Sentences with phrase «into guilty pleas»

These cameras provide exceptionally powerful evidence on suspects transforming costly trials into guilty pleas or withdrawals as appropriate.

Plea bargaining was used to turn elections for trial into guilty pleas.

Not exact matches

EDMONTON JOURNAL: Police Probe Into Barrels of Fentanyl Ingredient from China Nets Guilty Plea

Church members suggested that the defendants had been coerced into entering a guilty plea.

CNN: Priest's guilty plea throws wrinkle into Philadelphia sexual abuse trial Attorneys in the child sexual abuse and conspiracy trial of two Philadelphia priests debated Monday over which potential witnesses jurors would be allowed to hear regarding a third defendant who pleaded guilty to molesting boys just days before opening remarks.

Certainly the university's efforts to turn Erickson into a scapegoat for the failure of your drug - testing policy is itself a plea of guilty to the most - dreaded charge a university administrator can face from the NCAA: «lack of institutional control.»

Almost everything about Michael Flynn's guilty plea to perjury and his cooperation agreement with the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference suggests that it is part of a much bigger picture, legal experts said on Friday.

His campaign released a statement early this morning from spokeswoman Virginia Lam that sought to tie the Post nod into reports of former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's imminent guilty plea in connection with Cuomo's pay - to - play pension fund probe.

In the guilty plea case a former state Senator from Niagara (George Maziarz) admitted to the criminal misuse of his campaign funds by illegally steering them into the pocket of an aide.

In 2009, an investigation into absentee ballot fraud by Democratic officials and party operatives in the Working Families Party primaries resulted in several guilty pleas and two acquittals

He also said he was fully vetted by the Second Department Grievance Committee of the New York court system, which conducted a thorough investigation into all the circumstances leading up to his guilty plea to determine his character and fitness to continue practicing law.

Last month, his office secured a guilty plea from former Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa for misreporting her tax returns and for entering into a sham marriage to secure a green card.

ALBANY - Shamed ex-Controller Alan Hevesi's guilty plea marked a big political win for Andrew Cuomo - but Carl Paladino tried to turn it into a cudgel Friday.

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.

On being tested with various options, the system did spring into action to warn you to see a lawyer if the case strayed into more complicated or serious areas e.g. if there was a not guilty plea.

Stream A consists of persons who enter a guilty plea within 90 days of being charged whereas everyone else falls into Stream B. Stream B offenders can apply to have their mandatory minimum one - year licence suspension shortened to as little as six months provided they comply with the eligibility requirements and regulations of the ignition interlock program.

Tate entered into a federal drug felony guilty plea, whereby the prosecution agreed to recommend the low end of the «applicable [voluntary federal sentencing] guideline range».

To the extent facts are admitted in, for example, a deferred prosecution agreement or a guilty plea, those facts will generally be admitted into evidence as party admissions under US evidentiary rules.

Criminal lawyer Paul Doroshenko discusses some of the shocking realities of the new driving laws in Alberta: This is the Alberta Government trying to bully people into an early guilty plea...

If you have been forced or coerced into pleading guilty, the judge will not accept your guilty plea.

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».

In their joint report in 2002 on the investigation and prosecution of rape, Report on the Joint Inspection into the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape, and accompanying executive summary (the 2002 report), the inspectorates of constabulary and the CPS gave the total combined jury conviction / guilty plea rate in a large sample of rape cases as 60.9 %.

If ignition interlock is succeeding in tempting offenders into early guilty pleas and keeping Ontario's roads safe, my much critiqued proposal to substitute the criminalization of impaired driving with a more robust ignition interlock Highway Traffic Act program would only serve to multiply the cost - saving benefits of the Criminal Code provisions while endangering no one.

If, however, the defendant fails to abide by his / her end of the agreement, the court will enter the guilty plea into the record and sentence him / her accordingly.

If someone answered, the attorney would walk with them outside and try to negotiate (or bully a tenant into) a plea of guilty.

Likewise, flexible statutory procedures for withdrawing guilty pleas might give courts appropriate discretion to determine whether the interests of justice would be served by allowing a particular defendant to withdraw a plea entered into on the basis of incomplete information.

Where an entirely fictitious story was told to the police, that is a matter which the court is entitled to take into account when deciding upon the credit to be given for a subsequent guilty plea.

However, where a defendant went out of his way to seek to avoid responsibility (eg denying responsibility in the defence case statement), that can be taken into account in the context of remorse and the plea of guilty.

Michael Flynn's guilty plea in the FBI Russia probe puts the critical role of accurate, trustworthy news into sharper focus.