Sentences with phrase «prosecution witness who»

That is when he met Burke, a teenage prosecution witness who would later become chief of department for Suffolk police.

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More disturbing has been the nature and character of those who have been witnesses for the prosecution.

The prosecution was also hindered by one of its own witnesses, former NBA center Benoit Benjamin, who testified that he saw Williams pull the trigger.

Is Venezuela ready for amnesty laws or will it witness prosecutions of those who committed human rights violations under Chavismo?

Mr. Agyepong, was billed to appear in court last Thursday as a prosecution witness for Mr. Afoko, but many who attended the hearing, were disappointed to learn that the former, had declined to attend the proceeding.

Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness in the Percoco trial, who was jailed mid-trial after admitting to an attempted con, appeared worse for the wear during a brief court appearance yesterday afternoon.

Much of the prosecution's case will hinge on the testimony of another former associate, Todd Howe, who pleaded guilty to several felonies and will be the government's star witness.

Ripp was one of many town residents who, over the past three years, stood up at board meetings asking Venditto, among other things, about the town's relationship with former restaurateur and then - town - vendor Harendra Singh — who is scheduled to be the prosecution's first witness.

The judge did bring up former lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness who testified against Percoco and the others.

The prosecution's chief witness, Todd Howe, is a former Cuomo family associate and lobbyist, who pleaded guilty to eight felonies, including bribery and embezzlement.

The spokesman declined to say if Howe — who was on the witness stand for the prosecution four days this week in the Percoco trial — will be back as scheduled on Monday in the lower Manhattan courtroom.

Jonathan Sinnreich, outside counsel for the Town of Oyster Bay, who was a prosecution witness in the trial, sat in the back row on the same side.

Mei, who pleaded guilty to taking bribes from Singh, is expected to be another prosecution witness.

Todd Howe, who was the prosecution's star witness, agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors.

Lippman said there are many reasons why a grand jury's proceedings should be kept confidential including preventing a subject from fleeing prosecution and encourage witnesses who are reluctant to talk.

The Director of NCA's Legal Division, who is the first prosecution witness in the case, brought her testimony - in - chief to an end.

During closing arguments, lawyer Marc Agnifilo said star prosecution witness Harendra Singh — who also claims to have bribed former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano — «is like a politician buff.

NEW YORK CITY — Lawyers for a former governor's aide and a Syracuse - area developer portrayed their clients today as nothing more than fools who were duped by key prosecution witness Todd «Ransom» Howe.

Witnesses for the prosecution repeatedly testified that it was Silver who had the final say on how money from the Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) was spent, and that other agencies reviewed those grants only to make sure the paperwork was in order.

A key prosecution witness in that case is Jona Rechnitz, who under oath said he had given cash to Astorino's campaign and offered to give Astorino a rolex watch.

The Albany County District Attorney's Office took over prosecution of his case in February 2018, at the request of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, who may call the detective as a witness in an upcoming quadruple murder trial.

Prosecution said somewhere in October this year, the complainant felt unwell and informed her boyfriend, who is a witness in the case.

When the jury does come back on Tuesday afternoon, they will be told that the prosecution's chief witness, Todd Howe, who already has pleaded guilty to eight felonies, is now in jail.

At the resumption of today's trial, Umar also directed the defence counsel to restrict the number of lawyers who would cross-examine the prosecution witness to just one.

The counsel informed the court that there was no indication that the former NSA would be brought to court for the trial even though the witnesses are in court and that also Mr. Rotimi Jacob (SAN) who was supposed to be the lead prosecution counsel was at the Court of Appeal for a different matter.

The witness, who testified as the fifth prosecution witness, PW - 5, said the N77.5 million was paid to the PR firm through the bank account of Metuh's company, Destra Investment Limited, which is the second defendant before the court.

In what appeared the unexpected was the calling of its first prosecution witness which turned out to be Boniface Emenalo who was jointly charged along with him as the second accused person.

Nwachukwu, who had within the period served at the Central Clearing and Foreign Operations units of the bank, appeared before the Danladi Umar - led CCT as the second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Saraki.

At the top: the arrest of prosecution star witness Todd Howe, who was whisked out of his hotel room in the midst of his multiday testimony and placed in a federal jail.

The documents which were tendered through the second prosecution witness, Mr. Ochoga Peter Esuh, who was a Cashier at the Benue State Government House certified true copies of memo to the executive governor (Suswam), payment receipts, payment vouchers of the N450 million and a letter to the Commissioner of finance, under Suswam's administration, Omadachi Oklobia in respect of the money.

A prosecution witness, Mr Williams Obiara, an operative of DSS, who testified behind a veil, was requested by the prosecution counsel, Oladipupo Okpeseyi SAN, to identify and display in the open court the weapons allegedly found in Dasuki's house in 2015, four days after the change of government.

Nyame, who is standing trial for a 41 - count charge of criminal misappropriation of N1.64 bn state funds, had on January 18, 2017 through his counsel, Charles Edosomwan, SAN, urged the court to «hold that the testimony of prosecution witnesses have been so damaged and can't be relied on», and «the crucial elements are missing in this case».

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.

Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is on trial accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from upstate business developers — payments referred to as «ziti» in communications between Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's a star witness who testified that the term was borrowed from the former HBO mob drama.

Marc Agnifilo, who represents co-defendant and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, said he might call on the Big Apple mayor to answer questions about the prosecution's star witness, crooked ex-restaurant owner Harendra Singh.

ALBANY — Anthony Bonomo, who was a star witness for the prosecution in the trial of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, has been ousted from running New York's second biggest medical malpractice firm, Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers.

Bohrer laid into Todd Howe, the lobbyist and longtime associate of both Percoco and Cuomo who is expected to serve as a key witness for the prosecution.

Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from upstate developers — payments referred to as «ziti» in communications between Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness who testified that the term was borrowed from the former HBO mob drama.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz, who handled the prosecution's opening argument, acknowledged the flaws in the prosecution's witnesses.

Treinis Gatz said that the prosecution's opening witness, Singh, who will be on the stand Thursday, would take jurors «inside the corrupt Nassau County political machine.»

The application was opposed by the prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, who argued that the request of the defence is unnecessary as the defendant (Metuh) is in court as a credible witness and can testify.

Ugwu told the court that he worked together with a former prosecution witness, Mr Olabode Farinuola who in the course of the trial went on annual leave and subsequently resigned his appointment with the bank.

The prosecution, led by Roger Burlingame, built much of its case on the testimony of Soundview employees and officials who had been close to Mr. Espada, and who had witnessed and sometimes benefited from his largess.

Led by the prosecutor, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), on Wednesday, the fourth prosecution witness, Ejohwemu, said Dokpesi issued to Top Rank Hotels a N6m cheque to cover the accommodation and feeding of some former councillors, who were delegates to an event which he did not mention.

Agorye, who is the 11th prosecution witness, said that he was Dokpesi's personal assistant and ran errands for him.

The last witness presented by the prosecution was Detective Keith von Dyke, who conducted the original investigation based on the CAPS complaint.

It is also inconceivable that the clear favourite to replace him, an SFO insider who also endorsed Rowe as a key expert witness for the LIBOR prosecutions, should succeed Green as Director.

Counsel argued that in the light of the fact that Vander Wier had violently assaulted T, it would be inappropriate for the officer to be present in the courtroom and to have contact with witnesses who might feel under pressure to cooperate with the prosecution.

The Ontario Court of Appeal found that the trial judge improperly introduced evidence of a witness named Edmond Huard, who alleged that that he and Jeremy Hall had conspired to kill the prosecution's star witness Jason Lusted, two years after Mason's death.

The George Zimmerman murder trial took a strange detour into social media this afternoon, as prosecution witness Jenna Lauer, who placed the 911 call on which screams for help can be heard, was accused by the prosecutor of following Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman, Jr., on Twitter.