Sentences with phrase «nolle prosequi»

«In fact, some of the Attorneys - General have a penchant for terminating murder charges by filing nolle prosequi.

Poignantly, the Attorney General's file of nolle prosequi in the Delta Force case had come after Ken Agyapong had gone on radio to threaten to organize a demonstration against his own government if members of the goon squad were prosecuted.

At issue in Proffitt's appeal to Virginia's Supreme Court was the prosecution's challenge to the SVPA jury trial judge's excluding the testimony of the rape victim in Proffitt's 2012 conviction, and his alleged 2007 rape victim in a case that ended up getting entered nolle prosequi / dismissed.

The prosecutor then moved to enter the case nolle prosequi.

The filing of nolle prosequi meant the Attorney General wanted to discontinue with the prosecution.

Without even inviting argument from me on that, the judge denied the prosecutor's nolle prosequi motion.

I regret the many times that Virginia trial judges grant nolle prosequi «s over my objection, even when clearly used as a prosecutorial end - run around a denied prosecutorial continuance request.

The future Earlier this year, Jack Straw announced the publication of a draft Constitutional Renewal Bill, which laid out a series of proposals including clarifying the role of the attorney general in respect of managing prosecutions, abolishing nolle prosequi, and reforming both judicial appointments procedure and the civil service.

Today, I write about a happy ending arising from the prosecutor's denied continuance motion in a driving while intoxicated case, followed by a denied request to enter the case nolle prosequi.

The Attorney General (AG) filed a nolle prosequi in the case of the two, which had reached the stage where a jury was to be constituted for the trial of Daniel Asiedu and Vincent Bosso.

Ebo Hawkson reported from the court that a Senior State Attorney, Ms Sefakor Batsa, told the court on Tuesday that, based on section 54 of the criminal and other offences Act, 1960 (Act 30) the AG had filed a nolle prosequi not to continue with the prosecution.

Technically, investigators can not conduct further investigations and interrogate the accused persons whilst the trial was underway, hence the filling of the nolle prosequi.

Despite the failure of the Attorney General's department to consult the family of the late JB Danquah - Adu before filing a nolle prosequi, a spokesperson of the family, Kwaku Solomon said they were happy with the decision.

«I decided that to withdraw the case but that does not mean that we have given up entirely, I have looked through the evidence and feel there is the need for more investigations hence the decision to file a nolle prosequi...,» she said.

Gloria Akuffo has consequently ordered investigations into the circumstances under which the Principal State Attorney in Kumasi entered a nolle prosequi and got eight of the suspects discharged for lack of evidence.

The Attorney General, Gloria Akufo has confirmed that her office indeed ordered the entering of a nolle prosequi in the ongoing trial of the suspected killers of former Abuakwa North Member of Parliament (MP), Joseph Boakye Danquah - Adu.

And the Attorney General said she decided to file a nolle prosequi so she can call for fresh investigations into the murder.

«The current Attorney General of Rivers State has in the exercise of the same constitutional powers by which the nolle prosequi was entered commenced proceedings against Chidi Lloyd.

«On March 4, 2015, the then Attorney General of the state, Worg Boms, exercised his powers under section 211 of the Constitution (1999 Constitution) and entered a nolle prosequi, which simply meant discontinuation of prosecution.

● The power of the AG to enter a nolle prosequi (to halt a criminal trial on indictment) is to be abolished (Cl 11).

Moreover, cl 11 would abolish the entering of a nolle prosequi which enables the attorney general to stop a trial on indictment.

At that point, the District attorney should «nolle prosequi» a case.

If the defendant completes these conditions successfully, the court allows him / her to withdraw the guilty plea, and the government will dismiss (nolle prosequi) the charges.

In relation to David Corker's view; is it not still the position that before an accomplice gives evidence the consideration of his own criminality must have been determined finally by trial and sentence or a nolle prosequi?