Sentences with phrase «of a guilty verdict by»

A PBR refers to any time you plead guilty for a crime and are assigned probation in lieu of a guilty verdict by the court.

Not exact matches

But there's a peculiar lack of evidence that consumers were ever deceived or harmed by Sears» tire pricing strategy, regardless of the guilty verdict.

The night after they obtained a guilty verdict against one defendant, in 2011, prosecutors and their staff spent a total of $ 763.80 for dinner at a country club (divided by the 18 individuals present, that comes out to $ 42.39 each).

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

Any and every bar fight can now end in a not guilty verdict by the subjective rational of» I thought my life was in danger:»

The guilty verdict in the case of Joe Percoco was coupled with not guilty results for two prominent upstate developers who had also been accused of corruption and bribery by federal prosecutors.

«With today's verdict of guilty reached by an impartial and independent jury, the clean - up of corruption in New York continues in courtrooms.

Britain's first black Tory peer was found guilty of fraudulently claiming # 11,277 in parliamentary expenses by a jury at Southwark Crown Court, which found him guilty by an 11 - 1 majority verdict.

The Broadway Democrats and CoDA (Coalition for a Democratic Alternative), both progressive clubs in Manhattan, also threw their support behind Liu, whose campaign has been marred by the guilty verdict of two aides in a federal campaign - finance fraud case.

Huhne's guilty verdict shocked observers after months of denials and triggered the Eastleigh by - election, which the Liberal Democrats won.

For the first time in his eleven months as NYC's top cop, James O'Neill has overturned the verdict of an NYPD officer found guilty of misconduct by an administrative judge.

«With today's verdict of guilty reached by an impartial and independent jury, the clean - up of corruption in New York continues in courtrooms,» Mr. Bharara said a statement.

Mr Straw said he was moved to speak out after a string of high - profile guilty verdicts, accompanied by tabloid campaigns for capital punishment.

Most jurors didn't speak after the verdict, but Arleen Phillips, 53, of Mount Vernon, said she was the lone juror who initially thought Silver was not guilty but was eventually swayed by Silver's failure to fully reveal his law - firm referral money on state disclosure forms.

Joseph Percoco, his face flushed and his demeanor dour, was found guilty by a deeply - divided jury that sent out surprising word of its verdict at 11:42 a.m. after twice announcing they were at an impasse.

However, 23 year - old Justin Haffa was found guilty on a lesser charge of 3rd degree robbery by a jury in Chautauqua County Court, which delivered its verdict on Wednesday afternoon.

What the study will not do, as spelled out in the academies» official description of the study, is issue a verdict on whether U.S. Army researcher Bruce Ivins was indeed guilty of the crime, as concluded by FBI officials.

Despite what you see on television, a verdict of «not guilty by reason of insanity» is exceedingly rare.

According to the Innocence Project, eyewitness testimony played a role in 75 percent of guilty verdicts eventually overturned by DNA testing after people spent years in prison.

Just a few months ago, after almost 2 years of investigations by institutions and governmental bodies, an expert panel in Japan finished their deliberations and issued a final verdict that Dr. Obokata was guilty of research misconduct [3,4].

Final Verdict: Miles from the power of the original story, or even the reboots, but Skull Island is a guilty popcorn B Movie, improved by top of the range actors.

But I found myself caught up short by the Atlanta verdict this week and eleven educators found guilty of racketeering in a widespread cheating scandal.

I found myself caught up short by the Atlanta verdict this week and eleven educators found guilty of racketeering in a widespread cheating scandal.

This story, along with other video and reports, was reported to the Otter Tail County Sheriff Department, and resulted in Kathy Bauck being found guilty of animal torture by a jury verdict in 2009.

• On or about March 29, 2009, Kathy Bauck was found guilty by a jury verdict of four misdemeanor counts pertaining to animal cruelty and torture in the case of State of Minnesota v. Kathy Jo Bauck, 56 - CR -08-2271.

And in answer to the argument some have made that a broad interpretation of the MBTA could lead to such absurd results as convictions for bird deaths caused by automobiles, airplanes, and plate glass windows, the Moon Lake court pointed out that to obtain a guilty verdict, the government must prove proximate causation.

Sure, there were very important circumstances factoring into that course of action (Phoenix Wright's assistant, Maya Fey, is being held hostage by a professional assassin hired by your sociopath client, and will certainly be murdered if Wright doesn't find a way to manufacture a «Not Guilty» verdict) and the subversion of the normal Ace Attorney formula is part of what makes 2 - 4 arguably the best case in the entire series.

The eventual repeal by Parliament of the disgusting and indefensible «hate speech» law was personally far more satisfying than the not - guilty verdict the British Columbia «Human Rights» Tribunal graciously bestowed on me and Maclean's: By that stage, we had way bigger fish to fry.by Parliament of the disgusting and indefensible «hate speech» law was personally far more satisfying than the not - guilty verdict the British Columbia «Human Rights» Tribunal graciously bestowed on me and Maclean's: By that stage, we had way bigger fish to fry.By that stage, we had way bigger fish to fry...

Craig was chief coordinator of the legal team that represented former President Clinton at his impeachment trial in Congress and one of the lawyers who helped win Hinckley a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

At The Cochran Firm, The verdicts and settlements obtained by our criminal defense and personal injury attorneys in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers and throughout Florida are proof of our decades - long track record of winning tough cases and bringing negligent and / or guilty parties to justice or making them compensate those they injured.

The verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity was so controversial that Queen Victoria ordered the House of Lords to review the verdict.

(Order, p. 2) As the court notes in its summary of the order, an acquittal can issue either when a jury returns a not - guilty verdict, or «when a trial court grants a defendant's new trial motion for evidentiary insufficiency... or dismisses a case... for evidentiary insufficiency» (Id., pp. 2 — 3) The essence of the court's decision is in two parts: (1) The new trial motion should not have been granted because there was sufficient evidence to convict Mr. Stern on counts of conspiracy; and (2) Because the trial court did not rule on the majority of the issues raised in Stern's motion for a new trial, those issues have yet to be decided, and should be addressed on remand by the court of appeals.

After a lengthy and detailed cross-examination by Joseph Neuberger, the Crown asked the Court to enter verdicts of not guilty on both charges.

Some estimates have from 1/5 to a full 1/3 of all acquittal verdicts by Scottish juries as «not proven» as opposed to «not guilty».

Counts of fraud and attempted fraud acquitted at trial were set aside and substituted with verdicts of guilty by the C.A. pursuant to s. 686 (4) of the Criminal Code (at paras. 35, and 37 - 38); see also R. v. Cassidy, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 345 at 354.

In refusing to convict Penn, the jurors refused to enforce what they knew to be unjust law, even when directed by the judge to return a Guilty verdict, and even when imprisoned for their act of conscience.

The first and most important myth which needs to be debunked is the supposition that too many guilty rapists are being acquitted by the autonomous verdicts of juries.

Although evidentiary rules of all share the purpose of ensuring a fair trial based on solid evidence, they each play a different role in achieving that goal by ensuring that a guilty verdict is only based on accurate and credible evidence presented at a fair trial.

With the very narrow, newly created exception for guilty verdicts in criminal cases reached based upon racial or other kinds of impermissible prejudice rather than the facts of the case (or cases where there is an outside influence on the jury such as a bribe or someone looking up facts or law on the Internet), no one can challenge a jury verdict based upon the reasoning and conclusions actually made by the jurors, even if someone learns that the jury knowingly or accidentally didn't follow the law or was mistaken about the facts.

Guilty verdicts of juries in criminal cases, and any verdict in a civil case like a patent law case, are subject to post-trial review by the trial judge who can throw out the verdict or call for a new trial for a variety of reasons, and to appeal.

This prompted me to read the actual letter, found here; however, I could not find any mention of appealing a not - guilty verdict, which — I think — is not allowed by the Double Jeopardy clause, also in the Fifth Amendment.

However, this record is only a fraction of a driving record so it will ONLY include guilty (adjudicated by the courts) verdicts.

Since this record is only a fraction of a driving record, it will ONLY include guilty (adjudicated by the courts) verdicts.