Sentences with phrase «other criminal convictions»

Any other criminal convictions will be evaluated on a case - by - case basis.

Excluding a motorist from your policy can benefit you if someone in your household is likely to raise your insurance rates because of DUI convictions, other criminal convictions or a poor driving history.

The case was resolved without any felony or other criminal convictions.

Must not have any felony conviction or any other criminal conviction above the grade of a Class B misdemeanor, or any Class B misdemeanor within the past 10...

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In addition to asking a court to mandate that Uber implement fingerprint background checks — a measure the company has vehemently opposed — the plaintiffs are asking a judge to order Uber to perform national criminal background checks on its drivers every six months, and to bar registered sex offenders or people with rape or assault convictions from driving for Uber no matter how long ago it was, along with other measures.

These are deals by which prosecutors can obtain multimillion - dollar fines from companies facing bribery allegations while sparing them a criminal conviction that would trigger other consequences such as violating covenants signed with lenders or joint - venture partners.

Since May 2017, the agency has arrested 199 Iraqi nationals nationwide, the overwhelming majority of whom had criminal convictions for crimes including homicide, rape, aggravated assault, kidnapping, burglary, drug trafficking, robbery, sex assault, weapons violations and other offenses.

Such a view of law would permit for - profit corporations to have the moral culpability of criminal convictions, take moral views on a slew of ethical concerns, and let corporations exercise other constitutional guarantees as persons while inexplicably siphoning off only for - profit corporations from religious protection.

Furthermore, the UK foreign office is pretty restrictive on allowing people with criminal convictions and other public controversies from entering.

By their mid-thirties, 60 percent of people who bullied other children in grades 6 through 9 have at least one criminal conviction.

A criminal conviction, particularly a felony conviction, can have devastating implications on employment, housing and other things.»

Making reference to the Courts Act of 1993 (Act 459), Mr Justice Ofoe said Section 31 (2) holds that «an appellate court, on hearing an appeal in a criminal case, shall allow the appeal if the appellate court considers (a) that the verdict or conviction or acquittal ought to be set aside on the ground that it is unreasonable or can not be supported having regard to the evidence, or (b) that the judgement in question ought to be set aside as a wrong decision on a question of law or fact, or (c) that there was a miscarriage of justice, and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.»

According to her, the agency has busted a number of criminal activities, recorded 331 convictions since 2004, with various other ongoing cases at an advance stage in courts, and rescued many trafficked youths who are being rehabilitated and given a new lease of life.

Singas» report presented what she called «troubling problems» in the contracting process, including no requirements for vendors to disclose subsidiary companies, criminal convictions, political contributions or whether a vendor is barred from government contracts in other places.

In the report, Singas recommended enhancing vendor screening protocol to mirror that of New York City, which requires vendors disclose criminal convictions, tax warrants and if the vendor is barred from working in other jurisdictions.

She said it would be premature to comment on the just - introduced bill but did defend Governor Cuomo's SAFE Act, saying it has worked to keep guns out of the hands of people with prior violent criminal convictions and others who may not be fit to handle firearms responsibly, such as some living with mental illness.

If an Internet dating service conducts criminal background screenings, then the service shall disclose whether it has a policy allowing a member who has been identified as having a criminal conviction to have access to its service to communicate with any New Jersey member; shall state that criminal background screenings aren't foolproof; that they may give members a false sense of security; that they aren't a perfect safety solution; that criminals may circumvent even the most sophisticated search technology; that not all criminal records are public in all states and not all databases are up to date; that only publicly available convictions are included in the screening; and that screenings don't cover other types of convictions or arrests or any convictions from foreign countries.

[28] But when employers are prohibited from asking about prior convictions on a job application, they may illegally attempt to use other observable characteristics — such as race, gender, and age — to infer an applicant's likelihood of having a criminal history.

Your state's department of motor vehicles maintains a detailed record of all car accidents, moving violations, vehicular criminal convictions and other relevant information.

Don't have any convictions or unspent convictions for any criminal offence (other than a driving offence)

And no other criminal background, however violent, or even action taken against the breeder or retailer for animal neglect or abuse that did not result in a conviction, is sufficient to deny a license.

350.org activists stormed the home of Enbridge president Mark Maki with mask - covered faces, torches, and threats protesting the conviction of other protesters who faced three years in prison for felony criminal trespass shutting down an Enbridge Energy oil pipeline.

(8) the points made in the conclusion are: (1) consistent with avoiding expenditures on the criminal justice system, the federal attorney general appeared to be neglecting the plight of pre-trial inmates in custody in extremely bad jail conditions, and the provincial attorney general appeared to ignore the needs of prosecutors for greater resources of staff and time in order to work adequately; (2) similarly, the other examples presented also support the proposition that the criminal justice system is inadequately resourced because there are «no votes in justice»; and, (3) the reduction in the safeguards against wrongful convictions caused by the radical changes in procedures made necessary because governments do not provide adequate resources for the criminal justice system;

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, and accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against conviction dismissed — Although trial judge did not address analytical steps in order, he properly analyzed evidence and concluded that injuries sustained by victim were not accidental and could not have occurred in any other fashion than as stated by victim — Having provided reasons for accepting victim's evidence, trial judge was entitled to reject accused's evidence — Trial judge's reasoning, though skeletal, permitted accused and appellate court to determine how and why finding resulted.

While Bill C - 66, An Act to establish a procedure for expunging certain historically unjust convictions and to make related amendments to other Acts («Bill C - 66»), was described by Member of Parliament Randy Boissonnault as a law intended to address criminal offences that were used «to victimize LGBTQ2S + people systematically,» the Legal Network and HALCO are -LSB-...]

If you are facing deportation, visa revocation, or any other threat to your immigration status because of a criminal conviction, take charge of your situation today.

He has helped some avoid being charged in the first place, and has helped others avoid a criminal record of conviction, where there were no priors similar convictions.

Our Utah criminal and immigration lawyers understand the consequences of criminal convictions for non-citizens, and provide skilled and dedicated representation to help the firm's clients avoid deportation, visa revocation and other penalties.

If you are a criminal of the state, have a felony conviction, or a conviction of other offenses by law you are banned for life from owning a gun.

This was a fraud that, among other things led to the 2009 criminal conviction of Livent founders, Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb.

States are changing criminal justice procedures to grant inmates more access to DNA evidence, address questions about witness identifications, change the way evidence is handled and modernize other procedures, hoping the changes will result in better convictions and fewer challenges, The New York Times reports.

The stores having these collections letters mailed may generally be happy with the number of people who pay money on the letters, without going to the trouble of paying attorney fees for filing and pursuing a lawsuit, and proving the case (particularly if a conviction has not been obtained in the parallel criminal case) with witnesses and other evidence.

Indeed, the disapplication of the Italian legislation would not modify the substance of tax offences at stake — in other words, the previsibility requirement of the legality principle would be met — and would not lead to a conviction for an act or omission that did not constitute an offence at the time when it was committed — so there would be no retroactive application of the criminal law (§ 54 - 57).

Consistent with the emphasis on good corporate governance is the fact that a self - report, among other things, is relevant at later stages in the criminal justice process: sentencing guidelines on the sentencing of corporates introduced in October 2014 (to which courts have regard when determining financial penalties under DPAs) refer to a corporate's culture as relevant to determining its sentence in the event of a conviction for bribery offences, among others, in the UK: a culture of wilful disregard for the commission of offences will lead to a corporate being placed at the most culpable end of the spectrum and facing the heaviest fines available.17 Further, the amended Public Contracts Regulations 2015 introduced on 26 February 2015 allow blacklisted companies to bid for public contracts if they prove, among other things, that they have «clarified the facts and circumstances in a comprehensive manner by actively collaborating with the investigating authorities».18

The clear problem with the requirement of imprisonment, as is found by the Court (paras 59 and 60), is that the narrative of past and future persecution in many countries such as Zimbabwe and Uzbekistan, [13] is that in these and many other countries the law enforcement authorities use the criminal law to extort, blackmail, detain and torture, without recourse of due process of law which would require a trial, conviction and sentencing, in accordance with the national law of the country of origin.

Respectfully, the idea in terms of an extradition of «thousands of extremists» does not appear to be understandable as extradition itself means that those thousands must have been chased by other judicial authorities to bring them to justice in order to face the criminal proceedings (non - conviction warrant) or serve the custodial sentence (in terms of a conviction warrant).

Our national reputation for winning big cases at trial forces prosecutors and other opposing counsel to rethink the charges against you and reevaluate their chances of success at trial which maximizes your chances of avoiding a criminal conviction and avoiding jail time.

Fortunately, for residents of Syracuse and other regions of upstate New York, the Law Office of Mark J. Sacco, located in Latham (a suburb of Albany) is prepared to offer vigorous criminal defense services to clients who have been accused or arrested for federal or white collar crimes, who require legal counsel, or who need to file appeals of their convictions.

For the offence to be made out there has to have been an offence of tax evasion committed either in the UK or abroad by either a tax payer or business (note: there is no requirement for a criminal conviction of the tax evader)-- it must have been facilitated (enabled, aided, abetted, counselled, procured) not just by an employee, but includes others associated with the company.

In other words, the just result of a criminal conviction is contingent, apparently, on whether a defendant goes to trial at all.

It is also extremely important that you include a copy of all documents related to your criminal convictions, as well as evidence of action taken to resolve your inadmissibility (such as alcoholics anonymous or other counseling or rehabilitation programs).

Aside from the mandatory minimum penalties prescribed by the Criminal Code for an Impaired Driving conviction, the accused faces other serious problems.

Even a misdemeanor conviction can result in jail time, a substantial fine, loss of employment, deportation or other immigration consequences and the social stigma of being a convicted criminal.

In all cases of criminal contempt arising under the provisions of this act, the accused, upon conviction, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both; Provided however, that in case the accused is a natural person the fine to be paid shall not exceed the sum of $ 1,000, nor shall impriSonment exceed the term of six months; Provided further, That in any such proceeding for criminal contempt, at the discretion of the judge, the accused may be tried with or without a jury; Provided further, however, That in the event such proceeding for criminal contempt be tried before a judge without a jury and the sentence of the court on conviction is a fine in excess of the sum of $ 300 or imprisonment in excess of forty five days, the accused in said proceeding upon demand therefor, shall be entitled to a trial de novo before a jury, which shall conform as near as may be to the practice in other criminal cases.

As reported in the written decision of the Law Society Hearing Panel (which decision is under appeal by the applicant), the applicant threatened to sue the other board members for defamation after he was removed as President of the condo corporation and a notice of his removal was posted; circulated a letter (under a false name) on some floors within the building that falsely stated that some of the board members had previously gone bankrupt, had criminal convictions and were accepting bribes and free meals from the developer of the condominium to settle deficiencies with the developer; made a derogatory remark about some of the residents based on their ethnicity; threatened to report some of the directors to US / Canada border officials, falsely alleging that they were drug smugglers; threatened both the corporation's property manager and security services firm that their contracts with the condo corporation would be in jeopardy if they did not provide a character letter to the applicant.

Doroshenko said a criminal conviction would have been unlikely in a case like this, particularly if the teenager doesn't have a record, but he's glad the boy apologized and hopes others will think twice before trying a similar stunt.

As recently demonstrated by the pending Greek prosecution of former Johnson & Johnson employees, which includes the prosecution of one individual, Robert Dougall, notwithstanding his 2010 prosecution by the SFO and conviction and sentence, [13] no settlement can confer an absolute guarantee against further proceedings in any jurisdiction — particularly not in jurisdictions where there is no limitation period for criminal offences (as in the United Kingdom, other than for summary offences).

Settlement negotiations are an essential part of most criminal defense work, whether the negotiations seek an outright dismissal, continuance for possible dismissal with or without dismissal conditions, or any other number of resolutions right up to convictions involving amended or dropped charges and / or agreements as...

Among other things, an expungement can make it easier to get a job because you do not need to tell your employer about your criminal conviction.

Although Habré was acquitted of personally raping Khadidja Hassan Zidane on procedural grounds, the other sexual violence convictions were upheld and hailed as a victory for international criminal justice.