Sentences with phrase «lawyer on a jury»

No one puts a trial lawyer on a jury and I wish they would have done it this morning.

To have a lawyer on the jury would defeat the finely crafted instruction and its potential to confuse.

Not exact matches

Dooley discusses what a difficult time lawyers have in persuading the jury during a tough case, and the comparison he makes to your typical «car salesman» is spot on:

«When they did, they brought out the best in lawyers and helped the jury understand what was going on.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 - Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters)- Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

On June 6, 2017, lawyers presented opening statements in the trial, with Carter having waived her right to a trial by jury.

The 67 - year - old lawyer served in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005, but resigned after he was indicted by a grand jury on five counts for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to the FBI.

The jury does pay attention to witnesses when they're in the witness chair, not only on the substantive responses to a question but the body language, the demeanor, and how they respond to cross examination by the other side's lawyer.

Defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr. puts on gloves on September 27, 1995 while he addresses the jury during closing arguments during the O.J. Simpson double murder trial.

As one airline lawyer commented after the trial: «Having a jury determine that the provisions in that contract were illegal obviously raises very serious implications for Sabre if they want to continue to insist on them in contracts.»

And while there is no legal requirement that underwriters like Mr. Thiel reveal their involvement to the opposing side or the jury, it is considered fair game for lawyers to ask questions about financial backing — something that Gawker Media did on Wednesday in court as part of its efforts to overturn the Hogan judgment.

The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Maybe justice and the good society are brought about precisely by lawyers and judges sending the jury out of the courtroom while they decide whether to admit the testimony of an old black woman who has been listening in on the whole trial of her son.

Reading First Things may disqualify you from sitting on a jury, at least if a lawyer decides that such reading shows that you are too involved in the practice of your religion.

When the State Kills is the model for such an approach, with fascinating and accessible chapters on such topics as the never - ending quest for «painless» executions, the role of and pressures on the jury in capital cases, the portrayal of executions in contemporary films, and the increasingly desperate efforts of death - penalty lawyers to ensure that those who are condemned to die have received something approximating fair treatment under the law.

There's a calibrated scale on the jury table next to the podium, and a local lawyer fills plastic plates from a big bowl with chopped red hot chilis.

Bill Cosby's lawyers rested their case after just a few minutes today without calling the comedian to the stand, opting against a high - stakes gamble that could have allowed him to work his charm on the jury but could have also exposed him to blistering cross-examination.

«I think [Skelos lawyer Alexandra Shapiro] is right that in the instructions I gave the jury and in arguments made by counsel to the jury, there is a danger that the jury decided the case based on a rationale that may be rejected by the Supreme Court,» Wood said.

Dean Skelos, son Adam arrive at court Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.

Silvers lawyers two weeks ago claimed that statements Bharara made about the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

Liang's lawyers have already begun their appeals process, and plan to ask Judge Chun on Wednesday to toss the conviction after they say juror Michael Vargas lied about his family's history during jury selection.

Indeed, prosecutors in the Silver case told the judge in a court filing last month that if the assemblyman's lawyers introduced evidence to «shed light on his good character or his character for truthfulness,» they would want to tell the jury about a 2009 episode that they claimed raised questions about his honesty.

U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen told lawyers at a hearing on Tuesday that jury selection will begin Dec. 1.

Trial and jury consultant Marshall Hennington said one reason personal - injury lawyers do so well in The Bronx is because «disenfranchised» jurors often make decisions based on emotions rather than evidence.

The lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — claiming public statements that Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara made about the case «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

On Thursday morning, before the jury was called in, defense lawyers, including Gerald L. Shargel, Mr. Smith's lawyer, complained for an hour.

Judge Valerie Caproni, concerned that the trial was already dragging on too long, said she did not want the lawyer infecting others on the legal teams or in the jury.

Silver's lawyers, while entering a not guilty plea for him on Tuesday before U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni, argued that Bharara broke rules about what prosecutors can say outside court and may have prejudiced the grand jury that indicted Silver.

Lawyers for the son of Rachel Noerdlinger, a former top de Blasio administration aide, doubled down on accusations that both a prosecutor and a detective «lynched» their client, lying to make manslaughter charges stick with a grand jury.

After defense attorneys spent hours grilling Howe about his nefarious past, U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni, with the jury out of the room, tried to get the lawyers to move on.

Lawyers for the son of a former top de Blasio administration aide doubled down on accusations that both a prosecutor and a detective «lynched» their client, lying to make manslaughter charges stick with a grand jury.

Leibell, R - Carmel — who pleaded guilty in December to obstructing a federal grand jury that was investigating whether he extorted cash payments from lawyers working in Putnam County and failed to report on his income tax returns tens of thousands of dollars in cash payments he received from those lawyers — was to be sentenced in federal court in White Plains this coming Monday.

Valerie E. Caproni, the presiding judge in Federal District Court, kept lawyers and prospective jurors at the courthouse late on Monday in order to ensure that jury selection did not take too long.

Lawyers for Mr. Silver and the government settled on a jury midmorning on Tuesday.

During closing arguments in the corruption trial against state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, a lawyer for the younger Skelos told jurors that the government's case against the former majority leader relies on burdening the jury with heaps of emails, phone calls and witness testimony to distract jurors from the lack of a supposed smoking gun.

Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.

Lynch last month dismissed a separate motion by Maziarz's lawyers to have the case tossed on a number of legal grounds, including claims that there were «defective» grand jury proceedings.

Indeed, suggestions the missile strikes in Syria were meant to distract from the FBI raid on his lawyer's home and office were reminiscent of Clinton's 1998 airstrikes against an aspirin factory in Sudan — the same day Monica Lewinsky appeared before a grand jury.

Lawyers overseeing the corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver picked a jury on Monday.

During a brief court appearance Monday with the jury absent, Howe lawyer Richard Morvillo told the judge he has built a solid legal reputation by «being intent on doing everything I can in my power to ensure that my clients testify truthfully, even those who, like Mr. Howe, have had a history of not always telling the truth.»

Jones said lawyers, judges and juries certainly could benefit from scientific insights on such perennial legal questions as: Was the defendant responsible for the criminal behavior?

Lawyers rely on the power of storytelling to vividly re-create crimes to juries, archaeologists conjure former civilizations, and teachers make abstract concepts real to their students.

It was clear the tobacco industry had met its match when the surgeon general made smoking a national health issue, when the mass media and entertainment industry abandoned the Marlboro man, when juries discovered that companies were responsible for the lungs of their consumers, and when powerful figures on Capitol Hill eschewed donations from tobacco magnates in favor of those contributed by trial lawyers who made billions from suing them.

Lawyers for Selivanov and Berkovich said the couple were convicted on laws that should not have applied to them and incorrect instructions given to the jury.

A jury of four women and two men reached a unanimous verdict in Thompson's favor on Thursday, her lawyers from the Michael Lamonsoff firm said.

Lawyers who are not on Facebook are missing out on critical opportunities to network for referrals, research defendants and potential jury members, market their law firms, and vet potential legal hires and current associates.

As Ambrogi writes, a new Web site, TrialJuries, «will allow lawyers to submit their cases and have them «decided» by online jurors similar to those who would serve on an actual jury at trial.»

Thus, lawyers from the public defender service have been asking judges to allow them to examine court data on jury pools — and this month, D.C. Superior Court Judge Boasberg ruled that the defense is entitled to information about how jurors are identified and summoned.