Sentences with phrase «jury found new»

A Manhattan jury found New York City and Westchester County attorney Louis Cherico guilty of bank fraud and money laundering for his part in...

A federal jury found New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco guilty on three counts of bribery and conspiracy to commit honest service fraud, in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday.

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The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York also rejected an appeal by MP3tunes founder Michael Robertson, who was ordered to pay $ 12.2 million after a federal jury in 2014 found him liable for copyright infringement.

On Friday, August 4, 2017, a federal court jury in Brooklyn, New York, found Martin Shkreli, former CEO of biopharmaceutical company Retrophin, guilty on three of eight counts of securities fraud.

THE BRONX — Tiesha Jones is a Bronx mom, awarded $ 57 million in a judgement against the New York City Housing Authority, after a jury found the agency responsible for her daughter's lead poisoning.

Though Bharara's office has already taken possession of all of the Commission's investigative files and issued a grand jury subpoena «seeking emails, text messages and other records from all of the members of the Commission,» according to The New York Times, it is unclear whether Bharara will pursue the personal use investigation or its findings.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that there was sufficient evidence to convict the veteran legislator in two corruption schemes, but jury instructions didn't comply with a new Supreme Court decision narrowing the type of acts required of public officials in a quid - pro-quo bribery scheme to formal exercises of government power.

To the growing annals of New York corruption trial history, enter Tuesday, March 13: the day a long - deliberating jury found Joseph Percoco guilty of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and solicitation of bribes (he was also found not guilty of other charges).

«Although finding that the Supreme Court's McDonnell decision issued after Silver's conviction required a different legal instruction to the jury, the Second Circuit also held that the evidence presented at the trial was sufficient to prove all the crimes charged against Silver, even under the new legal standard.»

NEW YORK, NY — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acNEW YORK, NY — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acNew York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acNew York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acts.

«Although finding that the Supreme Court's McDonnell decision issued after Silver's conviction required a different legal instruction to the jury, the Second Circuit also held that the evidence presented at the trial was sufficient to prove all the crimes charged against Silver, even under the new legal standard,» Kim's statement reads, in part.

The second of the New York State legislature's two former leaders has now been convicted on multiple corruption charges, after a jury wasted no time finding former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and son Adam guilty on all eight counts Friday.

Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni, former aides of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, were found guilty on all counts by a jury in the Bridgegate trial.

Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

NEW HAVEN — Former Gov. John G. Rowland, a political rising star who crashed a decade ago in a corruption scandal, fell again Friday when a jury in federal court found him guilty in a low - rent scheme to collect secret paychecks from rich Republican congressional candidates.

BROOKLYN — A jury found NYPD Officer Peter Liang guilty of manslaughter and official misconduct Thursday evening in the fatal shooting of unarmed father Akai Gurley in the stairwell of an East New York housing complex in November 2014.

«They look at conduct which is legal,» Mr. Molo told the jury in his opening statement, «conduct which is normal, conduct which allows government to function consistent with the way that our founding fathers of the State of New York wanted it to function, and they say this is illegal.»

The poll found that by a 58 percent to 33 percent margin, New Yorkers would back giving Schneiderman the power of special prosecutor to probe other instances of police brutality after a grand jury chose to not indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

«They look at conduct which is legal,» Mr. Molo told the jury, «conduct which is normal, conduct which allows government to function consistent with the way that our founding fathers of the state of New York wanted it to function, and they say this is illegal.»

The former town supervisor of Ramapo in New York's Rockland County has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after a jury had found him guilty in a corruption case involving the financing of a local ballpark.

Even before her findings were released, there were reports of new subpoenas being issued and a grand jury hearing testimony.

Former New York Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam were indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday on charges including extortion, wire fraud, conspiracy and bribe solicitation — with the jury finding probable cause that Skelos monetized his office and secured benefits for his son.

«Although finding that the Supreme Court's McDonnell decision issued after Silver's conviction required a different legal instruction to the jury, the Second Circuit also held that the evidence presented at the trial was sufficient to prove all the crimes charged against Silver, even under the new legal standard,» Kim's statement said.

«As the jury found, Jia Hou and Oliver Pan stuck a knife into the heart of New York City's campaign finance law by violating the prohibition against illegal campaign contributions, all to corruptly advantage the campaign of a candidate for citywide office,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a press release.

In light of the new Supreme Court decision, the appellate court decided the jury had been wrongly instructed and that if they had taken into account the revised definition, they may not have found Silver guilty.

The jury verdict finding former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver guilty on all counts caps a week where Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned in disgrace after women told the New Yorker magazine that he slapped and punched them.

The second of the New York State legislature's two former leaders has now been convicted on multiple corruption charges, after a jury lost no time in finding former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and son Adam guilty on all eight counts.

Under the new rules of bribery, «a rational jury might have concluded that Silver did not engage in an official act when he agreed to help Dr. Taub with permits for his charity race,» the three - judge panel found.

The court found that the instructions given to the jury by the judge at Silver's trial were wrong, considering the new definition established by the McDonnell case.

«Finding Vivian Maier,» co-directed by Maier's chief curator, John Maloof, debuted last November at DOC NYC and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Miami Film Festival (tying with «The Overnighters» by Jeff Moss), the audience awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best New Director at the Portland International Film Festival, a Founder's Prize at the Traverse City Film Festival and the John Schlesinger Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).

Jordan is Guy Montag, a rising star «fireman» who acts as judge, jury and human torch, finding citizens who are hiding forbidden literature, and making them examples on the Nine, a new government - run internet that seems to operate on old Facebook code.

Like his 2009 debut, «Samson & Delilah,» the new film, which won a special jury prize in Venice, finds Thornton expressing a palpable anger at the brutal mistreatment of his country's Aboriginal people, in a style that melds classical western filmmaking with studied art - film longueurs.

Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are among the star names on a new Bafta jury tasked with finding the UK's freshest talent.

But a Florida grand jury recently found that the state's formula that funds new school construction doesn't recognize the county's unique needs created by its large immigrant population.

In its post-trial motion seeking a judgment of acquittal or a new trial, defendant Trans Union, LLC («Trans Union») challenges the jury verdict finding that it had negligently and willfully violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681i («FCRA»), when it failed to remove an erroneous collection account from -LSB-...]

JURY - Leo Babsky, Chief Curator for the Century Club (London)- Kurt Beers, Director of BEERS London & Author of «100 Painters of Tomorrow» - Paddy Johnson, Founding Editor of Art F City - Erik Olson, Artist and CV7 finalist - Richard Stemp, Author and Academic (Art History)- Jennifer Winsor, Director, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver (Canada)- Anna Zorina, Director, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York (USA)

Our 11th Annual Juried Exhibition finds a new way to celebrate our pets, even as it creatively interweaves all of these ways.

Blue Mountain Gallery (NY), National Call for Entries: 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, 2014 Deadline: October 28th, 2014 Blue Mountain Gallery, founded in 1980 and located in the heart of New York City's Chelsea Art district, is sponsoring it's 2nd Annual... Continue reading →

Blue Mountain Gallery (NY), National Call for Entries: 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, 2017 Deadline EXTENDED: October 25th, 2016 Blue Mountain Gallery, founded in 1980, is located in the heart of New York City's Chelsea art district, and is sponsoring its... Continue reading →

«Nicholas Serota seems determined to find the new cutting edge, so judge and jury are chosen on the basis of the certainty that they will agree with who he thinks should be considered.

In 2014, a jury in New York sided with Werbner, finding Jordan - based Arab Bank responsible for providing financial services to Hamas for 24 terror attacks during the «Second Intifada» in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Here at Michaels & Smolak, on any given day, you are likely to find, on our attorneys» desks, piles of dog - eared, highlighted, and marked - up volumes of the New York Jury Verdict Reporter.

A recent Jury Verdict Research (JVR) study found that the average verdict in a New York motor vehicle accident case is $ 837,020.

However, the Court found that the defects in the question to the jury did not necessitate a new trial, and that the trial judge was correct not to poll the jury in the circumstances, despite having the jurisdiction to do so.

As we know, the company's high - living CEO and CFO were found guilty on 22 criminal counts by a New York jury, who apparently took issue with their inability to explain why certain «compensation» (a) was news to the board (b) wasn't reported.

The Court of Appeal ordered a new trial finding it was inappropriate to give the jury access to a defence document book without careful limitations as to the use of the various documents contained therein and also for having access to a discovery transcript.

The Scooter Libby verdict came in around noon yesterday, with a jury finding Libby guilty of four counts of lying in the CIA Leak case, as reported here in the New York Times (3/7/07) and many other publications.

This fact could not be clearer when this past week a Bronx jury returned a stunning 57 million dollar verdict in a case against the New York City Housing Authority finding that this municipal agency of the City of New York was negligent in failing to inspect for the hazards of lead paint and maintaining the apartment free of lead hazards, and that such negligence caused the lead poisoning of a child who was a resident in their apartment.

In the first federal trial over Hurricane Katrina damage, a Louisiana jury ruled against State Farm insurance company Wednesday, finding that wind, not water, destroyed the New Orleans home of plaintiffs Michael and Judy Kodrin.