Sentences with phrase «prosecution at a criminal trial»

Van Colle was to be a witness for the prosecution at a criminal trial — his evidence was crucial.

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At that point, defense attorneys are expected file a Rule 29 motion, allowed in any criminal trial, in which they will argue that the prosecution failed to present enough evidence to prove its case.

A very small minority of states allow for reimbursement of fees upon an acquittal, but even then, it is often necessary to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that you were actually innocent, so a dismissal on procedural grounds or an acquittal at a criminal trial where the prosecution must show beyond a reasonable doubt that you are guilty, is not sufficient to show that it is more likely than not that you are innocent.

Justice Moldaver then turns to what is described as practical considerations for law enforcement and the administration of justice, at paras. 183 - 6, suggesting that (a) the disclosure of text messages received by a complainant could be challenged by a sender who is alleged to have abused the complainant and thus exposes vulnerable complainants such as children, people with mental disabilities and the elderly (b) the increased need for warrants could strain police and judicial resources in an overburdened criminal justice system and (c) at the trial stage, these repercussions could complicate and prolong proceedings where defendants have standing to challenge searches conducted against collateral targets in large prosecutions.

Kelly Dawson, Criminal Trial Lawyers Association president and managing partner at Dawson Duckett Shaigec & Garcia Barristers in Edmonton, says he does «believe and accept that the Crown prosecution service is under - resourced and has been for some time,» though he says he can't comment to the severity of the issue.

A healthy cluster of QCs and senior juniors have found themselves very busy advising on SFO investigations, prosecutions and representing clients at criminal trials.

Criminal defence partner Nigel Richardson at London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen was one of the signatories in a letter to the Director of Public Prosecution published in The Times today requesting clarification of the urgent review of sexual assault and rape trials announced recently.

Clients receive support in their initial dealings with regulatory authorities, at formal interviews carried out under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, and at all stages of criminal prosecutions, right through tCriminal Evidence Act, and at all stages of criminal prosecutions, right through tcriminal prosecutions, right through to trial.

Many junior criminal lawyers in Alberta think that a stay of proceedings is a normal way for a Crown Attorney to terminate a prosecution before verdict at trial.

We represent national and international companies, individual defendants and trade associations in connection with criminal antitrust investigations and prosecutions, and we have successfully represented defendants against charges of anticompetitive conduct at trial.

Stewart spent almost two years as a senior trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1997 - 98) and with Arbour's encouragement, he became chief of prosecutions at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, where he spent another three years.

At the end of the criminal trial, counsel for the prosecution advised the directors that they should now issue their civil proceedings, as it appeared that 4Eng was not a victim under the terms of the indictment (the victim was Mars) and as such it was not entitled to any compensation under the criminal regime.

Concerning, prosecution argument (iii), Bingham f lags up his concerns that the criminal courts have sadly slid down the slippery slope to the point where, as here, witnesses can give anonymous evidence, with the assistance of excessively draconian «protective measures», which cumulatively consign the defendant's right to a fair trial, to the legal dustbin, «by a series of small steps, largely unobjectionable on their own facts, the courts have arrived at a position which is irreconcilable with long - standing principle.»

A direction to a defendant charged with criminal damage that he serve on the prosecution the full names, dates of birth and addresses of all defence witnesses who were to be called at trial, before he indicated his defence, has been quashed by the court, as breaching both litigation privilege and legal professional privilege.

The provision would extend the powers and rights of audience of DCWs by enabling them to conduct: - summary trials in magistrates» courts; - certain proceedings in magistrates» courts, including proceedings relating to offences triable only on indictment by a judge and jury at the crown court; - applications and other proceedings relating to «preventative civil orders» such as anti-social behaviour orders; and - certain proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) assigned to the director of public prosecutions by the attorney general under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, s 3 (2)(g).

Winning a trial order of dismissal at the close of the prosecution's proof, successfully dismissing all criminal charges against a police officer charged with official misconduct.