Sentences with phrase «many of our defendants»

Forensic analysis of Defendants» computers also revealed presentations that Defendants had authored for potential Xapo investors during the time they were employed by Lemon, detailing the bitcoin wallet functionality of the app.

If a prosecutor wants to convict a man of assault, he is (without a doubt) going to paint a picture for the audience of the suffering of the defendant, and will likely use expressive language to evoke a feeling of sympathy from the jury, who (as they listen) visualize the potential suffering of the man / woman in front of them.

«This court, as a trier of fact, is simply not firmly convinced of defendant's guilt,» Judge Wilson wrote in his ruling.

The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.

Hired by prosecutors, Zdziarski's job included analyzing the phones of the defendants for proof that they participated in the plan to rob and murder Lambert — even as several of them vehemently denied it.

Federal law splits capital death penalty cases into two separate phases: the first determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant, the second - if found guilty - determining their sentence.

Gorsuch has received praise from defense lawyers and other legal experts for often intrepreting laws in favor of defendants, a tendency similar to that of the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

«There is enough grey in grey marketing law and the lack of federal government enforcement of labelling and packaging laws to prevent the characterization of the defendants» conduct as sufficiently egregious to attract further condemnation from the court,» Myers wrote.

Latest Round: At this point, Wiley is seeking to learn the identifies of the defendants to work toward out - of - court settlements.

Should the robot be confiscated, or treated with a degree of respect for privacy the way a spouse of a defendant might be treated?

At the time of writing, none of the defendants had filed a statement of defence.

He sent unwanted sexual texts to a domestic abuse victim of a defendant Kratz himself was prosecuting.

One of the defendants, Leigh Corfman, who said Moore touched her sexually when she was 14, sued Moore for defamation in January.

«The greed at the expense of investors who are promised unmatched interest rates remained the only goal of the defendants despite the [July] decision,» Justice Marc Lesage of the Quebec Superior Court said, CBC / Radio - Canada reported.

The White House's Patent Assertion and Innovation report of June 2013 found that since 2005, the number of defendants sued by patent trolls had quadrupled.

(Chicago constructed this story from thousands of pages of federal court records, police reports, and court testimony from related cases, as well as from official government reports and dozens of interviews with federal and local law enforcement officials and attorneys for some of the defendants; through a spokesman, prosecutors in the Zambada case declined comment.)

Additionally, he thinks the U.S. Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule will widen the number of defendants who are named in these lawsuits.

Patent trolls leaned on sympathetic (and self - interested) judges to bully easy settlements out of defendants and force end consumers to pay more for all sorts of products.

Under the terms of the settlement, $ 150 million will be paid by TAP on behalf of all defendants.

The courtroom was cleared for arraignments in a criminal drug and weapons case that featured a different Martin Shkreli — a Bedford, N.Y. man more than 20 years older than the 34 - year - old Pharma Bro — as one of the defendants.

On May 3, 2013, the lead plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging that, during that same period, all of the defendants violated Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act and SEC Rule

On May 3, 2013, the lead plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging that, during that same period, all of the defendants violated Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act and SEC Rule 10b - 5 (b) by concealing material information and making false statements related to Parent's acquisition of Autonomy and that certain defendants violated SEC Rule 10b - 5 (a) and (c) by engaging in a «scheme» to defraud investors.

«Rather than build independent value in their brand and the products and services they offer, Defendants have engaged in a willful and concerted campaign to cause the public to believe falsely that Alibaba is the source of the Defendants» products and services, or that such products and services are endorsed or sponsored by, or otherwise associated or affiliated with, Alibaba.»

It would create endless conflicts between the stipulated rights of victims and the constitutional rights of defendants.

But I didn't think it was his idea to hand - deliver copies to the press and then mail the indictments to the homes of the defendants.

The fool on the other hand has rushed in where the angels feared to tread, and the case for Christianity is being lost by the default of the defendants.»

Although Egypt is entirely Sunni and most of the people are followers of the Hanafi school, Azhar teaches the four schools without distinction, and the religious courts pass judgment according to the religious school of the defendant.

Preliminary hearings ensued, and dismissals of charges, and trials and mistrials and retrials, and an acquittal, and two hung juries, and defections and elections of district attorneys, and the McMartin defense team carried on, until the list of defendants had dwindled to one, young Raymond Buckey, a surfer dude who had not seen the sun in years, whose charges were finally dismissed in 1990.

When it came time for the trial, all the judges of the Amherst County Circuit Court had to disqualify themselves because the commonwealth attorney, J. Barney Wyckoff, was not only a member of the church but one of the defendants.

Judge Santiarto said: «As part of a religious society, the defendant should be careful to not use words with negative connotations regarding the symbols of religions including the religion of the defendant himself.»

One of the defendants said «she only had done good work according to Biblical principles and preached how humans can be saved, never harming anyone».

The Christic Institute lawsuit charged a group of defendants, many of whom were key players in the Iran - contra scandal, with participation in a criminal conspiracy.»

The Judge not only ruled in favor of the defendant, but called Mr. Perce a name and told him that if he were in a Muslim country, he'd be put to death.

But Russia's chief rabbi, Berl Lazar, and ombudsman Vladimir Lukin spoke in support of the defendants.

So long as experts deal in «hard» knowledge like whether the fibers found on the heels of the defendant's shoes came from the clothing of the victim, their testimony is helpful.

We like to say it's about the most heinous crimes, but really the biggest determinants in capital punishment are the race of the victim and the resources of the defendant.

According to Athenian law, the jury had to choose between the alternatives proposed by the plaintiff and those of the defendant.

I didn't say there was no inequality in the justice system, I said the media inflames when they use 1 case as a litmus test, especially when the system is stacked in favor of defendants.

The secretary was Monsignor Lucio Angelo Vallejo Balda, now one of the defendants alongside Nuzzzi and Fittipaldi.

And we get angry because we know several of the defendants have already been prosecuted and served time for similar crimes.

It just does not occur to him that the refusal of the defendant... may, as soon as a judicial order is issued, become a matter to a certain extent personal to the court, and that the court may feel hurt, insulted, «contemned.

Placed side by side, there are differences easily discernible which would not, however, be readily noted by the average purchaser seeing the respective bottles on different occasions, the chief distinguishing mark of defendant's being a picture of a live oak tree with a blue background and the word «Evangeline» preceding «Tabasco Sauce.»

The trade - mark had been cancelled, first, on the ground that it could not be denominated a technical trade - mark, because it was a geographical name, and, second, on the ground that it was fraudulently obtained, the application falsely stating it had been «in the actual and exclusive use of defendants since 1868.»

During the past few months the shape of the defendant's bottle has been changed from round to polygonal — so slight a change as not to be readily noticeable.

There are thousands of defendants across the country in jail right now because they can't make even minimal bail amounts.

In most courtrooms, the story of a defendant's terrible childhood — what types of abuse or neglect may have prompted him or her to commit crimes — is often told at the very end of the court process when a judge decides which sentence to impose.

«We are pleased with the court's decision, which rejected nearly all of the defendants» arguments,» said Erik Connolly, a partner at Winston & Strawn representing BPI, in an email.

None of the defendants returned numerous calls Thursday to their residences.

The resulting code is the basis of the modern so - called «inquisitorial system» of criminal courts, used in France and many civil law countries, though significantly changed since Bonaparte's day (especially with regard to the expansion of the rights of the defendant).

Of the 150 cases before magistrates courts so far, the majority of defendants were remanded in custody despite pleaded guilty to relatively minor offences.