Sentences with phrase «on a jury verdict»

This is a key aspect of the law as in cases involving non-commercial drivers, it can have a depressing effect on the jury verdict.

Based on a jury verdict for respondent, that court entered judgment against petitioner for $ 100,000, and, after review in both the Florida District Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Florida, the judgment was ultimately affirmed.

Metro Verdicts Monthly reports on a jury verdict in a five car rear end chain reaction car crash in Cecil County, Maryland.

The jury's role is always the same - show up, be selected and sworn in, listen to the opening and closing arguments and the evidence that the judge admits under the rules of evidence, listen to the jury instructions from the judge, deliberate and render a verdict based upon that deliberation in a manner set forth on a jury verdict form that the jury is provided with by the judge, they do this for sub-minimum wage jury fees, a few free meals, and maybe a parking or transit voucher.

Not exact matches

Ausdrill managing director Ron Sayers has been discharged from the Supreme Court today after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on tax evasion charges against him and former Barminco boss, Peter Bartlett, for the second time.

Announcing their verdict on Thursday, a jury outside of Philadelphia found Bill Cosby guilty of all three sexual assault charges brought against him.

Ausdrill managing director Ron Sayers has been discharged from the Supreme Court today after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on tax evasion charges against himself and former Barminco boss Peter Bartlett — for the second time.

It then appeared that the jury had only reached a unanimous verdict on count three for taking illegal campaign contributions from Bunny Mellon, Tapper reported.

Prosecutors proposed that the jury be presented with a special verdict form that would have revealed on which theory, if either, the jury convicted on.

Mining services entrepreneurs Peter Bartlett and Ron Sayers face the prospect of a new trial next year after a jury was unable to reach a verdict on tax fraud charges.

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.

The jury's verdict came on the same day that a federal appeals court reversed the conviction of a former Jefferies Group LLC managing director who is serving prison time for lying to customers about the prices of mortgage - backed bonds.

NEW YORK — What do you do if you're one of the most criticized defendants in the nation awaiting a jury verdict on the criminal fraud and conspiracy charges filed against you?

On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, a federal jury in Eastern District of Texas awarded VirnetX Holding Corp. (VHC) with a $ 502.6 million verdict against Apple Inc. finding that Apple was...

The jury's verdict came on the same day that a federal appeals court reversed the conviction of a former Jefferies Group managing director who is serving prison time for lying to customers about the prices of mortgage - backed bonds.

He was tried in the late 1990s but the jury could not decide on a verdict, sparking a retrial which ended in an acquittal, Woolwich Crown Court heard.

But if I was on a jury, as of this moment, I could not pronounce a verdict.

CNN: Philadelphia abuse trial has taken toll on very Catholic city A Philadelphia sex abuse trial in which a jury reached a mixed verdict on a church higher - up accused of protecting sexually abusive priests was closely watched for its national implications.

Let me be clear up front: the point of this piece is not to debate the jury's verdict on George Zimmerman.

(CNN)- A Philadelphia jury was unable to reach a verdict Wednesday on four of five charges in a landmark priest sex abuse case, according to a source familiar with the proceeding.

CNN: No verdict in Philadelphia priest sex abuse trial, source says A Philadelphia jury was unable to reach a verdict Wednesday on four of five charges in a landmark priest sex abuse case, according to a source familiar with the proceeding.

Because the jury couldn't arrive at a verdict on the reckless manslaughter charge (it voted 8 - 4 in favor of acquittal), prosecutors can still retry Williams on that count.

Yet his suburban Chicago practice, currently known as Homefirst, garnered an alarming record: It was on the losing side of one of the largest U.S. jury verdicts — $ 30million — ever awarded to the family of a newborn in a wrongful - death suit.

Regardless of what verdict the jury brings back in the case, Horner said the case shows how reforms need to be made on how economic development contracts are doled out.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who acted as the special prosecutor in Sen. Kevin Parker's assault case, released a statement in the wake of the Brooklyn Democrat's conviction on two misdemeanor charges, saying he respects the jury's decision despite the fact that it did not deliver a felony guilty verdict.

He also seemed to blame the guilty verdict on juror confusion, saying the law was very technical and its possible the jury couldn't «decipher the nuances» of the counts against him.

He and Pedro G. face a new trial in Brooklyn on charges that the jury failed to reach a verdict on in May.

After more than 50 hours of deliberations over five days, the jury in the Bill Cosby case was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on any of the three charges the entertainer was facing.

The poetic irony of the Silver verdict was that a jury of mostly blacks and Latinos, and mostly women, convicted a man with such an ignominious history on race and harassment issues.

A list of the questions asked by the jury to the judge includes one example in which they asked if a juror can «come to a verdict based on a reason that was not presented in court and has no facts or evidence to support it».

[6] The jury was unable to reach verdicts on two charges of conspiring to cause misconduct in public office in relation to the alleged purchase of confidential royal phone directories in 2005 from a palace police officer.

As PMQs wore on, news dripped in that the remainder of the Coulson case had collapsed, with the jury unable to reach a verdict.

Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni told the jury, «Yes, you can return a verdict on some counts, but not all.»

A week later, the jury returned a guilty verdict on all four charges.

A federal jury in Manhattan did more than convict one - time gubernatorial uber - confidant Joseph Percoco on felony corruption charges: It also delivered a damning verdict on Gov. Cuomo's stunningly ineffective upstate...

Bruno was found not guilty on five counts of mail or wire fraud, and the jury failed to reach a verdict on the final count.

The verdict came on the jury's third day of deliberations, after a five - week trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan.

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 Friday, May 11, the jury returned a guilty verdict on the corruption charges against the former Assembly 1speaker Sheldon Silver, convicting him on counts of extortion and honest services frauOn Friday, May 11, the jury returned a guilty verdict on the corruption charges against the former Assembly 1speaker Sheldon Silver, convicting him on counts of extortion and honest services frauon the corruption charges against the former Assembly 1speaker Sheldon Silver, convicting him on counts of extortion and honest services frauon counts of extortion and honest services fraud.

Gawker Media LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming its financial troubles on the $ 140 million jury verdict that found Gawker liable for its publication of snippets of a sex tape wrestler Hulk Hogan made.

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Another prosecutor, Howard S. Master, on Tuesday questioned the authenticity of Mr. Silver's contrition, noting he had insisted that he would be exonerated «until the very moment of the jury's verdict.»

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

Preparation — for Ebola, for a grand jury verdict, for policy roll - outs — is a hallmark of the administration, Mr. Ragone said, as is the mayor's focus on the ultimate outcome, the product, the long view.

But despite a number of convictions, they've been on a bad streak lately, with courts throwing out verdicts or juries deadlocking in some of their biggest cases.

The jury couldn't reach a verdict on the final count.

Seventy - year - old Paul White said he hopes to appeal the verdict, delivered unanimously by a jury on May 26th, in the court of appeal.

The jury found the former senator and GOP powerbroker not guilty on five other counts and could not reach a verdict on a sixth.

Silver, 71, one of Albany's proverbial «three men in a room» who ruled the Assembly with seldom - questioned authority for 20 years, was stoic as the jury forewoman read seven consecutive verdicts of guilty on extortion, bribery and money - laundering charges on just the third day of deliberations.

At the end of a two - week trial, it took the jury just one day of deliberations to reach a guilty verdict on Friday.