Sentences with phrase «issue of a mistrial»
Glustein made no findings on the plaintiffs» conduct as he determined it was irrelevant to the issue of a mistrial.
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In the wake of the mistrial, U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard issued a sweeping gag order prohibiting the defendants, their lawyers, prosecutors and others from speaking to the news media.
[13] The real issue, instead, is who should hear an application for costs, following a mistrial, when the dominant focus of that cost application is an order for special costs against counsel for the party that caused the mistrial.
Even after the reasons for judgment were released and the defendants brought a motion for a mistrial, they did not base it on the drowsiness of the trial judge, or even raise the issue.
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«Although the Crown is entitled to act as a strong advocate within the adversarial process, it can not adopt a purely adversarial role towards the defence,» wrote Superior Court Justice Robert Reid in setting out the issues in considering the defence's mistrial application in the murder case of R. v. Suarez - Noa on Friday.