Sentences with phrase «key government witness»

Among the potential key government witnesses at the trial could be former Oyster Bay Deputy Town Attorney Frederick Mei, and former Oyster Bay Town Attorney Leonard Genova.

While Ciulla, a key government witness in the New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Michigan cases, did not testify in Errico's trial, he was available to the prosecution in Brooklyn and, according to law - enforcement sources, could testify in future cases.

How could McLain receive a just verdict when, Levine charged, Kovachevich had pushed the trial forward with undo haste and ordered jurors to stand up for exercise — in a kind of seventh - inning stretch — when Levine was interrogating a key government witness against McLain?

Todd Howe, a key government witness, testified that he had a Syracuse development company donate to the governor through its LLCs in an attempt to make the contributions more difficult to trace.

Catch up on the charges and the key government witness.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A lawyer attacked the credibility of a key government witness on Wednesday at the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo before the witness lashed back, calling it insulting to suggest he would lie to avoid prison.

Stevenson shook his head repeatedly as Jacobs spoke, nodding in agreement only when the prosecutor said that the key government witness against Stevenson had committed crimes in the past.

Todd Howe, the key government witness in the corruption trial of Joe Percoco, has been arrested after it was revealed on the witness stand Thursday he may have broken the law after entering a plea agreement with the federal government.

The Percoco trial took a twist earlier this morning when it was revealed a key government witness in the case, Todd Howe, a former Albany consultant, had been arrested after his testimony on Thursday.

(AP / WBEN) A lawyer attacked the credibility of a key government witness on Wednesday at the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo before the witness lashed back, calling it insulting to suggest he'd lie to avoid prison.

Cross-examination of a key government witness will continue next week in the federal corruption trial of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide and close friend to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The couple is also close to Moses (Mark) Stern, the key government witness who prosecutors say helped broker the bribery plot to get Smith, a Democratic state senator, on the Republican ballot for mayor.

Maybe the best advice for defense lawyers thinking about sending cryptic letters to key government witnesses is: don't.