Sessions»
order gives prosecutor discretion in focusing their enforcement efforts — some may not ramp up efforts against marijuana, but others have said there's no guarantee they'll maintain a hands - off approach.
Not exact matches
According to the
prosecutor, Sarah discussed the issue with Micah and met Anthony and Handler to discuss the issue to publish the story on their website in
order to scare Gyan who in turn
give them money.
Prosecutors allege Ortt's wife was
given a no - show job, being paid $ 21,500 between 2010 and 2014, in
order to make up for a $ 5,000 reduction in his annual pay as mayor.
Cuomo's criminal justice reforms have not always been embraced by local
prosecutors, who have raised issues in the past to overhauling juvenile justice and an executive
order giving the attorney general the power to investigate and prosecute cases in which civilians die in interactions with police.
* Some policy and fiscal decisions were influenced by people who
prosecutors say used bribes
given to Percoco in ways only subpoenas could reveal in
order to enrich their companies and themselves.
Back in August, Soares» office had asked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to take over the investigation into Ivy's death, based on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive
order giving Schneiderman special
prosecutor powers in police - involved civilian deaths.
Separately, a 2015 executive
order from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo
gave the attorney general the authority to act as a special
prosecutor, but only to investigate the deaths of unarmed civilians by law enforcement.
Abinanti's announcement comes one day after Schneiderman sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeking an executive
order that would
give the automtically make the AG a special
prosecutor in instances like the death of Eric Garner following a chokehold administered by an NYPD officer until such time that the governor and legislative leaders agree on permanent statutory reforms.
Abelove is the first county
prosecutor to face charges after Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 approved an executive
order that
gave Attorney General Eric Schneiderman special
prosecutor powers in cases in which a law enforcement officer causes the death of unarmed civilian.
Nixon
ordered his Attorney General to fire the special
prosecutor, and Trump could theoretically
give similar
orders to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein... which Rosenstein likely would not follow.
The
prosecutors in their Sex Crimes Unit, she said, were not
given the opportunity to counsel investigators on what was necessary to capture in
order to prove a misdemeanor sex crime before the meeting.
The organization, of which Schneiderman had been a member before his resignation, has had a prickly relationship with Cuomo over the governor's 2015 executive
order that
gave Schneiderman the authority to intervene as a special
prosecutor in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.
Cuomo's feud with de Blasio appears to be helping insulate him from backlash he has faced from police unions for signing an executive
order giving the Attorney General the ability to act as special
prosecutor in cases where police kill unarmed civilians.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman huddled with minority lawmakers at the governor's Midtown office Monday over his recent executive
order giving Schneiderman special
prosecutor powers in certain police - involved deaths of civilians.
«We are collaborating on the testing,» said Cuomo, who was in New York City to discuss with minority lawmakers his recent executive
order, which
gives the Attorney General special
prosecutor powers in certain police - involved deaths of civilians.
If they would not
give evidence, dangerous criminals would walk free and both society and the administration of justice would suffer; (ii) it was settled law that the paramount object had always been to do justice and that if, in
order to do justice, some adaptation of ordinary procedure was called for, it should be made, so long as the overall fairness of the trial was not compromised; (iii) recent case law supported the adoption of protective measures; (iv) the Strasbourg jurisprudence, properly understood, did not condemn the use of protective measures; and (v) the defendant was protected from the risk of unfairness by the
prosecutor's duty of disclosure.
(correct test for Barrister appeals; whether outside the ex improviso rule,
prosecutor may call evidence after prosecution and defence case closed; use of debarring
orders against
prosecutor; whether tribunal may «enter the arena» and strongly request the attendance of a prosecution witness; whether BSB has power to summons witnesses; whether
prosecutor may communicate with disciplinary judge behind the back of the defence; whether such communication redolent of actual bias of judge where judge wishes
prosecutor good luck on appeal; whether apparent bias doctrine can be engaged by post-trial conduct of judge; legal effect of serving BSB prosecutions department officer being 1 of 4 appointing members of the COIC «Tribunals Appointments Body» (TAB); whether TAB ultra vires the Bar's Constitutions; whether open - ended power of removal of member of COIC pool without cause, unlawful
given position of BSB Chair and senior staff on COIC; whether ECHR Article 6 guarantees against pressure on disciplinary judges to conform with a prosecutorial mentality; whether disciplinary judges Art. 6 «independent» within Findlay v United Kingdom
given key role of BSB prosecutions department in appointing disciplinary judges; serious non-disclosure by BSB of notes of secret meeting between BSB and disciplinary judge until day before appeal and despite requests and application for disclosure by defence)
[50] A presumptive ceiling is required in
order to
give meaningful direction to the state on its constitutional obligations and to those who play an important role in ensuring that the trial concludes within a reasonable time: court administration, the police, Crown
prosecutors, accused persons and their counsel, and judges.
Remember, it pays to hire an experienced traffic ticket attorney who can negotiate with the
prosecutor in
order for your offense to be reduced to one that FL does not
give points for or one not recognized by FL..