Sentences with phrase «prosecutor in the case»

Cuomo's feud with de Blasio appears to be helping insulate him from backlash he has faced from police unions for signing an executive order giving the Attorney General the ability to act as special prosecutor in cases where police kill unarmed civilians.

Yet Mr. Schneiderman, with his measured criticism of Mr. Cuomo and his success in convincing the governor to make him a special prosecutor in cases of police killing unarmed civilians, is only seeing his stock rise.

She also, perhaps more notably, would not say outright that she agrees with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2015 executive order appointing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor in cases where cops have killed unarmed civilians, though she said she'd obey it.

An executive order signed by the governor in 2015 gave Schneiderman the power of special prosecutor in cases in which civilians die in interactions with police.

The other donor, Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management, stopped giving at about the same time a senior vice president at the firm signed a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in their case against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos.

District attorneys are still searching for more clarity on their role now that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been granted the power of special prosecutor in cases involving police killings of civilians.

Prosecutors in that case mentioned that the trade had been used for cash laundering functions and associated crimes.

Dorego has reportedly been cooperating with prosecutors in the cases against Silver and Skelos.

In addition to supervising prosecutors conducting investigations, hearings, trials and appeals, he served as lead prosecutor in a case convicting a CEO of commercial bribery, FCPA violations and tax evasion.

Mr. Howe, who has pleaded guilty to eight felonies and is cooperating with prosecutors in the case against Joseph Percoco, who served as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's executive deputy secretary, was taken into custody on Thursday after admitting on the witness stand that he violated the terms of his cooperation agreement.

Nine more names of New York state Senators and others potentially involved in corruption were made public Wednesday, when a judge ordered prosecutors in the case of convicted ex-Senator Shirley Huntley to make public the names of her colleagues that she had secretly recorded.

Cuomo said Singas» probe would supersede other investigations by prosecutors in the case.

Donovan was appointed special prosecutor in this case on Aug. 3 after the Brooklyn DA, Charles Hynes, recused himself.

Sullivan is best known for overseeing the corruption trial of the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R - Alaska) and then assigning an outside lawyer to investigate the conduct of prosecutors in the case who were accused of withholding evidence helpful to the defense.

But Skelos» lawyers said prosecutors in his case also turned «innocent conduct,» like meetings, into evidence of corruption at his trial, thus giving him a second shot.

«The attorney general will be a standing prosecutor in any case where a law enforcement officer kills an unarmed civilian or kills a civilian and there is a question as to whether or not the civilian is armed and dangerous,» Cuomo said.

In 2014, the first prosecutor in the case, in Rome, informed the defendants that he had asked for a trial, an announcement that created a huge media storm with Capua at the center.

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In 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order making Schneiderman the special prosecutor in cases in which law enforcement kills a civilian under suspicious conditions.

Howe was a key witness for federal prosecutors in that case.

After a grand jury chose not to indict a police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner last year, Democratic leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins called for the placement of body cameras on police officers and introduced legislation that would require the use of a special prosecutor in cases involving police officers who kill unarmed legislation.

This is a case about a powerful politician who betrayed those he was supposed to serve to line his pockets,» assistant US attorney Carrie Cohen, the lead prosecutor in the case, told the jury.

The order appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.

Eight more names of lawmakers and others potentially involved in corruption were made public Wednesday, when a judge ordered prosecutors in the case of convicted ex - Senator Shirley Huntley to make public the names of her colleagues that she secretly recorded.

A week after the shooting occurred, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the shooting was within the scope of an executive order he signed in 2015 making Schneiderman the special prosecutor in cases in which law enforcement kills a civilian under dubious circumstances.

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Laura Lax, a prosecutor in the case told the court: «In 2015, the defendant applied for Lottery funding and grants for the restoration of the church and for a project to make the church an information centre for learning and education and also a centre for residents to access help.

The butler, Paolo Gabriele, acted out of a desire to combat «evil and corruption everywhere in the Church,» according to a prosecutor in the case.

That crime is awful, but by the accounts of the Seahawks FO, the prosecutor in the case, and the courts, Frank Clark has never done anything wrong.

In April the prosecutor in the case, Gregory Kehoe, an assistant U.S. attorney from Tampa, twice asked Dowd to have baseball postpone its Steinbrenner probe.

Singas, whom Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo appointed Tuesday as a special prosecutor in the case, made her remarks at a Manhattan news conference with Cuomo, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini.

A special prosecutor in the case of Lindsay Henry, a Babylon Town attorney charged with assaulting his girlfriend, said he expects the case to be dismissed tomorrow if the alleged victim continues not to appear in court.

The Brooklyn district attorney's office was set to ask a judge today to vacate the conviction of a man found guilty 20 years ago of committing a murder, as the prosecutors in the case withheld exculpatory evidence.

In 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order making Schneiderman the special prosecutor in cases where law enforcement kills a civilian under suspicious conditions.

He neutralized Schneiderman by appointing him special prosecutor in all cases where a cop kills a possibly unarmed civilian.

That order appoints Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor in cases where a police officer kills an unarmed civilian, or there's question of whether the person was armed.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will be appointed a special prosecutor in cases involving police - related deaths of unarmed civilians after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers failed to reach a broader agreement on criminal justice reform measures.

Cuomo has designated Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas as a special prosecutor in the case to investigate and potentially prosecute Schneiderman if the claims are true.

Last year, Cuomo appointed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a special prosecutor in cases in which police kill civilians.

The base - tending started earlier this month, as Cuomo trumpeted an executive order designating Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor in cases where civilians die at the hands of police.

Only days after Mr. de Blasio publicly accused Mr. Cuomo of governing through brute political force, Mr. Jeffries appeared at a July event with the governor announcing the appointment of a special prosecutor in cases of killings by the police.

Donovan's office is special prosecutor in a case involving an associate of Lopez, the Brooklyn Democratic chairman who is under investigation for questionable spending at non-profits he founded and which rake in millions in public dollars.

In addition to a possible state ethics commission probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman Lopez.

District attorneys around New York are still trying to clarify a recent executive order from Cuomo that appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.

Subpoenas that have been issued in the investigation into former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will be transferred to the Nassau County District Attorney's office, which has been designated a special prosecutor in the case.

Schneiderman and his former office are both being investigate by Singas, appointed on Tuesday as the special prosecutor in the case by Cuomo.

The prosecutor in the case, Mr Sylvanus Tahir, however, informed the court that despite the fact that the EFCC wrote to the DSS to produce Colonel Dasuki in court, the legal adviser of the DSS informed him that Dasuki refused to appear on grounds that his legal team told him not to.

I was proud last year to appoint the Attorney General as a special prosecutor in cases where a police officer kills an unarmed civilian.

Lawyers have claimed Howe deceived everyone from his dog walker to Gov. Andrew Cuomo — including the prosecutors in this case.