Sentences with phrase «jury cases as»

She has litigated more than 100 bench trials and more than 20 jury cases as a former prosecutor with the Miami - Dade State Attorney's Office.

Not exact matches

The judge in the case, William Alsup, and the jury that has yet to be selected have a difficult task ahead of them as they eventually work to determine whether Uber is guilty of misappropriating trade secrets.

As one who sat on a jury in a murder case in a state that is not shy about executions, I am aware of how important it is to make sure the right person is convicted.

«However, I intend to do so before an independent Tribunal, not before yourselves acting as a judge and jury in your own case.

Like a jury in a court case listening to witnesses, we should ask if politicians in their tweets are telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (or as much as you can in 280 characters).

When the State Kills is the model for such an approach, with fascinating and accessible chapters on such topics as the never - ending quest for «painless» executions, the role of and pressures on the jury in capital cases, the portrayal of executions in contemporary films, and the increasingly desperate efforts of death - penalty lawyers to ensure that those who are condemned to die have received something approximating fair treatment under the law.

The jury must determine whether the facts of the case as established by testimony in court fit the legal definition of the offense with which the defendant is charged — a definition likely to be complicated at best, incomprehensible at worst.

Now they want banks to sit as judge and jury on the case and bar individuals from using debit cards to subscribe to overseas porn.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who acted as the special prosecutor in Sen. Kevin Parker's assault case, released a statement in the wake of the Brooklyn Democrat's conviction on two misdemeanor charges, saying he respects the jury's decision despite the fact that it did not deliver a felony guilty verdict.

A juror in the Joe Percoco corruption case was called for service on a second jury as deliberations stretch into the seventh week of trial.

The measures include long - sought bills such as raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and enhancing grand jury transparency as well as enshrining a special prosecutor for cases in which civilians die in encounters with police.

Jury deliberations in the corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco appeared to have run aground on their fourth day, as three jurors issued notes asking to be excused from the case, with one expressing concern about the storm expected to slam the New York City metro area; and another saying that she has sick children.

This led to many US Supreme Court cases trying to determine the rights of captured suspected terrorists, ranging from the rights of basic humane treatment to the right of public jury trials as civilians are entitled.

Paul Manafort and Rick Gates» case has added a new criminal charge or charges as of today, though whether the action is additional grand - jury approved indictments or indicates a coming a plea agreement remains a mystery.

The move comes as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman continues to question why Abelove took the Edson Thevenin case to a grand jury in 2016.

In her jury instructions, the judge noted Howe's participation in the case as a cooperating witness, noting that convictions in this case can be made «on the basis of such a witness's testimony.»

She withdrew from the case last month, citing a conflict because her husband former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek testified in late 2014 before a federal grand jury in Manhattan as part of a related investigation.

Vacco said Shechtman, had argued (apparently successfully) that the jury in this case was never adequately instructed as to who victim was — the Independence Party, as Haggerty's defense team mantained — or Bloomberg himself.

The mayor and police also extensively discussed the Garner case and grand jury decision, as well as the continuing street protests.

The case centered on the meaning of what constitutes an «official act,» with Chief Justice John Roberts agreeing with McDonnell that instructions to his jury were so broad as to include almost anything a public official did.

«We see no reasonable possibility, in light of the record as a whole, that that flaw affected the outcome of the case,» the court said of Boyland's complaints about his jury instructions.

Singh, taking the stand for the first time as the government's star witness in its federal corruption case against Mangano, retraced the arc of his life and career to the jury in the Central Islip courtroom.

Several officials, including the head of the NYPD's biggest union, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, for whom Bratton served as police chief in the 1990s, and former Gov. George Pataki have criticized the mayor in the wake of the officers» deaths and ongoing protests against grand jury decisions not to indict police in the Garner and Brown cases.

Democrats in the Senate back the use of body cameras for police, as well as the creation of an Office of Special Investigation to oversee grand jury cases involving law enforcement.

As PMQs wore on, news dripped in that the remainder of the Coulson case had collapsed, with the jury unable to reach a verdict.

For prosecutors, retrying a case — recompiling witnesses and exhibits, reviewing old jury arguments — often does not have the same spark as the first time.

Molinari said he doesn't think the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case will hurt Donovan, even as some criticized the district attorney's handling of the case.

A federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

The judge in the case noted that Silver took a «number of official acts — most obviously passing legislation and approving state grants and tax - exempt financing — as part of a quid pro quo, but there remained a «substantial question» on whether the court's jury instructions were valid in light of the McDonnell ruling.

Last week, as the jury first convened to deliberate, a juror sent a note to the judge, Valerie E. Caproni, asking to be excused from the case and saying she was «feeling pressured, stressed out... told that I'm not using my common sense, my heart is pounding and my head feels weird.»

Kristy Mazurek, a former TV reporter best known locally as treasurer of the WNY Progressive Caucus, the political committee at the heart of AG Eric Schneiderman's grand jury probe in Buffalo, is running for the Assembly and cooperating with investigators, but won't discuss the case.

The lack of an agreement comes after Assembly Democrats sought a number of measures designed to change criminal justice procedures, including a special prosecutor to handle certain cases as well as new requirements for grand jury transparency when an indictment is not issued.

The judge in the case literally wept as he made his closing remarks to the jury».

Criminal justice issues are expected to figure prominently this legislative session as Cuomo has suggested he plans to recommend changing the grand jury process as well as create a special prosecutor to handle police brutality cases.

Hundreds of felony cases handled by Abelove's office were never presented to a grand jury, and nearly 40 percent were dismissed when they were returned to local municipal courts as a result of the inaction.

A federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke.

In his State of the State address in January, Cuomo announced plans to introduce an independent monitor, such as a retired judge to review police cases where an unarmed civilian is killed and the case is not presented to a grand jury.

A grand jury also declined to indict in that case and federal prosecutors were set to clear Wilson Wednesday as well.

He and his lawyers are expected to provide details of their appeal of the case as well as ask the trial judge to override the jury's conclusions and retroactively acquit Silver.

That's what a lawyer for a Syracuse developer challenged the jury to do as the New York corruption and bribery case nears an end.

Hundreds of felony cases handled by the Rensselaer County district attorney's office were never presented to a grand jury, and nearly 40 percent were dismissed when they were returned to local municipal courts as a result of the inaction.

At a press conference addressing the Rev. Al Sharpton's tax troubles as well as the pending grand jury decisions in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Missouri and the Eric Garner case in Staten Island, a reporter identified himself as being from Fox 5, the local Fox station.

The document — which the jury and the public were never allowed to see — will not be used as evidence in the case.

David Kernell was arraigned Monday morning on a new four - count indictment as a federal grand jury added charges of destroying evidence and identity theft to his case.

But it was clear late on Thursday, with the parties and the judge seated around a conference table and the jury not present, that Mr. McDonald and Mr. Kry had critical roles as legal specialists in the case — «the law guys,» as several experts put it — a role the public rarely hears about.

NEW YORK CITY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering lifting grand jury secrecy in cases where people died in clashes with the police as a way to increase public trust in the criminal justice system, DNAinfo New York has learned.

Mr. Litwin was not charged with any crime, though he was named a co-conspirator in one case, and never appeared in a courtroom for either trial as the juries convicted Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat and former Assembly speaker, and State Senator Dean G. Skelos, a Long Island Republican and Senate majority leader, of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges.

«We have asked members of this community to sit in as a panel, and, just like a grand jury, to have cases presented to them, and allow for the community members to make decisions as to whther or not these cases should be prosecuted traditionally or alternatives should be sought for these cases.

Delayed from October due to the lawmaker's cancer treatment, the sentencing fell as former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's federal corruption case was being considered by a jury, and the trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — who worked with Libous to plot the June 2009 coup that derailed the Senate for five weeks — continued.

Caird came to the witness stand in the trial of County Democratic Elections Commissioner Edward McDonough and former City Councilman Michael LoPorto for ballot fraud to provide the jury with an inside look at what was happening as the case began to develop.