Sentences with phrase «pending appeal because»
Two of Sampson's former legislative colleagues, one - time Senate leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, both contend they should remain free pending appeal because their corruption convictions are likely to be overturned under the new rules established by the McDonnell case.
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Recall some lawyers stage a walk out of the CCT proceedings when Saraki was being tried alleging «judicial rascality» following the refusal of the tribunal to adjourn the trial indefinitely because of the pending appeal before the Supreme Court.
«However, because of pending deadlines for parties to formally place alternate candidates on the ballot, I simply am not willing to take a chance that Ken LaValle and his incompetent political agenda would run unopposed for a second straight election should my further appeals fail.»
Because Judge Rolf Treu has placed a stay on his Vergara ruling pending the outcome of the teachers unions» appeal, the tenure, seniority and dismissal statutes are still alive and well in California.
But the appellate court's decision to keep blocking the ban pending trial or further appeal is also «a losing situation for the business travel industry,» GBTA said, because «the uncertainty it will create as we await an appeal to the Supreme Court will continue to make its mark.
As a matter of constitutional U.S. law, your conviction remains valid and you must serve the sentence, if your conviction was final and all appeals had been exhausted when the new court decision was announced unless it was a «new rule» of law rather than a mere interpretation of existing law, but if your conviction was not yet final because post-conviction motions or appeals were still pending, the new rule of law could be utilized to challenge your conviction.
He quotes another lawyer who calls the timing of the gag - order motion «odd,» because Capeless is appealing the Baran ruling and «there is no pending trial whose potential jurors could be influenced.»
In one decision (R v Maxwell [2010] UKHL 48), where an appeal by a defendant in a criminal case was dismissed, no reasons were published by the end of the year because they might have prejudiced related criminal proceedings which were still pending.
Importantly, because the challenge by Professor Corbally to the constitutionality of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 and its compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights was not determined pending the judicial review of the Medical Council's decision, the lack of appeal issue remains open.