Sentences with phrase «of acquittals result»

Not exact matches

But Belling, forced to leave the Erie County district attorney's office at the end of last year, may be best known for two high - profile cases: the acquittal on the most serious charges against Dr. James G. Corasanti and the murder conviction (later resulting in a manslaughter plea) of Jeffrey J. Basil.

Of the cases, one resulted in death sentence, nine still pending and the other three in acquittal.

As a result, Parliament has accepted that an acquittal at trial on an indictable offence can not be overturned unless an error of law was made.

For what it is worth, only about 1 % of criminal charges brought result in an acquittal at trial.

About 10 % of cases go to trial and about 10 % of cases that go to trial result in an acquittal or hung jury (in very round and approximate numbers that vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and by type of case).

He had also achieved great amounts of success that included securing an acquittal at trial for a client charged with possessing a controlled substance, obtaining a discharge for a client charged with domestic assault when the Crown wanted a conviction and permanent criminal record, and drafting an appeal factum that resulted in the overturning of a conviction for possession of marijuana on grounds that the client's Charter right to speak to a lawyer was violated.

If you are facing both an impaired and over 80 (or refuse) charge, being acquitted of the impaired charge will not automatically result in an acquittal on the over 80 (or refuse) charge as well.

The B.C. Court of Appeal overturned the acquittal of Timothy Dale Bornyk and ordered a new trial as a result of the conduct of Supreme Court Justice Gordon Funt in R. v. Bornyk.

In a domestic situation, this may result in a perpetrator being kept away from his home and family, even following acquittal of a criminal charge.

Bayne's arguments resulted in Duffy's acquittal on all of them.

The Court of Appeal concluded that «while it can not be said that no jury acting judicially could reasonably convict, we are satisfied that if a new trial were possible, an acquittal would clearly be the more likely result.»

[751] We have set out in some considerable detail why, on the totality of the material now available, we are satisfied that an acquittal would clearly be the more likely result if a new trial on the merits could be held.

On reconsideration and after having spoken to a an expert or two, I've concluded that all the panel meant by para 787 is that (1) there were two valid choices that could be made on the evidence: guilty or not guilty; (2) the panel thought that the more probable result at any trial would be not guilty; and (3) in the circumstances, since the ONLY routes open to the panel in light of the miscarriage finding was a new trial or the entry of an acquittal and since a new trial was inappropriate etc in the circumstances the correct procedure was to enter the acquittal.

The court shall grant the motion if the DNA results, along with all other evidence, establishes that a new trial would likely produce an acquittal of the offense, or entitle «the applicant to a reduced sentence» or «new sentencing proceedings.»

As Entenmann's learned, doing so may result, unwittingly, in a Kenneth Cole Type 2 embarrassment if you later learn that the trending hashtag (e.g.,» #notguilty) relates to the controversial acquittal of a woman on child murder charges.

While FIJA previously pointed out that the Malheur Refuge occupation acquittals were probably not the result of jury nullification, we have been keeping an eye on other related trials, such as this one, for potential conscientious acquittals.

She also represented two of the four British Airways executives facing allegations of price - fixing in the first contested trial of its kind in the UK, resulting in acquittals for all four individuals.

Norm Pattis is veteran of more than 100 successful jury trials, many resulting in acquittals for people charged with serious crimes, multi million dollar civil rights and discrimination verdicts, and successful criminal appeals.

It is a reasonable policy which, if implemented in a considered way by front line prosecutors, will ensure that cases where no evidence should be offered will result in acquittals and stays of proceedings will be directed only in those rare cases where there is a likelihood of recommencement.

As part of our practice, we have achieved significant results for our clients, from reductions and dismissals, to acquittals of charges as serious as murder.

While the report notes there's no comprehensive data on all of these situations, it found there are about 125,000 non-conviction records created each year as a result of withdrawn charges, stays or acquittals.

Both numbers are likely to be lower bounds for impropriety that reaches judicial notice, given the number of cases in which prosecutorial missteps are addressed by trial judges, or take place in cases that result in acquittals or are not appealed.

While we can not, and will not, guarantee acquittals in every case, we can, and we do, guarantee that we will bring all of our skill, judgment, experience and hard work to the task of securing the very best results for our clients in what is, for most, an extremely stressful experience which can carry with it possibly devastating consequences.

The trial judge accepted Levkovic's arguments, resulting her acquittal, which was subsequently overturned by the Court of Appeal.

The judgment, which sets aside Tatton's acquittal and orders a new trial, provides a two - step process that must be taken into account when determining whether property damage is a result of a specific - or general - intent offence.

The recent acquittal of Sean Hoey (see R v Sean Hoey [2007] NICC 49, 20/12/2007) and the swingeing criticisms by Mr Justice Weir of the use of forensic evidence, including low copy number DNA (LCNDNA), in the case, highlight the huge drawbacks if forensic techniques are not used correctly or its results are misinterpreted.