Sentences with phrase «obtain convictions in cases»

In its ruling, the high court narrowed the definition of what constitutes an «official act» by a politician, making it more difficult for prosecutors to obtain convictions in cases in which it can not be made clear to jurors exactly what a politician did in return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence government.

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These record Welsh as blaming defence expert testimony for the majority of failures to obtain a conviction in such cases in 2008 and 2009.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about the collection of DNA evidence, and whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits police from obtaining DNA samples before conviction without a warrant.

According to the Innocence Project, 70 percent of exonerations involved cases in which eyewitness testimony was used to obtain a conviction.

The stores having these collections letters mailed may generally be happy with the number of people who pay money on the letters, without going to the trouble of paying attorney fees for filing and pursuing a lawsuit, and proving the case (particularly if a conviction has not been obtained in the parallel criminal case) with witnesses and other evidence.

I currently take referrals from Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO) for assistance with obtaining set - aside orders of arrests or convictions and other cases involving restoration of certain rights, relief from registration requirements or reductions in fines and fees.

Earlier, among other matters, he obtained a full defense jury verdict as lead trial counsel in a case on behalf of the New York City Law Department; served as lead counsel in an appeal where the court vacated a first degree robbery conviction of a client on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel (People v. Cyrus, 48 A.D. 3d 150 (1st Dept. 2007)-RRB-; and was co-lead counsel on the submission of an amicus brief on First Amendment issues with the United States Supreme Court.

This experience — including high - profile cases such as a conviction obtained 15 years after a murder — is a strong asset for people who need able representation in their defense against serious criminal charges.

Attorney John D. Bowers knows felony criminal defense strategies well from valuable experience as an elected prosecutor, when he successfully obtained convictions in hundreds of cases including a murder that had occurred 15 years before.