Sentences with phrase «of a misdemeanor for»

Sen. Monserrate, a Queens Democrat who had been convicted of a misdemeanor for dragging his girlfriend down the hallway of his apartment building.

He was found guilty of a misdemeanor for slashing his girlfriend with a broken glass during a fight in December 2008.

The Senate voted 53 - to - 8 to immediately oust the senator, Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat convicted last fall of a misdemeanor for dragging his companion down the hallway of his apartment building.

Not exact matches

Derischebourg pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor pollution citation for the stream of water that contained human tissue.

While the charge of soliciting or loitering with the intent to commit prostitution is a misdemeanor, the woman will be held for 2 - 4 days until she's formally charged.

In Michigan, it is a misdemeanor punishable by up to three months in jail and a $ 500 fine for certain professionals to fail to report a suspected case of child abuse.

The Los Angeles city attorney, who prosecutes misdemeanors, then stated that the statute of limitations for them to prosecute Venit had expired.

The Constitution says the president (and vice president and judges and members of the cabinet) «shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.»

The program, called PROMISE (Preventing Recidivism Through Opportunities, Mentoring, Interventions, Supports & Education), began after Republican - proposed legislation directed school districts away from zero - tolerance policies that led to expulsions and law enforcement referrals for «petty acts of misconduct and misdemeanors.»

End Illegal Immigration Act Fully - funds the construction of a wall on our southern border with the full understanding that the country Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such wall; establishes a 2 - year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S. after a previous deportation, and a 5 - year mandatory minimum for illegally re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations; also reforms visa rules to enhance penalties for overstaying and to ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.

A judge set bond at $ 500,000 for Cruz and ordered a host of pretrial conditions more often seen in felony cases than misdemeanors.

At the time, a movement was building to rein in zero - tolerance policies that had resulted in severe consequences for in - school infractions, the vast majority of which were only misdemeanors.

Their spirit wars with their flesh, they wish for incompatibles, wayward impulses interrupt their most deliberate plans, and their lives are one long drama of repentance and of effort to repair misdemeanors and mistakes.

One could say that the semantic field «antagonist» in Hebrew is really a sort of shorthand catalogue for the whole spectrum of misdemeanors and felonies, each of which has its own particular dimensions.

the insurance is a product on which you pay for if that product does not meet what they promised it is false advertising and a crime if such violation is with intent to defraud or mislead, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $ 5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six month.

The main take - away from all the above is this: Hamilton, the likely author of # 65, and Madison and Jay also, to the extent this particular paper was run by them in advance (scholars think such a preview was done sometimes, but not generally), did not understood impeachment for «high crimes and misdemeanors» as referring to an easily defined category.

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

In it McEwen asks unspecified damages from Phillips for a variety of charges, including sexual assault, battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment, in addition to the misdemeanor assault charge to which Phillips pleaded no contest.

Bryant was arrested on Sunday in Miami for a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief for allegedly going to a neighbor's house drunk and causing a disturbance.

In the first two weeks of the season, while facing both a five - game suspension for his behavior in the 1990 American League Championship Series and misdemeanor charges stemming from an off - season fight with an off - duty police officer at a Houston nightclub, Boston's Roger Clemens proved he is one focused athlete.

The fact that the [victim] didn't want to go through with prosecuting because he did not want to be retaliated against for the rest of his high school life resulted in its being a misdemeanor.»

He's likely to sit out the start of the season, though, while serving a suspension from the league after his conviction for misdemeanor domestic violence.

The players union advocated for punishment only in cases where players are accused or convicted of felonies, not misdemeanors, and that discipline be handed out only after the legal process has been resolved.

-- Northwestern played without cornerback Hudhaifa Ismaeli (undisclosed violation of team rules) and linebacker Don Holmes (convicted of misdemeanor theft and suspended for the season).

On April 8, 1969 the Arlington Heights Park District Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance No. 260, «An Ordinance Defining Misdemeanors and Providing Penalties for Such Misdemeanors.»

A 42 - year - old Orland Park man was charged with misdemeanor possession of stolen items after taking $ 23 in merchandise from the Champs store at Orland Square Mall on May 4 and felony retail theft for stealing four bottles of liquor from the Walgreens pharmacy, 14680 S. LaGrange Road, on April 26.

Sen. Andrew Lanza, who co-chaired the committee that ultimately called for the expulsion of former Sen. Hiram Monserrate following his conviction on a misdemeanor charge of abusing his girlfriend, said yesterday that a «precedent» was set with the ex-Queens lawmaker — a precedent that, out of fairness, should now be the standard against which other misbehaving senators are measured.

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High crimes and Misdemeanors.

Though the Constitution specifies that impeachment is for «treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors», the Supreme Court has determined in Nixon v. US that the specifics of the impeachment process constitutes a political question.

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

While calling for the Senator to «come clean,» Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy reminded the public of Panepinto's 2001 misdemeanor election fraud conviction for collecting false signatures on nominating petitions.

The state Legislature passed and Cuomo approved this March its first piece of gun control legislation since the SAFE Act was approved, a measure that tightens restrictions on gun ownership for those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.

A centerpiece of Cuomo's agenda for 2018 — ending cash bail for misdemeanors and non-violent felonies — has been dealt a setback in the annual negotiations for a state budget.

The amendments, though voted down, come as Republicans in the state Senate have signaled support for possible gun control legislation, which could include making it harder for those deemed too dangerous to obtain a firearm and closing up loopholes in the prohibition against people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from keeping and obtaining guns.

In 2009, state Senator Hiram Monserrate was convicted of misdemeanor assault after slashing his girlfriend with a drinking glass; he later served prison time for corruption.

Singas said if she chooses to bring criminal charges, she would be constrained by the state's statute of limitations: A year for a violation, two years for a misdemeanor and five years for a felony.

«For people convicted of low - level felonies and misdemeanors, this law will provide a fresh start.

The Rikers Island closure, which Lippman's panel recommended a year ago and de Blasio reversed course in agreeing to, could be hastened further if Albany enacts changes to the criminal court system, such as ending cash bail for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, speeding the disclosure of trial evidence known as discovery, and reducing trial delays.

The saga of state Sen. Hiram Monserrate's (D - East Elmhurst) assault case is out of the courtroom for the time being, but although the first - term legislator avoided any jail time on his misdemeanor conviction for recklessly injuring his girlfriend while dragging her out of his apartment building, he still faces censure from his Senate colleagues and -LSB-...]

Pressed a third time for what action he plans to take, the governor noted that on Wednesday he released the first platform of his State of the State agenda: Legislation that would ban those convicted of even misdemeanor domestic violence crimes from possessing firearms.

Embattled state Sen. Hiram Monserrate was sentenced to three years» probation, a $ 1,000 fine, 52 weeks of counseling and 250 hours of community service in Queens Supreme Court Friday stemming from a misdemeanor reckless assault charge for an incident in which his girlfriend's face was slashed.

That legislation includes further restricting access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, closing what supporters call loopholes in the federal law while also tightening other laws for gun ownership.

The SOL for the remaining sex offenses involving alleged victims under the age of 17 doesn't start until the alleged victim turns 18 and doesn't end until the the alleged victim turns 23 (for felonies) or 20 (for misdemeanors).

There were 17,880 arrests in NYC last year for which the most serious charge was low - level misdemeanor marijuana possession, according to the state Department of Criminal Justice Services.

«The vast majority of crimes committed by youth are misdemeanors and notably, under this proposal, the most serious crimes would continue to be handled in the criminal court system and all youth would be held accountable for their actions,» said Jennifer March, executive director of the Citizens» Committee for Children of New York.

Abelove is charged with felony perjury and official misconduct, a misdemeanor, for his handling of a fatal Troy police - involved shooting of a driver in April of 2016.

The House of Representatives can only impeach the President for «treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.»

If approved, it would expand the loss of owning a firearm from felony convictions for domestic violence - related crimes to misdemeanor convictions.

The bill would allow for guns to be taken away from those convicted of misdemeanor charges related to domestic violence, expanding the range of convictions for those to lose firearms after being found guilty of a crime.

A former State Police investigator accused of lying to detectives about activity on his bank account, then later admitting that he was covering for the fact he was giving his mistress money to support her crack habit, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.