Sentences with phrase «on prosecution»

When he announced Peterson had resigned after being suspended, Israel said, «We're not going to disclose the video at this time, and we may never disclose the video depending on the prosecution and the criminal case.»

The biggest story was the report from the DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility on the prosecution of then Senator Stevens of Alaska, finding that the lower level prosecutors were guilty of misconduct.

A further section, which I've not seen reported in the press, may go some way to explaining the fact that George Zimmerman was not arrested or charged after the shooting in that it would seem to place a heavier burden than normal on the prosecution contemplating the laying of charges:

The legal adviser to the justices directed that the defence should serve on the prosecution the full names, dates of birth and addresses of all defence witnesses who were to be called at trial.

A direction to a defendant charged with criminal damage that he serve on the prosecution the full names, dates of birth and addresses of all defence witnesses who were to be called at trial, before he indicated his defence, has been quashed by the court, as breaching both litigation privilege and legal professional privilege.

That would require an investigation by the court and a willingness to embark on the prosecution of an individual or individuals accused of specific offences within its jurisdiction.

Although the court was careful to officially state that its findings on construction and validity were not based on the file wrapper, it is equally clear that the court carefully examined the repeated protests, their apparent bona fide effect on prosecution, and subsequent responses and claim construction by the patentee.

The Hess decision from (I believe) 1987 was quite clear that regardless of how remote the possibility of a custodial period being imposed, section 7 is offended if there would be no obligation on the prosecution to prove the mental element.

«That's a start,» said David Ross, executive director of the Commission on Prosecution Coordination.»

There is a central computer system which monitors detailed compliance with specified requirements such as acquittal rates, reductions obtained on prosecution recommendations for sentencing, attendance at prisons etc..

Francesca: The best part of my articling experience has been working with one of the firm's senior partners, John Olah, on the prosecution of a defendant for five offences under the Conservation Authorities Act.

In brief, the new procedure will require that the defendant serves on the prosecution and court a document containing the following: (i) the reasons why it would be unjust for the guilty plea to remain unchanged; (ii) what, if any, evidence the defendant wishes to call; (iii) identity of any proposed witness; and (iv) whether legal professional privilege is waived, specifying any material name and date.

Furthermore, your doctor would not be able to testify on the prosecution's behalf about any conversation he or she had with you.

The knowledge aspect imposes a fairly onerous burden on the prosecution.

There is, therefore, no statutory obligation on the prosecution to adduce evidence of the actual figures recorded at the roadside test.

In July 2014, the Petitioner requested from the Lord Advocate — the head of the prosecution service in Scotland — guidance on the prosecution of individuals who assist others to commit suicide.

I guess we should rejoice that someone on the prosecution end, if not on the police end, shows some understanding of context, intent and consequence.

After law school, Harris was a law clerk at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia where he worked on the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic, the former president of Yugoslavia, for attempted genocide and other war crimes.

Mr. Gimbel concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, with a special emphasis on the prosecution and defense of restrictive covenant claims, a topic upon which Mr. Gimbel has written several articles.

He also represented the U.S. in oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, served as lead counsel for the FBI anti-money laundering initiative, and lectured on the prosecution of financial crimes before foreign law enforcement officials.

Recently, her lawyer / boyfriend, Howard K. Stern (not Howard Stern the DJ), received a ruling on the prosecution's appeal of the dismissal of charges against him.

(They can't sue the prosecutor based on the prosecution, because prosecutors have absolute immunity from lawsuit, even when the prosecution is unconstitutional.)»

Article 6 stresses that the burden of proof is on the prosecution.

But I see defendants in Germany argue on the basis of prosecution history all the time, presumably because they believe that for psychological reasons the persuasive value of arguments based on prosecution history is greater than its formal legal weight.

The burden of proof in criminal cases is on the prosecution.

He focused on prosecution, and gained experience with jury trials, bench trials, negotiating plea agreements, and arguing motions in criminal cases.

He has also worked on the prosecution of DUI cases and a capital murder case.

Secondly, while this legislation, by itself, won't directly impact spam sent from elsewhere in the world, by bringing our laws into rough agreement with the best legislation in the world (such as the EU and Australia), it provides a basic level of requirements of email sent by or to Canadians, and makes it possible for international reciprocal agreements on prosecution — the law has specific provisions for entering into international agreements.

At first sight, it appears odd to place a chapter on prosecution agreements under the heading «substantive criminal law» and it seems better placed near chapter 6 on negotiated justice.

Too little money was spent on prevention and rehabilitation and too much on prosecution.

Rather, the legal regulator circled the wagons around lawyers at the securities regulator, including Naster, who later worked for the law society on the prosecution of former Torys LLP lawyers Beth DeMerchant and Darren Sukonick.

Back in May it was announced that India was establishing a National Environmental Tribunal to focus on prosecution of green crimes.

He worked with local authorities on the prosecution of those cases.

AS OJ SIMPSON's defence lawyers in California tried to cast doubt on the prosecution's DNA evidence last month, government officials in Washington DC were launching a test which they hope will improve the reliability of genetic profiling.

Uche said the bail application had been served on the prosecution, which he said had equally responded.

The disgraced former lobbyist has been on the prosecution's witness list for two days.

Earlier, Nobel laureate, Prof, Wole Soyinka, said Nigeria had been «bled dry» by corrupt leadership over the years, and challenged the anti-graft agencies on the prosecution of past and current corrupt leaders.

He said he had to point out that the burden of proof was on the prosecution.

Justice Ademola then adjourned the case to Wednesday, October 28, 2015 for ruling on prosecution's request for secret trial and Dasuki's request for his travel documents to be released to him.

All three defense attorneys started getting their licks in early on prosecution witnesses Singh, Frederick Mei and Leonard Genova — all of whom have deals in place in exchange for anticipated testimony against Edward and Linda Mangano and Venditto.

We know that the onus is on the prosecution to prove somebody guilty, but if you know what we go through and after everything the sentencing and the fines are not so deterrent....

Special Adviser to the President on Prosecution, Office of the Attorney - General of the Federation, Mr. Okoi Obono - Obla

«Except for interests other than the ends of justice underlying the pending charge against Senator Hamma Misau, we hereby call on the prosecution to play its prosecutorial cards face up, as we shall gladly love to meet them in court to articulate our robust defence against the obviously spurious allegations against the distinguished senator.

However, Mr John Odugbela, counsel to Odukoya informed the court that he had filed application for the bail of his client, which has been served on the prosecution.

The counsel for the defendants, S. I Ameh (SAN), informed the court that he had a pending bail application dated March 27, 2017 and served on the prosecution same date.

Brodsky said he thinks focusing on prosecution will not «change the culture of Albany or affect the rate at which these crimes occur.»

Section 11 (2) of the Evidence Act states: «In a criminal action, the burden of producing evidence, when it is on the prosecution as to a fact which is essential to guilt, requires the prosecution to produce sufficient evidence so that on the totality of the evidence a reasonable mind could find the existence of the fact beyond a reasonable doubt.»

However, Counsel to Dasuki Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN) raised the issue of bail for the accused persons adding that motions for their bail have been filed and served on the prosecution.

The team of lawyers gathered around Mubarak and his co-accused greatly outnumbered those on the prosecution side.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Richard Donoghue sat in the front row, on the prosecution side of the room.