Sentences with phrase «most of the defendants»

In motions filed Friday night, attorneys for most of the defendants said they want separate trials for their clients to avoid the chance of unrelated evidence against one or two defendants tainting the others» cases.

Most of defendants are facing lengthy prison sentences.

«The matter was adjourned until today for arraignment of the defendants, but up till now, we have not been able to secure the attendance of most of the defendants, because they are outside the country.

Most of the defendants were arraigned yesterday in State Supreme Court on Staten Island before Justice Leonard P. Rienzi, who set bail for Mr. Farella at $ 400,000.

In Englands trial of the century, most of the defendants walk free.

When nearly two dozen people were charged recently with felony drug crimes, most of the defendants were represented during their arraignments by lawyers under the assigned counsel program.

This is the reason why most of the defendants located in Taiwan would simply decline to appear in front of the foreign court if the foreign court notice or summons are not served by the Taiwanese courts.

Most of the defendants settled quickly.

Despite the absurdity of the case, most of the defendants settled early to avoid expensive litigation.

This tactic not only allows trolls to hit many birds with one stone (reducing the trolls costs), but also ensures that the venue will be inconvenient for most of the defendants.

Not exact matches

«After dropping their patent claims, this week Waymo lost one of the trade secrets they claimed was most important, had their damages expert excluded, and saw an entire defendant removed from the case — and all this before the trial has even started.»

NEW YORK — What do you do if you're one of the most criticized defendants in the nation awaiting a jury verdict on the criminal fraud and conspiracy charges filed against you?

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.

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.

Such of these other manufacturers, including defendant, whose use of the word «Tabasco» came to the knowledge of plaintiff and its predecessors, have been warned to the effect that they have no right to use the word in connection with the sauce, or to use similar packages, and quite a number of suits for infringement have been filed by plaintiff, most of which have been terminated by consent decrees.

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.

For over 15 years she prosecuted some of the most despicable defendants who committed the most heinous crimes, prosecuting hundreds of felony crimes including homicides, stalking, domestic violence, child sexual assault, and gang crimes.

«To the wider public who come into contact with it — as witnesses, defendants or jurors, but most crucially, as victims - this is a system that often does not deliver the level of service they expect, want or deserve,» he is expected to say later.

«Even the most generous interpretation of the evidence of the defendants» sexual orientation as relevant — that because he dresses like a woman he likely stole the woman's hair products and shoes — is such an incredible leap of logic as to astound this court.»

Judges» reliance on commercial bail bonds, a routine practice in the U.S. that is uncommon or illegal in most other countries, is a significant reason that NYC spends $ 10 million each year to jail thousands of defendants who post bail within a few days and are released, according to Comptroller Scott Stringer, who wants it ended.

Federal court records unsealed on Monday at the sentencing of the last of the Emperor's Club V.I.P. defendants and a defense lawyer's comments afterward provided the most detailed public account to date of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's involvement with the ring's prostitutes.

Read DeFrancisco's bill First - degree murder, the most serious level of homicide in New York, is the charge now reserved for defendants accused of knowingly killing a police officer, corrections officer, judge, or firefighter.

Over days of Singh testimony, Mangano, who sits near the lower corner of a J - shaped table of defendants and their attorneys, most often looks toward the witness.

In most countries, the defendant of a slander or libel suit must prove a story true to avoid liability.

The Federal Government decried that most of the witnesses, being security operatives, were scared that they could be hunted by people that are sympathetic to the defendant.

«Today we have unsealed a nine - count indictment that outlines a pattern of self - dealing and corruption that spans decades and covers several events, including the defendant's failed bid to become the Brooklyn District Attorney,» U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch said during a press conference announcing the charges, where she described Mr. Sampson's alleged conduct as «one of the most extreme examples of political hubris that we have yet seen.»

Percoco and Syracuse Cor Development executive Steven Aiello were convicted in the trial, but the jury returned a split verdict, declining to convict the four defendants on most of the charges alleged by the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Defendants will attempt to recoup legal fees of up to # 25m in case presiding judge called «most expensive in the country»

Most of the forty defendants charged in the 120 - count indictment face arraignment in Rockland County Court in New City.

«What particularly disturbs me,» Judge David T. Stitt stated in the summary of the Chreky case, «is that most of the people coming through our system, particularly criminal defendants, do not have the resources to mount the kind of challenge to the DNA test results as was done in this case....

Her analysis found that the second most common use of neurobiological evidence in court is to challenge defendants» competency to plead guilty, confess, stand trial, or be sentenced.

Primal Fear, for the most part, comes off as a fairly typical legal thriller, as director Gregory Hoblit, working from Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman's screenplay, has infused the proceedings with many of the elements that one has come to associate with the genre - including a slick protagonist who is forcefully taken down a notch and a wide - eyed defendant who may not be quite as innocent as he seems.

Realizing that some of their most cherished work rules were in jeopardy, the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) chose to join the case as defendants in May 2013.

Witness and Defendant PII represents all or most of the PII planned for the modernized EIS, and FAA will use this PII in the same privacy - sensitive manner it does now to communicate with potential / current witnesses and defendants, monitor and control enforcement and compliance cases processes, and maintain quality of designee activities.

The Amazon - led $ 9.99 retail price point for the most popular e-books troubled the Publisher Defendants because, at $ 9.99, most of these e-book titles were priced substantially lower than hardcover versions of the same title.

The defendant publishers control 85 percent of the most popular fiction and non-fiction titles.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of this trial is who's not a defendant — Amazon.

Among the relief requested by the department in the lawsuit is the nullification of the Apple Agency Agreements and «any agreement between a Publisher Defendant and an ebook retailer that restricts, limits, or impedes the ebook retailer's ability to set, alter or reduce the retail price of any ebook or to offer price or other promotions to encourage consumers to purchase any ebook, or contains a retail price MFN (most favored nation status.)

Wealthy people are the most likely targets of lawsuits, and juries tend to award plaintiffs high amounts when the defendants seem to have the means to cover the exorbitant costs.

The defendants further contended that «the unions understood and accepted this bargain... Because the unions accepted this bargain, and because for most of the 17 funds at issue, fees charged to plan participants by the «retail» class were the same as the fees charged by the «institutional» class, net of the revenue sharing paid by the funds to defray the plan's recordkeeping costs, defendants argue that investment in the retail share classes was prudent.»

The defendant's grandfather made a number of testamentary changes transferring most of his assets between 2007 - 2008, prior to his death that same year.

Shortly after Murphy sent her email, Gabriel Pene, an American lawyer and the other defendant in the lawsuit, sent an email to all 37 owners saying McNairn's email to Murphy was «leaden with threats, demands and the general bullying tone and mindset that does not comport with a «reputation for honesty and integrity» or even the most basic principles of professional ethics.»

He attributed most but not all of the blame for the abandoned meditation to the defendants.

If the successful plaintiff has a cost award against the defendant, most of these disbursements will be paid by the defendant.

The matter proceeded to trial on liability and the Defendants entered a number of counterclaims, most of which were defeated at trial.

If the accident happens in DC, or if the defendant resides or works in DC, or, in the case of the company, if the company has its principal place of business or does business in DC, you can and should and most likely will have to file a claim in DC.

In most auto accident cases a plaintiff tries to prove that a defendant has been negligent by using the same techniques that are used in any other trial (or in drawing any conclusion outside of a trial, for that matter).

The Colorado statute of limitations for filing most spinal cord personal injury lawsuits is two years from the date of the accident (the time window can be much shorter if the defendant is a government employee or entity).

In the U.S., there is a full invalidity defense in all patent infringement proceedings — not so over here, where bifurcation, a concept I've blogged about and criticized before, typically results in infringement rulings long before adjudication of parallel nullity (invalidation) complaints, creating an opening for the enforcement of improperly - issued patents, potentially for several years (way too long for most defendants to refuse to settle).

In most places, including the state of California, you will have to show the defendant failed to exercise an acceptable amount of care and that failure caused your injury.