Sentences with phrase «law in murder trials»

The Prime Minister has a law and order constituency that might look with favour on the appointment of someone like David Watt, a former crown prosecutor and judge noted for his strict and careful implementation of the criminal law in murder trials.

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The law lords ruled the conviction of Londoner Iain Davis for a double murder in Hackney in 2002 was unlawful because of the crucial role of anonymous witnesses in his trial.

Olanbiwonnu said he and six other persons who stood trial for complicity in the murder of Aderiye had been vindicated by God and the court of law.

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These include: United States v. Resendiz - Ponce, which presents the question whether the omission of an element from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture on them.

«While the court accepts the importance of police in society, an officer, like all citizens is not above the law,» says Rosen, a veteran of murder trials and appeals.

Attorneys from our law firm have gone to trial and prevailed in the most serious of cases, such as those involving murder charges.

Laura K. Gasiorowski, Esq., who has been practicing criminal defense law since 1994, joined the Stahl Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2005, and has concentrated her career on complex pre-trial, trial and appellate matters in a wide variety of state and federal criminal matters, including mail fraud, money laundering, gambling, narcotics violations, murder, and RICO.

«The trial judge erred in law by holding that the common law defence of duress was not available to persons charged as parties to a murder,» says the appeal ruling in R. v. Aravena.

The Law Commission suggests that in these circumstances the trial judge should have the power to order a medical examination of the defendant following conviction for murder.

By: Lisa A. Silver PDF Version: Tracing the Likeness of Colten Boushie in the Law Classroom On January 29, 2018, the nation's gaze was decidedly fixed on Battleford, Saskatchewan where the second - degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley was commencing.

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