Ciminelli, head of one of the state's largest construction contractors, and two other company executives charged in the case could find themselves facing a grand
jury indictment before their next court appearance on Oct. 24.
Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli, head of one of the state's largest construction contractors, and two other company executives charged in state contracts bid - rigging case could find themselves facing a grand
jury indictment before their next court appearance on Oct. 24.
Not exact matches
Steven Molo, Silver's attorney, said that he will aim to have the charges tossed because of prejudicial statements made by Bharara to the press, in a speech and in a television interview
before his
indictment by a grand
jury last week.
Forty - eight hours
before the trial started, without any advance notice to Judge Fiorella or Officer Hassett, and without providing Officer Hassett the opportunity to testify
before the grand
jury, the District Attorney's Office obtained an
indictment on the same exact misdemeanor charges.»
While some political corruption cases are not announced until
indictments are unsealed, in the case of Mr. Skelos and of Mr. Silver, Mr. Bharara chose to bring criminal complaints to court on his own first
before turning the case over to a grand
jury.
Mangano's grand
jury testimony in the Skelos case occurred
before the
indictment of Singh on Long Island, so prosecutors in the Southern District would have had no reason then to ask him during the Skelos investigation about Singh or possible questionable activities in Oyster Bay.
Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, who is accused of two misdemeanors and one felony related to his handling of a fatal police shooting case, has moved to dismiss the
indictment against him, arguing that «the evidence
before the grand
jury» did not support the charges, according to court filings this month.
Ortt's
indictment came hours after he voluntarily appeared
before the grand
jury empaneled by Schneiderman to investigate the finances of the Niagara County GOP and former Sen. George Maziarz, who was also indicted.
«Rather, the issue
before the Court is whether the U.S. Attorney's comments were sufficiently prejudicial to overcome the presumption of regularity accorded to grand
jury proceedings and to warrant the extreme sanction of dismissing the
indictment.»
According to Mr. Coffey and The Buffalo News, which reported the
indictments late Wednesday, Mr. Ortt had appeared earlier on Wednesday
before the grand
jury that has been investigating the Niagara County Republican Committee and Mr. Maziarz.
The hard question is determining what a
jury's acquittal «necessarily decided» in particular facts and circumstances, given that a
jury verdict in a criminal case typically only determines if the
jury convicted, acquitted, or hung on each of the charges presented to it in the
indictment and not dismissed
before tiral.
The
Jury had each formed a different view (Long
before the
indictment was read), And they all spoke at once, so that none of them knew One word that the others had said.
Unlike most cases, in which it is almost foolhardy to appear
before the grand
jury when there is a reasonable chance it will be asked to indict the witness, in political cases the need to avoid an
indictment is particularly strong.
And it was required, in cases where the grand
jury in attendance upon any of these courts should terminate its session without proceeding by
indictment or otherwise against any prisoner named in the list, that the judge of the court should forthwith make an order that such prisoner, desiring a discharge, should be brought
before him or the court to be discharged, on entering into recognizance, if required, to keep the peace and for good behavior, or to appear, as the court might direct, to be further dealt with according to law.