Sentences with phrase «of jury selection»

After five days of jury selection and five days of evidence, a favorable settlement was reached for the client.

The emotional meeting came on the eve of jury selection in the trial of the Pulse shooter's widow.

The firm was retained a few months before the start of jury selection and was tasked with completing all expert discovery and preparing the case for trial.

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Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 24 - year - old Marcos Felizola - Torres of Buffalo pleaded guilty as charged to Burglary in the First Degree on the first day of jury selection for his trial.

Perhaps one of the most promising of these is the creation of a second chamber composed of members of the public chosen by sortition — a processes whereby political representatives are selected by a lottery, similar to the method of jury selection.

Stubbs: «With the problem of jury selection, in particular, there's really no reason to have peremptory challenges.

During two weeks of jury selection, Judge Samuel Feng repeatedly told prospective jurors that immigration, sanctuary cities, gun control and their political views should not enter into their deliberations.

He arrived at 8:30 a.m. for the final phase of jury selection that was slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. but which didn't get rolling until 10:57 a.m.

A revealing detail in the process of jury selection before Silver's trial Monday was a question Judge Valerie Caproni posed to Manhattan residents: Do you know whether Mr. Silver represents your district?

To prevent disparities in jury rulings, more attention needs to be placed on the pre-trial aspects of the jury selection process, such as minority underrepresentation and measuring bias in potential jurors.

As attempts to reach a deal with a high profile defendant fail, Chuck's office faces the uncertainty of jury selection.

As the first day of jury selection wrapped up Monday, defense lawyer Elliot Weinstein broke his long media silence about the case to bash presiding Judge Diane M. Kottmyer's method of questioning jurors, asserting that she is not properly screening for bias.

«The goal of jury selection is to choose an impartial jury.

Trial consists of jury selection, opening statements, presentation of the plaintiff's case in chief, presentation of defendant's case, presentation of the plaintiff's rebuttal case and closing arguments.

Today, we paint a picture of trial advocacy, start with defendants talking too much, move on to the importance of jury selection and then look at how US trial lawyers deal with examination in chief (direct) and cross-examination.

Accordingly, the component of the jury selection process at issue here, the State's privilege to strike individual jurors through peremptory challenges, is subject to the commands of the Equal Protection Clause.

A judge set a date for the start of jury selection in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his wife, Linda, and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.

With the trial now about to get underway, Flea blogged this week about the line - up of witnesses, his «dress rehearsal» with his lawyer and the start of jury selection.

An accusation of «racial animus» from Bill Cosby's defense team against the prosecution halted the third day of jury selection for the comedian's sexual assault trial for nearly three hours.

When I posted about how I preferred the «English» method of jury selection, which cuts out lawyers for the most part, Vince reminded me that America had won the damn revolution.

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Dean Skelos, son Adam arrive at court Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.

Vanessa MacDonnell, a University of Ottawa law professor, says lawyers have a «professional responsibility, and I would say a constitutional obligation, to ensure that they don't discriminate against people as part of jury selection process.»

Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.

Later, he also posted on the now - defunct blog that he was surprised that after two days of jury selection, he hadn't been «booted due to any strong beliefs I had about police, God, etc.» Vachon could not be reached for comment.