Sentences with phrase «on speedy trial»

Several times a year, not enough people show up at the municipal court in response to jury summonses to provide a jury pool large enough to conduct a trial on a day where someone facing criminal charges must be tried or have their charges dismissed on speedy trial grounds.

On a speedy trial motion in a case reported as R. v. Caines, 2010 ABQB 646 the applicants argued that delay was caused by the Crown's late disclosure of information respecting how the police had implemented the wire tap authorizations.

Two years after Askov, even as the Supreme Court backpedalled on speedy trial rights in the case of Morin, the eight - to 10 - month limit on institutional delay was endorsed.

«We failed to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana... we're not seeing sentencing reform in here and we are no seeing funding to try to work on the speedy trial crisis in this state.»

Not exact matches

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz on Friday waived his constitutional right to a speedy trial, giving his defense team more time to prepare his case.

I could go on and on about all these poor bastards that can't afford bail... you know, a «reasonable bond» they're entitled to - that's a freaking joke... now that people are wise to speedy trial nonsense, they are changing the rules and violating rights at the Supreme Court level.

Supporters and individuals who have experienced speedy trial issues — including Cuomo's ex-wife Kerry Kennedy — held a rally at the Capitol yesterday calling for action on Kalief's Law by the Senate Codes Committee and by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fix New York's speedy trial statute.

«But to make this man wait for two years and spend $ 2 million, it just seems to me, in a land where we really prize a speedy trial, that it has gone on way too long.»

«The decision was taken due to the ongoing Roundtable Discussion involving CCT and other critical stakeholders within and outside the country, to develop the Code of Ethics and Practice Directions for the Code of Conduct Tribunal to ensure fair and speedy trials, sponsored by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC).»

De Blasio — who has long said he «does not see» Rikers closing in less than 10 years — called on the state to approve bills for speedier trials and earlier release for incarcerated individuals who exhibit good behavior, noting that the state already does this for its own prisoners.

«We asked for a speedy trial, which was set to begin in Buffalo City Court on November 30.

The firm had priority access to jurors for speedy trials, and successfully lobbied a judge to reverse a 20 - year ban on punitive damages, paving the way for bigger payouts.

«This comprehensive package of criminal justice reforms places a spotlight on the current system's flaws and the need for strong reforms to New York's criminal discovery, bail and speedy trial statutes.

The court said it was hopeful that the hard cap on trial delays would cause Crown prosecutors, court administration, and politicians to make real changes to give effect to the constitutional right to a speedy trial.

On Monday, Alito wrote the opinion in Zedner v. United States, a case in which the Court sided unanimously with a criminal defendant in a dispute over interpretation of the Speedy Trial Act.

Defendant consents to being placed on Military Diversion and waives his or her rights to a speedy trial

In the post-Jordan world, enormous pressure is being exerted on defence lawyers, and Crown attorneys, to meet speedy trial deadlines and streamline Charter applications.

In a narrow 4 — 3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals held that the motion court's conditioning the defendant's plea on the withdrawal of his constitutional speedy trial claim did not run afoul of the Court's long - standing precedents in People v. Blakley, 34 N.Y. 2d 311 (1974) and People v. White, 32 N.Y. 2d 393 (1973).

The Supreme Court of Canada commented in R v Jordan, [2016] 1 SCR 631 on the culture of complacency that had overwhelmed the right to a speedy trial in Canada.

Federal and State criminal law places a similar speedy trial requirement on the government, and there is no justification for failing to impose this same standard on the Bar Counsel's Office.

In this particular instance, a Rule 9 - 7 summary trial would have afforded the parties an opportunity to litigate on one issue in a just, speedy and inexpensive fashion, at the same time allowing the court to find facts based on disputed evidence.