the jurors morning and afternoon, rearranging work during the juror break, cleaning up and organizing things again at the end of the day.
Whereas JERS
helps jurors place legal information in context, the E Pro Se document assembly application assists self - represented litigants in contextualizing such information.
[T] his makes the case feel coherent and consistent, and I think
it helps the jurors in understanding my exhibits if they become familiar with in general how they look.»
Law Father increases a law firm's profitability by increasing the number of quality cases a law firm has, providing case development tools that reduce the time cases take to cycle, and employing state - of - the - art trial support that
helps jurors recognize the true value of personal injury claims.
Demonstrative evidence is any visual aid or exhibit that may
help a juror or trier of fact understand a material fact or issue.
In my opinion there is real advantage to the 2:1 ratio —
it helps jurors stay on the «right page» during testimony when the PPT is being displayed.
Not exact matches
Vaizey - who has hinted that he could challenge Sadiq Khan for mayor of London - will be one of the
jurors called upon to
help decide whether to convict or acquit the king.
The names are included on a questionnaire for potential
jurors, to
help prosecutors and defense lawyers assess whether
jurors have any relationships with the people named that could prevent the
jurors from being impartial.
Lawyer James Branden told the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that when Boyland was convicted in 2014 of overlapping schemes to take cash from undercover agents to
help them with a carnival permit and a real estate project, the judge gave
jurors too broad a definition of the type of promised acts that the Supreme Court says would be a crime.
Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan urged
jurors to also consider the dozens of other witnesses and evidence presented — mostly emails from any number of state officials, including Percoco — that they say show Percoco and the businessmen engaged in a systemic pattern of bribe - making and receiving and Percoco - driven actions with state officials to try to
help their companies.
David Zouh, an assistant United States attorney, told
jurors in his summation, for instance, that a single phone call between Percoco and a state official in 2014 constituted a crime when he sought to get
help on a labor union matter for Cor Development.
Zhou told
jurors that defense lawyers purposely sought to confuse them over the past month - and - a-half in what he said, in the end, is a «simple case» of a top government official allegedly selling his position of power in the Cuomo administration to executives whose companies allegedly got millions of dollars» worth of insider
help from Percoco with everything from stalled government payments for a Syracuse construction project to
help with an Orange County gas - fired power plant development.
Zhou reminded
jurors of Percoco's alleged financial issues he said had Percoco pressuring Howe to
help him find ways to bring in money to the Percoco household.
Other positive developments include a recent ruling by the Court of Appeal allowing trial judges to explain to
jurors why a victim would have delayed reporting a rape to police,
helping to alleviate the influence of the rape myth.
The
juror begged off the case so she could return to her job
helping the homeless — after she...
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian A. Jacobs told
jurors that Stevenson accepted more than $ 20,000 in cash bribes in 2012 to
help protect a new Bronx adult center in his district from competitors.
During a meeting at Singh's since - shuttered Water's Edge restaurant in Queens, he told
jurors, de Blasio «asked me if I can
help, I believe it was Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, if I can
help her.»
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian A. Jacobs told
jurors that Stevenson accepted more than $ 20,000 in bribes in 2012 to
help protect a new Bronx adult center in his district from competitors.
Mukhi told
jurors, quote, «You can not commit a crime and then just say, I'm not guilty because I did it to
help my son.»
State Sen. Dean Skelos wasted no time «badgering» New York's largest political donor about getting his son a job, whining that his adult kid was «struggling and needed
help» within weeks of becoming one of the three most powerful men in state government,
jurors heard Thursday.
For six weeks,
jurors had mostly been listening to evidence the government presented to prove its claim that Percoco, a longtime confidante and top aide to New York's Democratic governor, had accepted more than $ 300,000 in bribes from the businessmen who needed his
help with state business.
Adam's lawyer Christopher Conniff struck the same theme, telling
jurors the charges were based on nothing more sinister than Dean trying to do what all fathers do —
help find his kid a job.
The defendants» own words, as heard in wiretap recordings,
helped seal the
jurors» certainty.
For several
jurors among the group of eight woman and four men, Mr. Silver's relationship with Dr. Taub, who referred mesothelioma patients with potentially profitable legal claims to a law firm that then paid Mr. Silver, seemed to come down to this: one man
helping another out, just because he could.
This discovery is
helping to unravel how we make moral judgements and has implications for people's fitness to serve as
jurors or judges.
That's not to say touch evidence shouldn't be used to
help solve crimes, but
jurors need to be presented with information about its limitations or wrongful convictions may ensue, while other convictions may fail or be overturned on appeal.
Simply warning the
jurors not to consider the consequences might
help — though these kinds of biases can be very difficult to overcome through conscious reasoning (New Scientist, 12 November 2011, p 38).
The Cannes
juror picks vivid violet Roland Mouret, paired with red lips and minimal accessories, to
help celebrate Sean Penn at the same dinner.
Most of the
jurors kept a tone of reserve at the press conference, which relied on the
help of several translators to field questions on fashion and the female gaze.
Organized by the Judicial Council and Administrative Office of the California Courts, in partnership with the Constitutional Rights Foundation and the California State PTA, the National 1st Amendment Cartoon contest seeks to increase student understanding of the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution, as well as to
help educate youth about the role of the judicial branch and their role as future
jurors.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and naturally
jurors are subject to their own opinions, so it is important to enter in the spirit of good fun, knowing that ultimately you are
helping fellow artists like yourself.
Help us narrow it down from 1000s of artists to one... In 2015 our
jurors reviewed the work of more than 20,000 individual works of art by over 5000 artists.
Michael Rooks of the High Museum served as a guest
juror in
helping the museum select three artists of merit working in the metro Atlanta area, furthering the project that has promoted «Atlanta as a city where artists live, work, and thrive» since its inception in 2007.
About the
Juror: Kathryn Markel, owner of Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York City, has
helped clients find serious contemporary art that is beautiful as well as visually and intellectually engaging since 1976.
Guest
juror and contemporary artist Tom Sachs will be on hand to
help announce student awards at 7:40 -LSB-...]
The Blog of the Legal Times» Marcia Coyle reports in this post that the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management has endorsed a set of model jury instructions for district judges to
help deter
jurors from engaging in such mischief.
The Palm Beach Post has an interesting article on the rise of «
juror mischief,» i.e.,
jurors who revert to the «open book» mentality that governs most of their lives and conduct a bit of their own, basic research to
help with their deliberations.
Juror Dennis DeMartin, who wrote in a book about how he drank three vodkas one night during the trial to
help him determine whether the defendant was unfit to drive when he crashed his car and killed someone.
Answer: For $ 295, Jury Scout will monitor a prospective
juror's public social - media profile to
help you decide whether that person would likely agree or disagree with your client's case.
Voltaire really
helps me with stealth
jurors or silent
jurors, who may be incapable of giving either party a fair trial.
His strong work ethic, intelligence and unique ability to relate to clients, judges, prosecutors,
jurors and others in the court system are a great asset to the firm and
help ensure optimum results to all the firm's clients in the collaborative environment that exists in the law firm.
This access to evidentiary information not only
helps each individual
juror attain a contextual understanding of the applicable law and facts of the case; it also increases the likelihood that all members of a jury will share the same understanding of the context of the case.