Sentences with phrase «manslaughter indictment»

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.

The original manslaughter indictment against Haste was dismissed in May by Supreme Court Justice Steven L. Barrett, who ruled that prosecutors from the office of Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson erred when they instructed the grand jury that it did not have to consider communications other officers gave Haste that Graham, 18, had a gun.

Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said he had expected Haste to be re-indicted after the first manslaughter indictment was dismissed.

Supreme Court Justice Steven L. Barrett dismissed the manslaughter indictment against Haste in May because he said prosecutors» instructions to the grand jury who indicted Haste were faulty.

No sooner had Michael J. Flaherty Jr.'s prosecutors obtained a felony vehicular manslaughter indictment in a hit - and - run case that a grand jury initially probed in 2014, than the acting DA's opponents pounced with questions about his personal involvement.

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The defense's controversial decision to seek an acquittal rather than allow the jury to consider manslaughter was based on proving the earlier injury because the prosecution's indictment said the baby died from a single incident of what their experts called «shaken baby impact syndrome.»

Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- 55 - year - old Jon Herrle of the Town of Tonawanda has pleaded guilty in Erie County Court to Manslaughter in the Second Degree, the highest charge in the indictment.

Chautauqua County Court Judge David Foley dismissed the charge of second degree manslaughter against 34 year - old Thomas Jadlowski in a ruling issued on Wednesday, saying District Attorney Patrick Swanson erred when he presented the case in front of a grand jury while seeking an indictment.

Tags: Armed Robbery, Common Law Robbery, Directed Verdict, Grand Jury, Indictment, Jury Instructions, Lesser - Included Offense, Manslaughter, Murder, Post Conviction Relief (PCR), Strong Arm Robbery

Section 1 (1) defines the new offence, triable only on indictment, which will be called corporate manslaughter in England and Wales and Northern Ireland and corporate homicide in Scotland.

Circumstances of aggravation 610 (1)... Effect of previous charge of murder or manslaughter (2) A conviction or an acquittal on an indictment for murder bars a subsequent indictment for the same homicide charging it as manslaughter or infanticide, and a conviction or acquittal on an indictment for manslaughter or infanticide bars a subsequent indictment for the same homicide charging it as murder.