Sentences with phrase «more guilty pleas»

The defendants had a meeting with the claimant immediately afterwards, but did not inform her of the trial judge's indication of sentence in the event of one or more guilty pleas.

Prosecutors» method of plea bargaining changes so as to produce more guilty pleas which increases the probability of wrongful convictions.

Not exact matches

That would make for more trials and fewer guilty pleas.

And yet the cause of human liberation deserves and needs more than a guilty plea by those conscious of their relative privilege.

Carr's guilty plea to felony charges came in the wake of presiding over the death of a breech baby who's head became stuck for more than 10 minutes before Carr even bothered to call 911.

Former State Fair Director Peter Cappuccilli Jr. pleaded guilty to official misconduct and agreed to pay $ 50,000 restitution but avoided jail in a plea deal that dismissed more serious charges.

Greg Ball can be a bull in a china shop but he was four years ahead of everyone else exposing this corruption, as were many Conservatives in Westchester.Leibell's pleas for leniency were nothing more than window dressing to protect others guilty of far worse things.

Silver has survived episodic brushes with scandal before — covering for staffers and legislators who'd sexually harassed or abused women, the guilty plea of a close friend who'd stolen more than $ 1 million from a Jewish charity.

Geddes, N.Y. — Former New York State Fair Director Peter Cappuccilli Jr. pleaded guilty today to official misconduct and agreed to pay the state $ 50,000 restitution but avoided jail in a plea deal that dismissed more serious charges.

Flip - floppery: A leader in The Telegraph lists some recent Government U-turns... on immigration, prison - building, automatic sentence reduction for guilty pleas, home information packs, marching yobs to cashpoints, no referendum on the EU Constitution, scrapping GP fundholding... we could all think of plenty more!

Scarborough, 69, resigned his seat in May as part of a guilty plea to charges of wire fraud and theft, stemming from accusations that he submitted 174 fraudulent travel vouchers from 2009 through 2012 to net more than $ 50,000 in reimbursements.

And in the wake of Howe's guilty plea to corruption charges, the state's pursuit of multimillion - dollar deals and lucrative land transfers without competition and public scrutiny takes on a more ominous feel.

Mr. Bharara's office secured convictions or guilty pleas against more than 70 hedge fund traders, analysts and consultants in insider trading cases.

While a judge, jury or, more likely, a guilty plea will ultimately determine Silver's suitability for prison, the facts presented by prosecutors convict him beyond any doubt of abusing his office for personal enrichment.

In his guilty plea 40 - year - old Robert McCoy from San Diego, California, admitted defrauding more than 250 men and agreed to pay back his victims whopping US$ 737,521.

Five more defendants entered guilty pleas.

For the past year, we have been following the story of billionaire Steven Cohen's SAC Capital, particularly its unprecedented indictment followed by a guilty plea and a record $ 1.8 billion... Read More

A former assistant to a county judge in Arkansas has entered a guilty plea to charges she used a county credit card to charge more than $ 150,000, including pet insurance and a tuxedo for her pug.

In a front - page New York Times story this summer, The Marshall Project reported that the practice gives prosecutors a strategic advantage, especially because the vast majority of cases never make it that far: More than 98 percent of New York felony arrests that end in conviction occur through a guilty plea, not a trial.

But the beginning of the Ontario Legal Aid Plan (which became Legal Aid Ontario by way of the Legal Aid Services Act, 1998, s. 3 (1)-RRB-, on March 29, 1967, meant many more accused persons had lawyers, which resulted in: (1) many more trials and a lot fewer guilty pleas; and as a result, (2) drastically over-crowded jails containing inmates awaiting trial; and, (3) shortages of staff in the Toronto Crown Attorney's Office.

More controversially, new guidelines in relation to the reduction in sentence for a guilty plea have been met with almost universal criticism by defence practitioners.

Since a criminal prosecution, guilty plea, or conviction can be the trigger for negative immigration consequences, such as Deportation or Denial of Naturalization, etc., by managing or winning the criminal case, a much more difficult immigration law problem may be avoided.

Criminal defendant who pleaded guilty, then appealed his conviction based on his attorney's failure to tell him he would be deported, could not show he had been prejudiced by this failure because, (1) just before accepting his plea, the judge told him he would likely be deported, and (2) he could not show he was likely to obtain a more favorable result by going to trial.

Two former presiding judges of the Luzerne County, Penn., Court of Common Pleas are scheduled to appear in federal court in Scranton this week to enter guilty pleas on charges that they took more than $ 2.6 million in kickbacks related to the construction of juvenile detention centers in the coPleas are scheduled to appear in federal court in Scranton this week to enter guilty pleas on charges that they took more than $ 2.6 million in kickbacks related to the construction of juvenile detention centers in the copleas on charges that they took more than $ 2.6 million in kickbacks related to the construction of juvenile detention centers in the county.

At the criminal courts, more often than not there will be a guilty plea.

The accident happened on June 21, 2012, and, in September 2014 — approximately five months after Mr. Campbell entered his guilty plea in the OHS proceedings and more than two years after the accident — he was charged with criminal negligence causing death under the Criminal Code.

As far as criminal cases go, more than 90 percent of them end with guilty pleas.

On being tested with various options, the system did spring into action to warn you to see a lawyer if the case strayed into more complicated or serious areas e.g. if there was a not guilty plea.

Once the accused is faced with the crushing reality of a year or more battling charges (all the while separated from his family) our system will dangle a carrot offering to vary bail conditions to permit family reunification if the accused will enrol in a course of court - ordered counselling and enter a guilty plea to the charges.

wish i knew more about caselaw... i am on 35th appearance and second trila as judge would not accept guilty plea after a presentence report made..

«For far too long, poor criminal defendants in New York have been railroaded by a public defense system that did little more than process guilty pleas and ruin lives.»

Where an accused forgoes his / her right to trial (does not «challenge those charges») and enters a guilty plea — especially where the Crown's case has some flaws or weaknesses — a more lenient sentence may be the appropriate outcome (at para. 17; see also Sinclair at para 13).

On an appeal from conviction, an accused may challenge the validity of a guilty plea, but bears the onus of showing, on a balance of probabilities, that the plea was invalid because one (or more) of the elements essential to a valid plea was lacking.

Collins criticized the defendant's testimony where he denied the attack ever took place as being «not much more than an extended not - guilty plea.»

If ignition interlock is succeeding in tempting offenders into early guilty pleas and keeping Ontario's roads safe, my much critiqued proposal to substitute the criminalization of impaired driving with a more robust ignition interlock Highway Traffic Act program would only serve to multiply the cost - saving benefits of the Criminal Code provisions while endangering no one.

Third, the Court's rigid constitutional rule could inadvertently head off more promising ways of addressing the underlying problem — such as statutory or administrative reforms requiring trial judges to inform a defendant on the record that a guilty plea may carry adverse immigration consequences.

Vancouver Criminal Defense Lawyer Emmet J. Duncan negotiated over several months with Crown Counsel and after those negotiations, the Prosecution agreed that in the face of a variety of problems with the Crown case, and even more so, given substantial steps the Client had taken towards rehabilitation, the most appropriate way to deal with the case was to DROP ALL CRIMINAL CHARGES and accept a guilty plea under the Motor Vehicle Act.

@Rodrigo: plea bargains can contain more than the defendant pleading guilty.

And so there were many more trials that would otherwise have been guilty pleas by self - represented accused persons.

Of course, this always depends on the provider, the driver's history, and the specific policy, but there's a good chance «higher premiums» are just one more cost you can tack on to a guilty plea or verdict.

If you have 3 or more alcohol - related convictions on your entire driving record, a plea of guilty to a violation that results in 5 or more points may result in the revocation of your license under Part 132 of the Commissioner's Regulations.

Before you enter a «guilty» plea, note that depending on the offense commercial drivers sometimes more severe penalties than other drivers; for example, you could lose your commercial driver's license temporarily or permanently.

If you're still on the fence about entering a «not guilty» plea, check out our When to Fight a Traffic Ticket page for more guidance.