Sentences with phrase «police witnesses»

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Toronto: Myanmar Court Accepts Testimony of Police Witness Who Said Arrested Reuters Reporters Were Set Up

He based his decision in part on the testimony of an expert police witness who testified about the customs and practices of the drug trade.

CASE FACTS: The driver is stopped after police witness the vehicle making an improper left turn.

A Black Lives Matter activist was acquitted in a brief court appearance by a judge who had ripped police witnesses for recalling events that were disproved by video.

Defence counsel was not required to cross-examine either officer because on this first trial date the investigating officer indicated to the Crown and the defence that two other police witnesses were at the scene around the time of the arrest and their evidence had not been disclosed.

It started, Reed recounts, when a potential juror in a murder trial said she would not believe police witnesses.

But soon after, at least one juror who initially indicated a problem with police witnesses decided he'd changed his mind.

After a three week trial during which Vancouver Criminal Defence Lawyer Emmet J. Duncan cross-examined the child complainant, her mother, her sister and numerous police witnesses, and during which he presented his Client's defence through multiple defence witnesses, including the Client, the Judge found Client NOT GUILTY of ALL charges.

The Court of Appeal, however, overturned this decision on the basis of its view that defence counsel had improperly cross-examined police witnesses.

The drug allegation came after a police witness told authorities in 2012 that he sold cocaine to Girouard at the time the judge was still a lawyer.

More than 4,000 witnesses have been released in the two months and assuming the police witnesses represent 70 % of the total, there has been a savings of close to half a million dollars in police witness fees since the project began.

R. v. R.R. (2017), After a trial lasting over 3 years, with numerous civilian and police witnesses being called, client acquitted of several charges in the Ontario Court of Justice, including assaulting peace officer and assault with a weapon.

The judge ruled that he should remain, as there was no material challenge to the evidence of the police witnesses.

It was plain from the judgment that counsel who represented the defendant at the hearing before the judge had something of a field day when examining the police witnesses about the conditions.

When one party in an accident flees, it's important to stay to talk to witnesses, insurance, and the police