Sentences with phrase «jury hearing testimony»

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

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A federal jury hearing testimony on Tuesday was served a steady diet of «ziti,» the word prosecutors say a former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo used as code to refer to bribe payments he received to push forward projects for three businessmen.

An Albany County grand jury heard testimony Thursday from at least one key witness in a widening probe of former State Sen. George D. Maziarz and his campaign finances that now also involves former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek, according to several sources familiar with the situation.

Not exact matches

Not only because more intimate testimony is expected on the physical and emotional impacts of the bombings, but also because the jury will be hearing much more about Tsarnaev himself as they contemplate whether to sentence him to death.

If the individual wishes to contest the action, he can have a sanity hearing before a judge or jury, with his lawyer and with testimony from his own psychiatrist.

Kane acted after Superior Court Judge Eugene Kelly, who has been sitting and will continue to sit in Hartford as a special one - man grand jury, heard testimony on widespread corruption in the sport.

Since then federal grand juries in Las Vegas and other cities have been hearing testimony about the Computer Group.

The grand jury, which first convened in August, has weighed evidence — including a video recorded by bystanders of Mr. Garner's arrest — and heard testimony from officers and emergency responders involved.

Bharara's prosecutors have been reviewing whether de Blasio traded government favors for campaign donations since at least April 2016; a grand jury has heard testimony; and two weeks ago Bharara's lieutenants grilled the mayor for four hours.

Law enforcement sources tell NY1 that a federal grand jury is continuing to hear testimony about the NYPD chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Among those discussed is allowing the release of evidence and testimony heard by a grand jury in cases where a civilian is killed by police.

Both grand juries have heard testimony from Working Families Party members about never receiving absentee ballots nor applying for them.

Federal and state grand juries have been convened to hear testimony in the cases involving City Hall, but de Blasio said Wednesday that he hasn't testified before either one.

Nichols has been overseeing the grand jury investigation, which has been hearing testimony at the city courthouse in Rensselaer over the past two months.

The grand jury also heard testimony that contrasted the rapid course of the French investigation with the far longer process that followed the August 2015 shooting of Thaddeus Faison by Officer Joshua Comitale.

Schneiderman's office obtained court authorization in August to convene the Rensselaer County grand jury, which began hearing testimony Sept. 20 at Rensselaer City Court, about nine miles away from the county courthouse where Abelove works.

MANHATTAN — Two grand juries have begun hearing testimony about whether Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign fundraising efforts violated various election laws, according to a report in The New York Times.

The jury deliberated for less than two days after hearing testimony from 26 witnesses over the course of seven days.

The case against the husband of Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks will move forward when a grand jury is convened to hear his testimony, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Wednesday.

The grand jury, which met for two months, reviewed thousands of pages of documents and heard testimony from 21 witnesses — including eight sexual abuse victims — did not hand down indictments, name pedophile priests or identify parishes where abuse took place due to the constraints of the law.

Meanwhile, state and federal grand juries have been hearing testimony related to the separate probes into the de Blasio administration's fund - raising.

Law enforcement sources tell NY1 a federal grand jury is still hearing testimony about Garner's chokehold death.

Why is eyewitness testimony so unreliable that even without police misconduct it requires special jury instructions or a pretrial hearing?

Juries have heard - and been deeply moved - by his first hand authoritative testimony to the dangerous trajectory the business - as - usual model to CO2 emissions is taking mankind and the planet.

Worse, the jury that hears indamissible hearsay that is not cured by subsequent testimony or evidence is not going to un-hear the inadmissible evidence no matter how well - crafted are a judge's curative instructions to ignore the inadmissible evidence.

After hearing compelling testimony from Defendants» expert in accident reconstruction and the investigating police officer, the jury found that Plaintiff's own contributory negligence was a cause of the accident, resulting in a defense verdict.

A jury will ask to hear testimony from other medical professionals who can speak to the duty of care and whether or not, in their expert opinion, the duty of care was breached.

Medical malpractice cases can be extremely complicated for juries, as a group of 12 ordinary citizens has to hear complicated medical testimony filled with foreign terms and decide whether the professionals being sued fell short of their standard of care.

Ultimately, the application of these statutes to the fact patterns in question require a dozen real human beings on a jury to apply the facts that hear testimony about to the law and there is no 100 % certain answer.

Too many times I have had litigators assure me that after the jury has heard two weeks — or two months — of testimony, they will fully comprehend how the microchip works or the structure of a nuclear generator or whatever the highly complex subject of the litigation is.

2 For an extensive list of studies demonstrating the competence of juries, see, e.g., Testimony of Neil Vidmar, Russell M. Robinson, II Professor of Law, Duke Law School before The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, «Hearing on Medical Liability: New Ideas for Making the System Work Better for Patients,» June 22, 2006 at 10 («The overwhelming number of the judges gave the civil jury high marks for competence, diligence, and seriousness, even in complex cases... Systematic studies of jury responses to experts lead to the conclusion that jurors do not automatically defer to experts and that jurors have a basic understanding of the evidence in malpractice and other cases.

As a result of this, the Court decided to reject the Defendant's motion to exclude the testimony and allow the jury to hear the expert's testimony.

Giardino sided with the prosecution and ruled that jurors could hear Bethea's grand jury testimony, saying Smith had the «motive and the opportunity» to intimidate Bethea.

... a federal court jury began hearing testimony Monday in a defamation suit brought by two law professors against West Publishing.

In a hearing or trial without a jury, the successor judge shall at the request of a party recall any witness whose testimony is material and disputed and who is available to testify again without undue burden.

If a pretrial judge has excluded some testimony, but the trial judge allows it in, then a jury gets to hear that evidence.

In the U.S. all trials are publicly accessible unless a witness has some privacy concerns (like they are still undercover) but the jury and accused are still able to hear the testimony.

• Accompany the jury members outside courtroom to avoid contact with general public • Ensure maintenance of order in the court room especially during hearings • Scan all audience using metal detectors to rule out any possibility of weapon's presence in the court room • Maintain case testimony records in authorized computer system and retrieve the same when needed