Sentences with phrase «prosecution in cases involving»

Worse yet, alerting to small amounts of marijuana could mess up prosecutions in cases involving other, still illegal, drugs.

Not exact matches

And, as United States Attorney from the Eastern District of New York, she was involved in two high profile financial fraud cases, one in which Citicorp paid $ 7 billion in settlement for its role in the mortgage - backed securities fraud, and one in which HSBC paid $ 1.7 billion and took a deferred prosecution agreement for facilitating money - laundering.

In a number of other advanced economies — most notably the United States and Britain — prosecutors in certain kinds of cases involving corporate misbehaviour have the option of negotiating what are called «deferred prosecution agreements.&raquIn a number of other advanced economies — most notably the United States and Britain — prosecutors in certain kinds of cases involving corporate misbehaviour have the option of negotiating what are called «deferred prosecution agreements.&raquin certain kinds of cases involving corporate misbehaviour have the option of negotiating what are called «deferred prosecution agreements.»

But speaking to Accra - based Okay FM, his Spokesperson, Mujib Rahman stated emphatically that, Mr. Agyepong, never entered into any agreement with Mr. Afoko to serve as prosecution witness in the case involving the former, contesting his suspension by the NPP.

[71] Lord Macdonald, in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service when prosecution of Goodman and Mulcaire was undertaken, stated that he had only been alerted to the case due to the convention that the DPP is always notified of crimes involving the roProsecution Service when prosecution of Goodman and Mulcaire was undertaken, stated that he had only been alerted to the case due to the convention that the DPP is always notified of crimes involving the roprosecution of Goodman and Mulcaire was undertaken, stated that he had only been alerted to the case due to the convention that the DPP is always notified of crimes involving the royal family.

Organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton, the march and rally was about the Garner case and demands for criminal prosecution of the police officers involved, but also about broader complaints and concerns around policing and racial discrimination in New York and throughout the country.

I then considered the second stage of the test, applying the DPP's interim guidelines on assessing the public interest in cases involving the media, and I have concluded that a prosecution is required in the public interest in relation to each of these eight suspects.

Vance did not bring any charges in the case, writing in a ten - page letter to the state Board of Elections enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman, who had referred the case for prosecution, that «the parties involved can not be appropriately prosecuted, given their reliance on

Kelly Kramer, a white - collar criminal defense attorney at the Mayer Brown firm, said the Supreme Court has scaled back the «honest services fraud» statute, as it is called, in deciding the case of former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling, limiting such prosecutions to cases involving bribes or kickbacks, rather than mere self - dealing.

Federal investigators subpoenaed the Suffolk DA's office, seeking all records related to its 2008 prosecution of criminal defense attorney Robert Macedonio, whose drug possession case remains shrouded in secrecy and involved unusual legal maneuvering.

«This prosecution, based on information provided by someone of utterly unreliable credibility, seeks to criminalize conduct that the Supreme Court of the United States recently found to be not unlawful,» Percoco's attorney Barry Bohrer said in a statement, referring to the high court's recent decision in a case involving former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Sambo Maina, a prosecution witness in a case of money laundering and false declaration of assets involving a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National...

But the two otherwise separate cases are linked by a Supreme Court ruling in criminal cases, involving potential prosecution witnesses, the sources said.

Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Ohakim's Son Allegedly Threatens Prosecution Witness An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the traiProsecution Witness An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the traiprosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the traiprosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail -LSB-...]

A key prosecution witness in a federal corruption case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified Wednesday to his own yearslong criminal résumé that included fraud, embezzlement and lawsuits involving friends, family, his lawyers, a gym, a tutor and even a dog walker.

«Even persons who were facing criminal prosecution prior to the 2015 presidential elections who are now members of the ruling APC and other members of APC who are overtly known to be involved in known cases of corruption were excluded from the list whilst persons who have never been charged with any crime and who in fact have not held any previous government portfolio including myself were listed as «looters».

General News of Wednesday, 24 January 2018 Source: Ghananewsagency.org Afoko lied to the police, according to the witness The fifth prosecution witness in the case involving Gregory Afoko...

The fifth prosecution witness in the case involving Gregory Afoko who has been accused of murdering the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has told the court that Afoko lied to the police when he told them he was asleep at 2000 hours on May 20, 2015.

An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail of the prosecution witness.

Recall that a Federal High Court in Abuja had taken its final decision on the corruption case involving Justice Ngwuta, pointing out that the prosecution in the Justice Ngwuta's case failed to comply with the condition precedent before bringing charges against a judicial officer.

During his trial, the prosecution was successful in making its case that he drove to Chautauqua County from Virginia to Reed after learning the victim was involved in an online relationship with his wife, Mary.

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Reg Blanch, is considering bringing charges against two other doctors involved in the case, John Herron and Ian Gardiner.

But when in 2007 the UK's General Medical Council proved the given story false, and arraigned Walker - Smith for misconduct, he sat mute for many months while the council's lawyers set out its proof, and then, after the prosecution's case closed, he announced a new story: that he was only involved in clinical care, and that the approved research project never even happened.

The prosecution's case against the suspect, Farroukh Erdogan (Moschitto), involves classified evidence which can only be heard in closed court proceedings.

We have achieved a 90 percent conviction rate in cases that involve prosecution.

NCPAC supports Crown Prosecutors and other professionals who are involved in animal cruelty cases throughout Canada through the provision of information and assistance from prosecutors and other professionals with experience in the prosecution of animal cruelty offences.

The goal of this webinar is to provide overview of important factors involved in charge approval / prosecution of animal cruelty cases including links to violence, risk factors, abuse as predictor and indicator crime, public interest factors, youth statistics and types of abuse.

Merely housing the numbers of cats and dogs involved in cruelty and neglect cases while the prosecutions are before the courts taxes the resources of many.

We also provide veterinary care, transportation of pets to safety, a 24 - hour crisis line, guidance on pet safety planning, legal advocacy to help owners protect their pets via the court system, financial assistance with pet deposits in transitional housing, consultation in the prosecution of cases involving animal cruelty and domestic violence, and community outreach and professional agency cross-training on understanding the role of pets in domestic violence.

He appears frequently in state and federal courts across Maryland and neighboring jurisdictions in cases involving every facet of criminal investigations and prosecutions.

The Court's reference (Tsilhqot» in at para 136) to R v Marshall, [1999] 3 SCR 533 as support for the proposition that interjurisdictional immunity does not apply where provincial legislation conflicts with treaty rights is also puzzling, as the applicability of provincial law was not at issue in that case — Marshall involved a prosecution under federal legislation, the Fisheries Act.

If it is the case that prescribed criminality is so dubious that the CPS does not wish to be involved in its prosecution, one might suggest that is indicative of the fact that it ought not to be criminal at all (see for example the assisted dying debate).

Another route by which cases, often involving financial services organisations and professionals, are dealt with is of course the regulatory route, which is often unlikely to lead to a prosecution and so will not form part of the collected data in that regard.

The RCMP case involved a prosecution arising out of the tragic murder of three officers and the injury of others in Moncton, New Brunswick, on June 4, 2014.

In today's case (Kostinuk v. Fellowes) the Plaintiff was involved in a personal injury prosecution and issued a formal offer to settle his claim, three days before trial, for $ 175,00In today's case (Kostinuk v. Fellowes) the Plaintiff was involved in a personal injury prosecution and issued a formal offer to settle his claim, three days before trial, for $ 175,00in a personal injury prosecution and issued a formal offer to settle his claim, three days before trial, for $ 175,000.

Such latent health and safety violations appear to be the principle reason for the alteration of the limitation period, and can reasonably be characterized as the government response to cases such as an unsuccessful OHSA prosecution involving the Corporation of the City of Guelph, (2012 ONCJ 251 (CanLII)-RRB-, where a wall in a municipal building collapsed and tragically killed a student five years after the wall was built.

[31] In R v. George, [32] a case against certain British Airways executives concerned with a cartel offence involving alleged collusion with Virgin Atlantic, this issue arose in circumstances where the relevant Virgin Atlantic executives had admitted the offences and were given immunity from prosecution by the Office of Fair Trading (OFTIn R v. George, [32] a case against certain British Airways executives concerned with a cartel offence involving alleged collusion with Virgin Atlantic, this issue arose in circumstances where the relevant Virgin Atlantic executives had admitted the offences and were given immunity from prosecution by the Office of Fair Trading (OFTin circumstances where the relevant Virgin Atlantic executives had admitted the offences and were given immunity from prosecution by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Co-counsel in successful prosecution of products liability cases involving exploding rims on a snow - blower.

In a case involving a racketeering and money laundering conviction stemming from «spas» that were allegedly fronts for prostitution, appellate Judge Frank Easterbrook of the 7th Circuit chided the prosecution over an inflated calculation of proceeds from the operation.

This involves insisting that the prosecution do everything it is required by law to do in order to prove its case in a lawful manner, negotiating with the prosecutor over what particular crime is the most appropriate way to classify particular conduct, and pushing for the most lenient possible sentence.

[The case] involves a criminal defense attorney (strike 1) who is outspoken about the need to zealously defend individuals accused of the most heinous crimes (strike 2) charged with helping a convicted terrorist plan further terrorist attacks (strike 3) in an atmosphere where the prosecution was continually allowed to discuss bin Laden despite his irrelevance to the case (strike 4).

It involves the admissibility of testimony necessary to sustain a prosecution in a case like this one.

The initial step in gaining representation through Morgan & Morgan involves the discovery of whether or not you actually have a case that meets the legal requirements for prosecution.

Regardless of where you stand on the question of whether there should be criminal prosecution in these cases (you can read my thoughts on this here), any Maryland accident lawyer will tell you that this question is of little consequence to the family's wrongful death lawsuit because there is little difference to the accident case whether the conviction is for vehicular manslaughter or for the ticket that this P.G. County police officer did receive in this case (assuming the ticket is involves something beyond speeding).

Considering this, I question the purpose of specifying «except in a prosecution for perjury or for giving of contradictory evidence» in section 51 if Staranchuk affirmed that similar words were meaningless in section 13 of the Charter in cases involving deceit (Staranchuk at para 5).

On Thursday, the retiring English Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, published final guidelines for crown counsel on the approach they should take in cases involving communications sent via social media.

We regularly defend in complex financial crime prosecutions, an area of law that has seen a large rise in extradition applications in recent years, and have particular expertise in cases involving international corruption.

This is no easy task and often involves showing the Crown Counsel involved in the prosecution of your case the weaknesses of their case, the strengths of possible defences for the accused, showing the Crown that special or extra-ordinary circumstance exist for your client that may lead to the exercise of discretion based upon Crown policy and / or in generally advocating for the client.

Mr. Pouya is actively involved in the prosecution of these cases, and works closely with lead counsel on all aspects of litigation strategy.

In their joint report in 2002 on the investigation and prosecution of rape, Report on the Joint Inspection into the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape, and accompanying executive summary (the 2002 report), the inspectorates of constabulary and the CPS gave the total combined jury conviction / guilty plea rate in a large sample of rape cases as 60.9 In their joint report in 2002 on the investigation and prosecution of rape, Report on the Joint Inspection into the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape, and accompanying executive summary (the 2002 report), the inspectorates of constabulary and the CPS gave the total combined jury conviction / guilty plea rate in a large sample of rape cases as 60.9 in 2002 on the investigation and prosecution of rape, Report on the Joint Inspection into the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape, and accompanying executive summary (the 2002 report), the inspectorates of constabulary and the CPS gave the total combined jury conviction / guilty plea rate in a large sample of rape casesprosecution of rape, Report on the Joint Inspection into the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape, and accompanying executive summary (the 2002 report), the inspectorates of constabulary and the CPS gave the total combined jury conviction / guilty plea rate in a large sample of rape casesProsecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape, and accompanying executive summary (the 2002 report), the inspectorates of constabulary and the CPS gave the total combined jury conviction / guilty plea rate in a large sample of rape cases as 60Cases Involving Allegations of Rape, and accompanying executive summary (the 2002 report), the inspectorates of constabulary and the CPS gave the total combined jury conviction / guilty plea rate in a large sample of rape cases as 60.9 in a large sample of rape cases as 60cases as 60.9 %.