Sentences with phrase «presiding over the silver»

That appeals court did note, however, that Silver's conviction was not based on lack of evidence, according to former Deputy U.S. Attorney Joon Kim, who presided over Silver's inaugural prosecution, and vowed that the one - time Downtown pol would eventually face justice.

The hype earned Bharara a rebuke from Judge Valerie Caproni, who is presiding over the Silver case; she warned that Bharara's media blitz was verging on the prejudicial.

Not exact matches

Silver, for better or worse, needs to stay in office to preside over a chamber he's been able to skillfully keep in line for three decades now.

The message has been clear for a long time, that Speaker Silver who presided over the Assembly during the worst sexual harassment binge in history has to go, and that's just the first step in cleaning up the cesspool in Albany, NY.

The government said it would retry the two men, and on Monday, the first of those retrials — Silver's — starts in U.S. District Court in Manhattan before Judge Valerie E. Caproni, who presided over the first trial.

Many of these cases landed in the courtrooms at 60 Centre St., presided over by judges with ties to Silver and his lifelong pal, Jonathan Lippman, the chief judge of the state Court of Appeals.

The rest of the liberal pigs will coddle your disdain... GEP couldn't get things done in Albany the way he wanted to and should have, because of the cesspool that Sheldon Silver has presided over as lifeguard... It's about time your dirty little secrets of cronyism and pandering to line your own pockets is exposed... Leaders with integrity like Gov. Pataki have taken the loudmouthed and ignorant bile your type has been doling out for far too long... I hope Silver does time, as he should, and his assets along with the reputation of W&L Attorneys is forever tarnished....

Another judge, Valerie E. Caproni, who presided over Mr. Silver's trial, had already set that time and date for his sentencing.

SILVER was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni who also presided over the five - week jury trial.

ALBANY — For the first time in two decades, the State Assembly voted overwhelmingly today to elect a new speaker, Carl Heastie of the Bronx, to preside over the chamber after Sheldon Silver's swift and stunning downfall.

Silver presides over the heavy Democrat majority in the Assembly and has come under criticism in recent months by members of both his own party and the Republicans for what Katz called his actions «in covering the sexual improprieties of Assemblyman Vito Lopez with taxpayer dollars by means of the «Miscellaneous Contractual Services» account.»

In pretrial skirmishes over evidence such as Taub's «Miles for Meso» email, however, U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni, the no - nonsense ex-FBI counsel who will preside, acknowledged that prosecutors must prove Silver's intent, but noted that a witness's belief can be strong circumstantial proof.

Dean Skelos: Mr. Silver's Republican State Senate counterpart was less of an institution than the disgraced Democrat, and presided over a far narrower majority.

Some looked over their shoulders as Mr. Silver, once the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly who now faces political corruption charges, slowly walked up the courtroom aisle to his seat at a long desk that faced Valerie E. Caproni, the presiding judge.

Silver recently had a bid rejected to get the Supreme Court to hear his case, pushing the matter back for a re-trial before U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni, who presided over his 2015 trial.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, presides over session in the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Albany.

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni, who also presided over the corruption trial against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, set a March 1 status conference for the case against the eight defendants.

In fact, a whole parade of colorful performers passes by, including Billy Bob Thornton as a slim and steely silver fox of a prosecutor who battles Hank; Ken Howard as the no - nonsense walrus - like judge presiding over Papa Palmer's case; and Dax Shepard as an unseasoned rube litigator.

Federal prosecutors previously asked St. Eve, who presided over Black's four - month trial earlier this year, to sentence the silver - haired press lord to federal prison for as long as 24 years for his July 13 convictions on three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice.