Sentences with phrase «if prosecutors»

If prosecutors reject that offer, the case would go to trial.

Cruz's public defender has said he will plead guilty if prosecutors take the death penalty off the table and sentence him to life in prison instead.

Cruz's public defender has said he will plead guilty if prosecutors take the death penalty off the table, which would mean a life prison sentence.

Cruz's defense attorneys previously said their client would plead guilty if prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.

But if prosecutors don't accept a plea deal (or if the victims» families tell the prosecutors they don't want it), then they'll push for the death penalty.

Defense lawyers Diane Cuddihy and Gordon Weekes made no argument to contest that finding — the Public Defender's Office has taken the position that Cruz committed the Feb. 14 mass shooting and that he would plead guilty if prosecutors would agree to drop the death penalty as a possible punishment.

Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old accused of killing 17 students and teachers in Parkland, Florida, would plead guilty if prosecutors agree not to seek the death penalty, his lawyers say

His lawyers have said he will plead guilty if prosecutors agree not to pursue the death penalty.

The defense has said Cruz will agree to plead guilty to the murder charges if prosecutors agree to not seek the death penalty.

Those concerns are particularly acute, experts say, if prosecutors are commenting on pending cases.

The idea was if prosecutors can prosecute such a case or are willing to prosecute such a case, we, as lawyers, can help them in the background quietly.

There is no way to know if prosecutors would have been amenable to a plea bargain.

It is a tragedy: the wrongful conviction of an innocent man that could have been prevented if prosecutors had shared exculpatory evidence with his defense attorneys during pretrial discovery.

«What will clean up the system is if prosecutors themselves are obligated to find favorable evidence and disclose it, and police officers will be sanctioned — or certainly sued — if they fail to disclose it,» Scheck says.

If prosecutors obtained access to attorney conversations in which they attempted to conceal their crime, then that's not protected communication.

If prosecutors lack such science, «they want to know why,» she said.

So, if prosecutors pursuing them, and certified women.

Although U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara — who filed the charges against Silver — has since picked up Moreland's mantle, it is unclear if prosecutors have an interest in Heastie.

«It would surprise me,» he said, «if the prosecutors weren't very careful to make that very difficult to develop.»

«If prosecutors don't like that system, they can do what democracies do: they can go to the people and ask for change,» Molo told the jury.

The correction department said it was able to record the phone calls for security purposes and if prosecutors want access to the calls, they need a subpoena.

Lawyers for the Uzbek man charged in the truck attack on a crowded Manhattan bike path that killed eight people on Halloween said that their client would plead guilty and accept life imprisonment without parole if prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.

The justices remanded the case to a federal appeals court and left open the possibility that McDonnell could be re-tried if prosecutors had evidence to show that the former governor agreed to pressure state researchers to study Anatabloc or force the supplement's inclusion in the state health plan.

Juror Arleen Phillips was unsure if prosecutors were correct when they said ex - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had abused his office by receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks from companies with business before the state.

Michael Goodwin: «With (de Blasio) apparently coasting to reelection, it is useful to look back at his brush with the law — and how things might be very different today if prosecutors were as aggressive with him as they were during Ed Koch's final term in the 1980s.»

Under questioning by Agnifilo, Venditto's defense attorney, Strollo conceded that he didn't know if prosecutors» claims about the town's behavior and what officials knew were true or false.

PARKLAND, Fla. — The gunman accused of killing 17 people inside a Florida high school will plead guilty if prosecutors take the death penalty off the table, Broward County Public Defender Howard Finkelstein confirmed Saturday.

But if prosecutors decide the person is lying, they can bring a charge of making false statements.

Nikolas Cruz, the gunman accused of killing 17 people inside the school, will plead guilty if prosecutors take the death penalty off the table, Broward County Public Defender Howard Finkelstein confirmed.

Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old accused of killing 17 students and teachers in Parkland, Florida, would plead guilty if prosecutors agree not to seek the death penalty, his lawyers say

It is impossible to know what the cost might have been if prosecutors had not opted to seek the death penalty.

If a prosecutor wants to convict a man of assault, he is (without a doubt) going to paint a picture for the audience of the suffering of the defendant, and will likely use expressive language to evoke a feeling of sympathy from the jury, who (as they listen) visualize the potential suffering of the man / woman in front of them.

I really don't know, but honestly, if a prosecutor decides to indict, it's because he believes he can prove a case.»

«The law in New York State is if there is information out there and if the prosecutor knows about it and if it might tend to induce a grand jury not to indict, that prosecutor is duty - bound to present that evidence to a grand jury and to appropriately instruct the grand jury as to its significance,» attorney Joseph LaTona said.

If a prosecutor is laying the groundwork for possible action, the first step would be to get all relevant Moreland Commission documents (and based on those, see what others are needed), which Bharara has done.

Also, if the prosecutor discovers exculpatory evidence, that evidence must be presented to the defense.

Is this possible that the judge thinks that the defendant is guilty anyway even if the prosecutor disagree?

If the prosecutor's offer is unreasonable or you want to fight the charges in court, I have the experience and skill to protect your rights at trial.

If the prosecutor can not prove your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, then you must be found not guilty.

Even if a prosecutor does not have enough evidence to convict someone of homicide, there may be enough evidence to sufficiently prove liability for wrongful death.

Consequently, trial judges have nothing to lose and often much to gain by permitting at least brief voir dire / cross examination of prosecution witnesses before a damning exhibit is offered into evidence, and also need to think twice before allowing inadmissible hearsay into evidence to see if the prosecutor «ties together» the evidence to make it no longer inadmissible hearsay.

Of course, the prosecutor has no obligation to prosecute the case even if the prosecutor had a videotaped confession to every element of the crime.

If a prosecutor needs to know the means of proof required to successfully prosecute rape as a crime against humanity, or the recruitment of child solders as a war crime, they can, at the click of a button, view concise analysis of these requirements, as well as the exact paragraphs of previous international and national judgments.

A prosecutor can decide as a matter of prosecutorial discretion not to press charges in stale cases even if the prosecutor has the legal authority to do so.

And if the prosecutor wants to formalize a plea proposal, send a letter.

If the prosecutor in a criminal trial failed to convince the trier of fact (the judge or jury) that no reasonable doubt existed as to the defendant's guilt, a plaintiff may nevertheless be able to show that it was more likely than not (the definition of a preponderance of the evidence) that the defendant committed the child abuse alleged in a civil trial.

If a prosecutor decides to proceed summarily and the person is found guilty of assault, the maximum penalty is $ 5000 and / or 6 months in prison.

But, if a prosecutor plea bargains away a charge, the defendant shouldn't serve time for it.

If the prosecutor can not prove its case then you will be found «not guilty.»

Limited preliminary inquiry (1.1) If the prosecutor and the accused agree under section 536.5 to limit the scope of a preliminary inquiry to specific issues, the justice, without recording evidence on any other issues, may order the accused to stand trial in the court having criminal jurisdiction.