Sentences with phrase «on a jury when»

It is like being asked to sit on a jury when you have a deep interest in the outcome.

Jury duty — that civic obligation to serve on a jury when called — can wreak havoc on a traveler's plans.

Not exact matches

«When they did, they brought out the best in lawyers and helped the jury understand what was going on.

The jury does pay attention to witnesses when they're in the witness chair, not only on the substantive responses to a question but the body language, the demeanor, and how they respond to cross examination by the other side's lawyer.

In the UK the jury is still out on when the first rise will come.

The legal problems began in January when a federal grand jury indicted three company officials and a South Texas mayor on charges of fraud and money laundering.

The only other question the jury asked was on the first day of deliberations, when they inquired what time they should conclude deliberating at night.

For some analysts, the jury is out on when and if Mr Regan, who was previously QBE's CFO, can complete the turnaround Mr Neal struggled so hard for, and was ultimately unable to achieve.

Merck & Co. won a legal victory over rival Gilead Sciences Inc. on Tuesday when a California jury upheld the validity of two patents that Merck says should entitle it to a portion of the multibillion - dollar annual sales of Gilead's hepatitis C drugs.

The grand jury report says that on October 15, 2007, Neill reported to an archdiocese victim assistance coordinator that Rev. Joseph J. Gallagher had repeatedly fondled him when he was a minor and served as an altar boy at St. Mark Parish in Bristol, Pennsylvania.

When the State Kills is the model for such an approach, with fascinating and accessible chapters on such topics as the never - ending quest for «painless» executions, the role of and pressures on the jury in capital cases, the portrayal of executions in contemporary films, and the increasingly desperate efforts of death - penalty lawyers to ensure that those who are condemned to die have received something approximating fair treatment under the law.

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 deservedWhen 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 deservedwhen Judge Bob Potter gave him 45 years in prison and a half - million - dollar fine, my instinctive reaction was, good, he deserved it.

To be fair because these players flopped in their respective clubs does not necessarily mean Te would have flopped at Arsenal because if you want to use such harebrained and short - sighted analogy then you can blame Wenger for the many many players hw could have signed who later turned out world class later, CR7, Zlatan just to mention 2...... like it or lump it Wenger is overcautious and indecisive in the transfer market nowadays...... you win some and lose some, no manager in the world can boast a 100 % success rate when buying players...... I know the jury is still out on Martial but personally I respect LVG's courage, conviction and decisiveness in identifying him and going al out to get him, Wenger need to show such attributes more!!!!

I guess I just don't understand how you can say the jury is still out on Cholowski but know for a fact that there were better players on the board when Rasmussen was taken.

The only thing he's accepted is he cheated on his girlfriend and if he refuses to accept what he did was rape, despite a jury of his peers disagreeing, then how can he truly be rehabilitated and reintegrated into society when he has no grasp of what the law's definition of that crime is?

For now, the jury is still on Perez and probably Welbeck too, the season is long so let's see how the strikers will fare when they get their chance...

jury's out on Ospina, Coquelin will be a squad player after the summer when we buy a top class DM, Gabriel has it all to prove.

Five reasons: 1) our defence lacks organisation when key personal are missing (although having regular back line will help stop this); 2) we still play the old tiki taka rule game which doesn't work so well against the bigger teams; 3) we will have key injuries to players at the wrong times; 4) too many suicidal back passes in midfield against better opposition picks us off; 5) jury still out on Lacazette

The jury is still out on Shaw and Rojo, and whilst I would like to see Young stay its not fair on him to keep him as a reserve when he could be getting regular football elsewhere and a massive boost to his pension pot.

While the jury is still out on whether you should have a baby shower for your second baby that's born shortly after your first, no one will begrudge you a shower when you're pregnant with teenagers!

With all the clashing information available on the internet for us to ingest, it's no wonder that the jury is usually OUT when it comes to what's right and safe for our new bundle of joy!

There are those that say that when an infant listens to classical music that it opens new pathways in the brain, but the jury is still out on that.

Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard told a jury in federal court in Brooklyn that she had taken two steps into the training area en route to take an ice bath when she lost her footing «and hit the back of my head on the floor.»

«I then did what a federal judge does when a jury is deadlocked and issued an Alan charge trying to get them to move on their positions.

Two others were also excused when they told Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni that their hatred of corruption was so strong they wouldn't want themselves on the jury if they were on trial.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against the Rensselaer County district attorney on Wednesday, claiming Joel Abelove «flagrantly violated» an executive order last week when Abelove's office presented evidence in a fatal police shooting to a grand jury.

Haste's first indictment was thrown out on a technicality when the Bronx District Attorney's Office incorrectly instructed the grand jury.

After 39 years in office, however, Silver fell far and fast following a conviction on corruption charges in 2015, when a jury found him guilty of colluding with both a physician and real estate interests to rake in millions from referral fees to his law firm in return for political favors.

In its decision regarding Silver's case, the appeals court ruled in 2017 that the definition of official corruption provided to the jurors differed from the one used by the U.S. Supreme Court when it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, and so it was possible the jury could have ruled differently had it been instructed on the updated definition of the law.

Silver, who was arrested on corruption charges just months prior to Skelos, had his conviction tossed this summer when a judge determined the jury was given incorrect instructions.

«The second relates to information that was concealed from the grand jury which returned the indictment, that we discovered when we received all of the prior witness statements as we were on the eve of trial, when a lot of the material was disclosed.»

This summer when a Lake Katrine man was on trial for using a civilian drone outside a Town of Ulster medical building, Ulster County Assistant District Attorney Tom Colonna summed up «drone anxiety» by telling the jury that the machines «put human eyes in a place, like 30 feet in the air outside an exam room window, where human eyes normally wouldn't be.»

There was more jury drama on Monday when one juror said she wouldn't be able to come in until Wednesday because she twisted her ankle.

Why would anyone vote for the Jury Team party list of candidates when the individuals on the list are all liable to have completely different and opposing views on the whole range of issues of the day?

Earlier Monday, Meara told the jury that he was «walking on the street in Palm Beach, Florida» in late December 2011 when Silver, who he has known since 1974, broke the news to him about how he was making money off Glenwood — one of Meara's clients.

Thompson stumbled on a gold mine of records 10 years ago, when a clerk in Erie County gave her access to thousands of Attica documents, including grand jury testimony and depositions that had never been public.

When the jury does come back on Tuesday afternoon, they will be told that the prosecution's chief witness, Todd Howe, who already has pleaded guilty to eight felonies, is now in jail.

The Westchester and suburban New York City connections were underscored on Monday during the day - long jury selection process, when Judge Vincent Briccetti provided a long list of names that may come up during the trial.

«The Campaign Finance Board realized something was wrong when the hand writing on Liu's donor cards was the same, the FBI investigated, the United State Attorney prosecuted, and a jury convicted.»

Republicans, meanwhile, hammered Kaminsky for votes on measures that included enhancing the rights of undocumented workers when it came to voting, serving on juries and receiving welfare benefits.

The investigation has focused on whether Abelove interfered with the attorney general's jurisdiction last year when he quickly presented the fatal shooting case to a grand jury that cleared a Troy police sergeant of wrongdoing in the slaying of a DWI suspect.

The investigation has focused on whether Abelove interfered with the attorney general's jurisdiction last year when he quickly presented the case to a grand jury that cleared a Troy police sergeant of wrongdoing in the slaying of a DWI suspect.

Walsh, a former sheriff's lieutenant, served as the powerful Conservative Party leader until a federal jury convicted him on charges of collecting $ 200,000 in salary when he was golfing, gambling and politicking.

The jury of seven men and five women that convicted NYPD Officer Peter Liang felt sympathy for the rookie cop — but said he had no business having his finger on the trigger of his gun when he fired the bullet that killed an innocent man.

However, in a session after the jury was sent home for the day, defense attorneys convinced Judge Valerie Caproni to allow additional pieces of a 2008 interview with Dicker to be played for the jury when Whyland retakes the stand on Wednesday.

Death Sentence Aggravating Factor Expansion — Vote Passed (271 - 143, 16 Not Voting) Passage of the bill that would require courts and juries to consider if a defendant killed or attempted to kill a state law enforcement officer, local law enforcement officer or first responder as an aggravating factor when determining whether to impose the death sentence on a defendant.

Weeks earlier, when a grand jury decided not to indict a white officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, de Blasio told a crowd on Staten Island that he'd had to train his bi-racial teenage son Dante how to interact with police for his own safety.

Chautauqua County Court Judge David Foley dismissed the charge of second degree manslaughter against 34 year - old Thomas Jadlowski in a ruling issued on Wednesday, saying District Attorney Patrick Swanson erred when he presented the case in front of a grand jury while seeking an indictment.

But White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas said such evidence would confuse the jury because, if true, it's a «completely different scheme» than for what Smith will be on trial beginning Jan. 5 when he faces corruption charges for allegedly trying to buy his way onto the Republican line for mayor last year.

The P.B.A., frustrated by a lack of progress on labor talks and a perceived lack of support from City Hall when protests broke out following a grand jury's decision not to indict any police officers for the death of Eric Garner, lashed out at the mayor in December after two officers were shot and killed while sitting in their patrol car.