Sentences with phrase «jury instructions out»

Not exact matches

The jury instructions in the Percoco case spell it out: «The Government must prove that Mr. Percoco knew that he was expected to perform an official action act in exchange for the property that he allegedly obtained from CPV and COR Development, respectively.»

When the appeals court overturned Silver's corruption conviction, it said that many people would view the facts that came out in the case «with distaste,» but the instructions to the jury did not track with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 2016 in a corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Haste, who was indicted by a grand jury but had the case tossed out because of improper jury instructions from the Bronx District Attorney's Office, said he believed Graham had a gun in his possession at the time.

After Haste's manslaughter indictment was thrown out due to improper jury instructions from the Bronx District Attorney's office, a second grand jury declined to indict Haste in August 2013.

According to an affidavit filed by one of the jurors after the trial, the jury unanimously agreed that the plaintiff, Martha Sienkowski, should be awarded $ 336,300 but «we had trouble trying to figure out the verdict form, and sent a note through the bailiff to that effect seeking further instructions.»

Jury nullification is an unpopular legal concept with a judicial system meant to crank out fines and jail sentences, but the US Supreme Court has affirmed the right of juries to think beyond their allotted jury instructions and the right of citizens to spread the word about that super-judicial discretJury nullification is an unpopular legal concept with a judicial system meant to crank out fines and jail sentences, but the US Supreme Court has affirmed the right of juries to think beyond their allotted jury instructions and the right of citizens to spread the word about that super-judicial discretjury instructions and the right of citizens to spread the word about that super-judicial discretion.

Jury instructions used by the Massachusetts courts spell out three elements that must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt to convict someone of disorderly conduct:

The way this is sorted out is that the jury is given an instructions that describes what the law means when it talks of «premeditation», and the jury has to device if this situation has been proven.

Because of an error with the jury verdict form in which an instruction regarding comparative negligence was left out, the judge ordered a retrial on that issue alone.

For the reasons set out inMakara by Mr. Justice Barrow, I am of the view that such prejudice can be adequately addressed by way of appropriate instructions to the jury.

In Hilton J.A.'s view, the trial judge erred in not admitting in evidence out - of - court statements made by one of the victims and in giving the jury an instruction, the content of which was also erroneous, with respect to the fabrication of an alibi even though sufficient evidence had not been adduced to link the appellant to the fabrication of an alibi.

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