Sentences with phrase «made by the jury»

Surely one reason for Fassbender hogging last night's Lido headlines — with Golden Lion winner «Faust» generally relegated to a grudging postscript — is that his was one choice made by the jury that nearly everyone could agree upon, and had indeed agreed upon since «Shame» «s first screening a week before.

The opinion means the Court disagreed with all six arguments submitted by Bell and upheld the guilty decision made by the jury.

The decision is made by a jury of art professionals, and chaired by the director of Tate Britain — currently Penelope Curtis.

Selections for the shortlist will be made by the Jury in November 2013.

Issue: In personal injury cases should a trial judge be allowed to courageously correct mistakes made by the jury which lead to unreasonably high court awards?

That's the question, as reported by New Hampshire's Laconia Citizen, which says that the defense attorney representing a convicted rapist is trying to convince the court that his client's right to a fair trial was compromised by comments made by a jury member on a personal blog.

Nothing in the Constitution requires that assessment of fault in a civil case tried in a state court be made by a jury, nor is there any prohibition against such a finding being made in the first instance by an appellate, rather than a trial, court.

Due to statements made by jury foreman Velvin Hogan, Samsung is requesting a new trial in the Apple v. Samsung case.

Associate Judge Fisher, writing for the Court, stated, «the ability to focus on the reliability of principles and methods, and their application, is a decided advantage that will lead to better decision - making by juries and trial judges alike.»

It is also a decision that we can expect to be appealed given the importance of the legal issues at stake and the size of the damages award made by the jury which, by Canadian standards, marks a high for compensation in an historical childhood sexual abuse case.

It's a violation of the witness's constitutional rights to permit that kind of inference to be made by a jury.

A guidelines - based reprehensibility scale is not substantially more difficult to apply than the determination currently made by juries, which judges subse - quently review in an hoc manner.

«These photos should not be considered as trade secrets, more just confidential information,...» and»... but it was only a few photos of the interior that doesn't exactly constitute as trade secrets» are meaningless judgements of the value of photos; the determination of the value of the photos as trade secrets would be made by a jury when / if there is a prosecution under 18 USC 1832.

Judge Koh cited the longstanding rule that the Seventh Amendment prohibits a judicial increase in a damages award made by a jury.

The court found that none of the procedural errors claimed by the Company were significant, and so affirmed the remaining awards made by the jury in favor of the Property Manager.

Not exact matches

The jury also remains out on whether retailers make money by cutting prices in an event which was imported to Britain from the United States by online retailer Amazon in 2010.

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 deal, which Republicans have painted as evidence of collusion between Clinton and Russia, made its way back into headlines in October, shortly before it emerged that a federal grand jury approved the first charges filed by special counsel Robert Mueller as he investigates whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.

It's probably not going to be possible to have a jury of people that have never heard of the bands, that have never heard the music, but the real question is, even with that understanding, can they only focus on the evidence that's being presented by the parties at trial and only use that evidence and nothing from their own life experience outside of the courtroom to make that decision?

«Tortious interference,» by contrast, is a more expansive legal theory that allows a jury to make what amounts to an informed (or not so informed) guess at the extent a victim has suffered.

Under state law, the death penalty can be imposed if a jury makes a unanimous recommendation after weighing aggravating factors presented by the prosecution and mitigating factors presented by the defense.

They knew how to make their case to a jury — by creating a framework for the jury through which they will be compelled to agree with the perspective and argument of the lawyer / theologian.

But you are correct that the actual case / crime only entails the actual struggle, and by that point it was just two dumb - dumbs in a fight, and the lack of evidence is what really made acquittal the only choice for the jury.

Absolutely, it does make sense to at least 6 billion people on earth including but not limited to professionals and the elite such as Doctors, Scientists, Juries, Judges, Magistrates, Politicians, even by the person who holds the highest position of the most powerful country of the world.

That democracy can be made to work, that by the scientific method we can gain mastery over the latent resources of the universe, that trial by jury is practicable, that torture is a foolish method of seeking evidence in the courts, that chattel slavery is a failure — such things we take for granted, not because we individually are wiser than our forebears, who disbelieved them all, but because we share in a social tradition which we did not even help to create, but which has shaped and conformed our thinking with irresistible power.

That determination is made by a judge and jury.

«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.

It was the Special Grand Jury's role to assess the credibility of witnesses that did testify and a judge's responsibility to make sure their conclusions were supported by the evidence.

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.

On Aug. 29, he tweeted out a link to his website, stevelevyresponds.com, a page he set up to counter claims made by grand jury prosecutors.

Correction Officer Byron Taylor, 32, helped other officers cover up the true nature of Spear's death by coming up with a fake story that made Spear look like the instigator, filing false Use of Force reports with the Department of Correction and repeatedly lying to the Bronx District Attorney's Office, DOC investigators and a federal grand jury said.

City Councilman Rory Lancman is backing a bill that would make the use of chokeholds by police a crime and there is now a push to make the grand jury minutes public.

At a stroke, sortition — selection by lot — would achieve Andrew Adonis's and Paul Tyler's objectives (Status quo is not an option, Comment, 23 April) of making the second chamber more representative (in the same way a jury is representative) and cheaper to run (I'm sure most of us would accept a fraction of the daily # 300 peers currently get for attendance).

William Alexander, age 38, residing at 1102 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, was indicted on December 6, 2011 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd Degree, Attempted Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd Degree.District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about October 18, 2011, at approximately 6:00 p.m., at Best Buy in the Palisades Center Mall, defendant presented a forged non-driver ID card, in an attempt to gain access to and make a purchase of over $ 2,000, using another person's Best Buy credit card account.

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.

A jury is deciding whether the millions made by former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver constituted illegal behavior

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.

«I will make no comment now, or during the period of time that the grand jury is convened, regarding the days that the grand jury will be sitting; who may be called as a witness before the grand jury; what any witness has or will testify about before the grand jury; when the grand jury will conclude its investigation; what criminal charges will be considered by the grand jury, or against whom the grand jury might consider any such criminal charges,» said Mr. Donovan.

The juror who wrote the first note has not been identified by the court, but the parties made references to her as a female member of the jury of eight women and four men.

Texas» Perry indicted for coercion for veto threat AUSTIN, Texas — A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption — making the possible 2016 presidential hopeful his state's first indicted governor in nearly a century....

A state appeals court has granted a request by NYC Public Advocate Tish James and others to reconsider whether the grand jury proceedings in the case of Eric Garner should be made public.

Ministers have given verbal assurances that the bill's powers, which would allow them to make orders to change primary legislation in all but a few specific instances, would not be used to change major laws such as the right to trial by jury.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was blasted by police unions for statements he made in the wake of a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for Eric Garner's death, released a more subdued message Tuesday.

After French was cleared, Schneiderman accused Abelove of making an «end run» around Cuomo's executive order by rushing the case before the grand jury at a time when the attorney general's office said it would review the shooting.

Schneiderman accused Abelove of making an «end run» around Cuomo's executive order by secretly rushing the case before a grand jury that cleared Sgt. Randall French of wrongdoing before the attorney general's office could review the shooting.

Additionally, Shur said, evidence regarding statements Silver made «to a bunch of reporters while jammed into an elevator» regarding transparency should also not be allowed to be heard by the jury.

«While I share the disappointment and sadness felt by millions of people across America in the decision made by the grand jury in St. Louis County not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, I hope we can honor the memory of Michel Brown through peaceful protests and peaceful dialogue, instead of anger and violence,» said Congressman Charles Rangel.

Ultimately, the decision not to seek charges was made by the federal prosecutors themselves — the case was never presented to a grand jury — in light of the challenges of proving such a case.

Massey, 56, has made the investigations by the Manhattan DA's office, the U.S Attorney's Office and two grand juries the subject of his campaign's talking points.

For their part state Democrats hope to make DeLay the poster boy for political corruption, highlighting his indictment by a Texas grand jury on state money laundering charges, plus several scandals involving political associates and former staffers.