The phrase
"prosecution case" refers to the evidence and arguments presented by the legal team representing the government or the victim in a criminal trial. It is their job to prove that the accused person is guilty of the alleged crime.
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We regularly advise corporations and statutory bodies on regulatory breaches and
private prosecution cases and have acted in partnership disputes between local and international firms.
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recent prosecution cases have included cases of historic sex abuse, rape, fraud, serious violence and car - ringing.
As reported by Law360, a California state judge recently ruled that Latham & Watkins tentatively was entitled to an award of attorney's fees to the tune of about $ 1.6 million as damages in a malicious
prosecution case against litigants Messrs. Parrish and Fitzgibbons, in a case which produced quite a bit of appellate activity (including a published California Supreme Court decision).
«Biting the Hand that Sues You: Anti-SLAPP Statutes and
Malicious Prosecution Cases,» panel speaker, Lawyers» Professional Liability Conference, American Bar Association, September 2007
If not for the finer points of a poorly written law and a
flawed prosecution case, Senator Joe would be behind bars already.
The Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime site offers a good overview of wildlife crime along
with prosecution cases.
In US v Scarmazzo, Justice Oliver Wanger of the United States District Court adopted these words in a medicinal
marijuana prosecution case:
However, if there is no victim in a
deferred prosecution case, the prosecutor who renders the deferred prosecution decision shall directly send the case files to the chief prosecutor of the superior court or the attorney general for reconsideration.
[E] very jurisdiction which has spoken to the matter, and
prohibited prosecution case - specific peremptory challenges on the basis of cognizable group affiliation, has held that the defense must likewise be so prohibited.
The CPS admission to disclosure failures are taken to be across the board and so a review should be properly taken of all the
live prosecution cases.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has awarded damages to a man in a
malicious prosecution case — but the defendant wasn't the police or the Crown.
In reference to
criminal prosecution cases, we deal with all types of incidents including falls from height, trench collapses, electrocutions, collisions between plant and collisions between plant and pedestrians, overturning plant, crane collapses, incidents involving machinery and guarding, exposure to noxious gases and legionella cases as well as occupational health cases e.g. Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome.
The prosecution case does not stand up to scrutiny.»
The WA Department of Agriculture last month began preparing
a prosecution case against WA - based Emanuel Exports over conditions on a ship that left Fremantle on 1 August, 2017, on which 2,400 sheep died, primarily of heat stress.
Had the Plaintiff gone to Sparrow's ER on the morning of the 12th and had a SANE nurse do a rape kit there might have been pubic hair samples or semen samples, both which might produce DNA evidence which would strengthen
the prosecution case.
There is not one shred of proof that exists to say any aspect of
the prosecutions case is factual.
I was convinced that Briscoe had made this up, which is why I went on denying guilt and hoping that I could cause
the prosecution case to collapse.
Jurors also noted Bruno business associate Jared Abbruzzese's testimony strengthened
the prosecution case; both counts on which they found Bruno guilty involved Abbruzzese.
But even the Crown Prosecution Service in evidence to the committee said that it was «concerned that the courts charge will displace the prosecution costs award, which the CPS uses to recover part of the costs of bringing
a prosecution case.
It was Hayes, who demanded that the messages be passed over to the defence and that, in his words, «blew
the prosecution case out of the water».
This may include doctors, engineers or a host of other technical people to challenge the validity of
the prosecution case.
Finally, where a juror knows or learns something prejudicial to a defendant, for example that he has criminal convictions, this does not amount to partiality to
the prosecution case or consequent partiality in that juror.
Each may entail bias, but not necessarily to the same degree, and so where a witness is partial to a particular prosecution witness but not to
the prosecution case, there may not be an appearance of bias.
com The CPS admission to disclosure failures are taken to be across the board and so a review should be properly taken of all the live
prosecution cases.
(vi) An important consideration is the relative importance of the witness's testimony in
the prosecution case.
There is no jurisdiction for a judge to find, before the close of
the prosecution case, that there was no case to answer.
Th e accused solicitor should not have to root about in the papers fully to understand
the prosecution case.
The prosecution case imploded when an expert demonstrated that the bodies had been decomposing for five months, not two or three weeks.
I apply the same level of scrutiny and tenacity to clients I am defending in exactly the same way as when I prosecuted in terms of analysing the evidence, looking for the weaknesses in
the prosecution case and achieving the best possible result.
(f) An important consideration was the relative importance of the witness's testimony in
the prosecution case.
Much of
the prosecution case relied upon text messages exchanged between the alleged minor and Z.H. Joseph Neuberger had a forensic analysis done of the client's phone regarding the timing of each message and marshalled an argument about the overlap of messages and that Z.H. would not have seen the alleged message with the age.
Part 8 (Initial details of
the prosecution case) This part now applies in all cases in a magistrates» court.
The focus is on the defendant or offender, whatever doubts there may be about the quality of
the prosecution case or the abilities or motives of the complainant or prosecution witnesses.
Not all malicious
prosecution cases are against the Crown or police.
Assuming that the contradiction will greatly benefit the defense and the witness is an important part of
the prosecutions case.