Sentences with phrase «on a jury before»

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While they opened the trial by admitting Tsarnaev's role, he has maintained his not - guilty plea, leaving prosecutors to first convince the jury of his guilt before moving on to the question of whether he should be sentenced to death or to life in prison without possibility of parole.

Gawker may lose before the jury, but would likely win an appeal on First Amendment grounds.

In returning its verdict Thursday afternoon on the sixth day of deliberations, the Superior Court jury also pronounced Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of assault with a firearm, finding credence in defense attorneys» argument that the shot that ricocheted off the concrete ground before piercing Steinle's heart was an accident, with the gun discharging after the defendant stumbled upon it on the waterfront on July 1, 2015.

Here was a black man obviously involved to some degree in the theft of church funds and the murder of a white man in a southern city, now on trial in «the Man's» court before an all - white middle - class jury.

An inquest into Mrs Maguire's death is due to take place before a jury at Wakefield Coroner's Court on November 13.

When he was tried in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August on multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy, I judged him guilty long before the jury had, and when Judge Bob Potter gave him 45 years in prison and a half - million - dollar fine, my instinctive reaction was, good, he deserved it.

If Poldi does go we will go all out for Reus, he wants to join Arsenal because of his hero Rosicky, Dortmund have slowly weakened their stance on Reus and a transfer, so things are moving along behind the scenes.Reus had in principal agreed to join us before the World Cup, then he got injured so we backed off, he's back now so once we beat Beskitas we will get Reus I have no doubts.OT didn't think Alexis set the world alight yesterday playing CF jury still out on wether he can play there, he worked tirelessly throughout but kept losing the ball and misplaced passes, he will come good just needs time to adjust

An unprecedented legal drama will unfold later this month in Indianapolis as Mike Tyson goes before a jury on rape charges

as for Ox playing instead of Walcott and Campbell I suppose the jury is still out on that front, Ox has done NOTHING to warrant a shirt before Campbell especially....

Over 1,249 voted in the poll — a figure which gives a fair indication of feeling — with 448 (35.87 %) saying the jury remains out on his time in charge at the club and the owners are better off waiting until the end of the term before doing business.

An underground CPM in my state, where they aren't licensed, was brought before a grand jury on several counts of negligence including ignoring GBS test results and / or misleading people about them.

ALBANY — During an interview on CNN, Governor Andrew Cuomo repeated before a national audience his pledge for a «soup - to - nuts» review of the criminal justice program in light of the surprising and «corrosive» decision by a Staten Island grand jury not to indict a police officer involved in the fatal arrest of Eric Garner.

Overturning Mr. Silver's conviction based on the Judge's instructions to the jury, which occurred before the McDonnell ruling, does not redefine the facts in evidence.

Wojtaszek was offered a plea deal to testify before the grand jury, with no decision yet made on the attorney general's offer, according to a source familiar with the situation.

After Michalek testified before a grand jury, Pigeon last June was indicted on nine felony counts of bribery, rewarding official misconduct and grand larceny by extortion.

Press Release, «New Jersey Contractors Frank and Peter DiTommaso Indicted For Perjury Before the Grand Jury Investigating Renovations on Bernard Kerik's Riverdale Apartment,» Office of District Attorney of Bronx County Robert T. Johnson, 07/19/06, www.bronxda.net

The Daily News reports that on Day 3 of jury deliberations, the panel of eight women and four men got the calculator and met for more than six hours before retiring for the night without reaching a verdict.

On Thursday morning, before the jury was called in, defense lawyers, including Gerald L. Shargel, Mr. Smith's lawyer, complained for an hour.

Ortt's wife, Meghan, a design specialist from North Tonawanda, was among those who testified before the grand jury on March 9, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

The two alternatives now are to 1) appoint a new jury and conduct a mini-trial before it goes to decide on the penalty (which could take months); or 2) the judge could get the prosecutors to agree to forgo the death penalty; and the judge could unilaterally impose life w / o parole or life, with parole after 25 yrs.

According to the sources and attorneys involved, those appearing before the grand jury on March 9 (in addition to Meghan Ortt) included:

At the same time, he conferred immunity on the officer involved in the case, Sgt. Randall French, before the grand jury voted.

High profile attempts to engage the public before the comprehensive spending review included a «Spending Challenge» on the Treasury website and a three - day long citizens» jury, which the chief secretary addressed and Newsnight gave dedicated coverage.

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Thomas Aldrich waits to testify at the Rensselaer County Courthouse before a special grand jury investigating absentee ballot fraud on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.

On a Thursday night in the midst of his testimony that lasted a week, marshals went to Howe's hotel last month and brought him to a federal jail in Manhattan after Howe admitting that day before the jury that he might have violated the terms of his cooperating deal by his 2016 attempt to get a hotel tab erased from his credit card.

The jury deliberated for only about eight hours over two days before delivering its verdict in a packed courtroom on Dec. 11.

Forty - eight hours before the trial started, without any advance notice to Judge Fiorella or Officer Hassett, and without providing Officer Hassett the opportunity to testify before the grand jury, the District Attorney's Office obtained an indictment on the same exact misdemeanor charges.»

The subpoena was the fourth issued in connection with Vance's investigation and called for Messina's personal appearance on May 27 before the grand jury.

While some political corruption cases are not announced until indictments are unsealed, in the case of Mr. Skelos and of Mr. Silver, Mr. Bharara chose to bring criminal complaints to court on his own first before turning the case over to a grand jury.

Silver's lawyers, while entering a not guilty plea for him on Tuesday before U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni, argued that Bharara broke rules about what prosecutors can say outside court and may have prejudiced the grand jury that indicted Silver.

Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald: Jury Trial as to Joseph S Barone, Anthony V. Piliero held on 7/29/2010.

Mangano's grand jury testimony in the Skelos case occurred before the indictment of Singh on Long Island, so prosecutors in the Southern District would have had no reason then to ask him during the Skelos investigation about Singh or possible questionable activities in Oyster Bay.

Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli, head of one of the state's largest construction contractors, and two other company executives charged in state contracts bid - rigging case could find themselves facing a grand jury indictment before their next court appearance on Oct. 24.

It was a circumstance his estate's Garden City attorneys, Brian Griffin and Daniel Russo, later decried as «just plain wrong,» but one Singas» office said resulted from a special grand jury voting on certain charges before Ippolito's death.

TROY — Subpoenas have been served on witnesses to testify before a special Rensselaer County grand jury investigating the 2009 absentee - ballot fraud case.

«Unless this decision is reversed on appeal, it clears the way for what most people accused of criminal behaviour would wish for: a fair trial before an impartial jury.»

Ciminelli, head of one of the state's largest construction contractors, and two other company executives charged in the case could find themselves facing a grand jury indictment before their next court appearance on Oct. 24.

Recorded conversations between the two were played before a jury on Wednesday.

The nine - man, three - woman jury deliberated for about six hours before handing down the split verdict at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

Still, the judge argued there was no proof that Mr. Bharara's commentary prompted the grand jury to decide to indict Mr. Silver on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion for earning referral fees from two law firms toward whom he directed clients with business before the state.

(Regina Calcaterra's assistant Heather Green was subpoenaed and will appear before a grand jury on Monday.)

Indeed, suggestions the missile strikes in Syria were meant to distract from the FBI raid on his lawyer's home and office were reminiscent of Clinton's 1998 airstrikes against an aspirin factory in Sudan — the same day Monica Lewinsky appeared before a grand jury.

The announcement at the police academy in Whitestone, Queens, came just hours before a grand jury on Staten Island decided not to indict a white NYPD officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

If you live in Manhattan's 65th State Assembly district (the Financial District, Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Little Italy and Battery Park City), you'll be voting for an assembly member to replace former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who'd held his seat for nearly 40 years before a federal jury found him guilty in November on charges of fraud, extortion and money laundering.

BY ANDY HUMM Abel Cedeno, 18, the bullied gay Bronx student who said he defended himself with a knife against an attack from classmate Matthew McCree September 27 in front of their fellow students and two teachers, testified in his own defense on Tuesday morning before a Bronx grand jury, and the second - degree murder charge -LSB-...]

According to Mr. Coffey and The Buffalo News, which reported the indictments late Wednesday, Mr. Ortt had appeared earlier on Wednesday before the grand jury that has been investigating the Niagara County Republican Committee and Mr. Maziarz.

An Albany County Court judge Monday turned down a motion to dismiss a corruption case against State Sen. Robert Ortt, R - North Tonawanda, on a claim that he was improperly denied a chance to speak before an Albany County grand jury on March 23.

It may be advisable for the state to issue a statement from the surgeon general before the next corruption trial: «WARNING: Taking part on this jury may cause low self - esteem, chest pains, sprained ankles, feelings of passive - aggressiveness toward others, and hatred toward government, and may complicate your social life.»

On January 8, jury selection is scheduled to start in the trial of Cuomo's former close confidant and aide Joe Percoco, along with three construction and energy executives who had business before the state and are accused of arranging bribes for Percoco and his wife in exchange for Percoco's government influence.