Sentences with phrase «person coming before the court»

In an article entitled «Care of Criminals,» Patterson wrote: «The police records show that the same people come before the court again and again, and each time more confirmed criminals than before.

Judge Alarcon instilled in all of his clerks and externs strong ethics and a high regard for professionalism, with the goal of ensuring that every person coming before the court receive proper justice.

Not exact matches

For Cuomo, a united Democratic Senate majority is a nightmare scenario: a centrist at heart, he belittled raising the minimum wage before it came back into vogue, ridiculed the idea of hiking taxes on wealthy people, and still won't comply with a ten - year - old court ruling to fork over state cash to underfunded city public schools.

The Interim Measures of the African Court on Human & People's Rights was not before them and couldn't have come before them as a matter of constitutional dictates.

Although the Revolution's Court and the People's Court were dissolved at the end of the 1950s, the long - standing Egyptian practice of adjudicating citizens before special tribunals would reach new heights in the decades to come.

Article 14 (1) Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of his personal liberty except in the following cases and in accordance with procedure permitted by law; Article 19 (1) A person charged with a criminal offence shall be given a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitucourt; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constituCourt from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitCourts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitcourts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitucourt of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitution.

How come that charges leveled against an accused person are leaked to the media even before they are filed in court?

Before writing the song, which needed to fit the stirring themes of Marshall — a film about the life of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice — Warren told Common she listened to Sam Cooke's «A Change Is Gon na Come» and Curtis Mayfield's «People Get Ready» back to back.

Before we get to that, the set - up: Bishop's fixer Charles Lester (Wallace Shawn) is looking for Kalinda and has come to Alicia because she is the last person to talk to Kalinda, since, you know, she (falsely) said in court on last week's episode that Kalinda gave her the Internal Affairs intel.

We want to invite organizations that have been instrumental to people of color long before we came along; whether they host a dinner series to cultivate conversations about identity, or program classes that help foster creativity in court - involved young people.

The court, in my view, does not want to deal with people who come before it with problems, complaints and grievances, much less bizarre claims that have no reasonable prospect of success.

Judges should refrain from conduct such as membership in groups or organizations or participation in public discussion which, in the mind of a reasonable, fair minded and informed person, would undermine confidence in a judge's impartiality with respect to issues that could come before the courts.

The People's Republic of China is firmly on the international stage andas a result cases are coming before the family courts worldwide relating to transnationals or residents in the PRC.

«Indeed for my part, I would encourage Magistrates» Courts before whom prosecutions are brought or, for that matter, Crown Courts before which any prosecution comes on indictment, to reflect in any financial penalty imposed the amount of commercial advantage which has been obtained by a person through the unlawful deposit of controlled waste.»

If the judge so desires, the account also may reflect who the judge is as a person, as well as a judge, so long that the judge is careful not to implicitly or explicitly convey the judge's opinions on pending or impending cases, political matters, or controversial or contested issues that may come before the courts.

Skansen, a tiny contracting company with 30 people working in an open plan office no bigger than a court room, was dragged to the quarter deck of Southwark Crown Court and duly put on trial before a jury on a charge of failure to prevent bribery under section 7 of the Bribery Act, the first contested trial of this offence since the Act came into force in the summer of court room, was dragged to the quarter deck of Southwark Crown Court and duly put on trial before a jury on a charge of failure to prevent bribery under section 7 of the Bribery Act, the first contested trial of this offence since the Act came into force in the summer of Court and duly put on trial before a jury on a charge of failure to prevent bribery under section 7 of the Bribery Act, the first contested trial of this offence since the Act came into force in the summer of 2011.

Before I became a lawyer, I assumed that a person can simply come to court, tell her story to the judge, and all will go well from there.

Her goal was to modernize the Court in ways that would help people coming before it and not just serve the convenience of judicial officers and administrators.

(C) A judge shall not engage in financial activities permitted under paragraphs (A) and (B) if they will: (1) interfere with the proper performance of judicial duties; (2) lead to frequent disqualification of the judge; (3) involve the judge in frequent transactions or continuing business relationships with lawyers or other persons likely to come before the court on which the judge serves; or (4) result in violation of other provisions of this Code.

In effect a criminal court under the Provincial Courts Act, the MHC is staffed by people who are able to understand and assist those who come before it because a mental illness has played a significant role in their criminal behaviour.

Since the formal justice system does not know if people are having family problems until those people come to court, it can not make them go to mediation before they announce themselves.

(1) A judge may hold and manage investments, including real estate, and engage in other remunerative activity, but should refrain from financial and business dealings that exploit the judicial position or involve the judge in frequent transactions or continuing business relationships with lawyers or other persons likely to come before the court on which the judge serves.

According to Utah Judicial Council report of 2006, 80 percent of self - represented people coming to the district court clerk's office seek additional help before coming to the courthouse.

(6) If a provisional order made under this section comes before a court in a reciprocating jurisdiction and confirmation is denied in respect of one or more persons for whom support is sought, the Ontario court that made the provisional order may, on motion within six months after the denial of confirmation, reopen the matter, receive further evidence and make a new provisional order for a person in respect of whom confirmation was denied.

(6) If a provisional variation order made under this section comes before a court in a reciprocating jurisdiction and confirmation is denied in respect of one or more persons for whom support is payable, the Ontario court that made the provisional variation order may, on motion within six months after the denial of confirmation, reopen the matter, receive further evidence and make a new provisional variation order for a person in respect of whom confirmation was denied.

I've seen what happens to many of these people in court, when they stand up and try to explain to the judge how they are «Mennonites» who can't be found guilty under the Constitution because it's a violation of their rights dating back centuries before America existed, or when they challenge the judge's right to preside over their case because of some arcane law, or that red light cameras are unconstitutional because they do not get to confront their accusers, again, I cringe, because I know what's coming.