Sentences with phrase «prosecutor over cases»

Last year, Cuomo signed an executive order to appoint state Attorney General as special prosecutor over cases involving unarmed civilian deaths by police.

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Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, both conservatives, hinted during an hour - long argument in the case at support for the Justice Department's stance that because Microsoft is based in the United States it was obligated to turn over data sought by prosecutors in a U.S. warrant.

IMETs can not simply cherry - pick the 50 pages of «smoking gun» evidence that support their case; Canadian courts demand that prosecutors hand over to the defence virtually every document handled during the investigation.

That article landed Manafort in hot water with prosecutors and the judge presiding over the federal criminal case against him.

Larson once presided over cases in Riverside, and Pym argued cases in Larson's courtroom several times as a prosecutor while Larson was a judge, he said.

Search warrants are more often used in cases in which prosecutors do not trust people to preserve or turn over the records themselves.

And in other news, the New York ultra-orthodox Jewish community has been enjoying their own version of a huge child - abuse scandal with over 85 cases of child abuse and also enjoying special treatment by the prosecutor's office in refusing to release the names of the convicted criminals in those cases!

Neither Cardinal Bertone nor Mr Bandera were indicted in the case, though it is possible prosecutors in the Vatican and Italy now have the evidence they need to mount a case against the builder over the allegation he was paid twice for the same work.

State prosecutors took over the case against Kerrick early on, when it came to light that Mecklenburg district attorney Andrew Murray had once been a law partner of a member of Kerrick's defense team.

Ronaldo, 32, signed a new deal to 2021 with the club just over a year ago, but sparked speculation over his future after leading Madrid to the Champions League in June due to his apparent discontent with the club's lack of involvement in a tax case brought against him by Spanish prosecutors.

«The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed the state attorney general as a temporary special prosecutor to over see cases where a civilian is killed by a police officer.

Updated 3:26 p.m. The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney not directly involved in the proceeding.

Town - guaranteed loans, which would come to total more than $ 20 million over the years, are at the heart of prosecutors» alleged bribery case against Mangano and Venditto.

In the Trump case, a story by ProPublica, WNYC and the New Yorker reported that Vance overruled lower - level prosecutors in his office and decided not to charge Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr. over allegations that they misled investors.

Azrack and attorneys in the case avoided a last - minute hitch when prosecutors Wednesday night belatedly turned over to the defense 7,000 pages of text messages extracted from Singh's phone two years ago.

The governor said federal laws provide prosecutors with more tools to handle corruption cases than do state laws, and district attorneys often turn their cases over to the feds.

The DN gave Donovan props for having the «spine» not to join in former GOP gubernatorial contender Rick Lazio's anti-moqsue drumbeat, for taking himself out of the running for the Independence Party line to investigate it (the probe resulted in no charges) and handing the case the grandson of his former boss, Staten Island BP James Molinaro, over to a special prosecutor.

The criminal case is over, and federal prosecutors say they have no problem with the public seeing video of a defendant's brutal mistreatment inside the City of Buffalo cell block.

Federal prosecutors have turned over to the defense over one million pages of documents and other materials in the government's alleged corruption case against former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.

Over the course of a two - week trial, prosecutors from the state attorney general's office made the case that Wills pocketed city and state taxpayer money.

Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick echoed Graf's opinion, arguing that sending kids to family court would not leave prosecutors with first discretion over handling a case, and could give kids a «pass» on criminal behavior.

Loans to Singh indirectly guaranteed by Oyster Bay and totaling more than $ 20 million over the years are at the center of prosecutors» case against Mangano and Venditto.

The lawyers said prosecutors have not proved the charges over the course of the 10 - week federal corruption case and leaned on the testimony of restaurateur Harendra Singh.

The ruling requires prosecutors to actively seek and turn over to defense attorneys any information — known as Giglio material, after a Supreme Court case by that name — that might be used to attack the credibility of prosecution witnesses.

The fallout from the Weinstein scandal continued today, as protestors gathered outside Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's office to show their outrage over the way prosecutors handled a case involving the alleged sexual assault of a model in 2015.

-- Zhou did some quick math and told the jurors Lisa Percoco worked less than they did over the last five and half weeks in this case while she was collecting a $ 90,000 salary that prosecutors say is part of the corruption.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year signed an order that required the AG's office take over as special prosecutor for cases in which a police officer shoots and kills an unarmed civilian.

The organization, of which Schneiderman had been a member before his resignation, has had a prickly relationship with Cuomo over the governor's 2015 executive order that gave Schneiderman the authority to intervene as a special prosecutor in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

Federal prosecutors last year brought a wide - ranging case against Percoco, Ciminelli and others over alleged bid - rigging and bribery charges connected to economic development projects from Buffalo to Orange County.

In the case of the other woman, prosecutors said, Mr. Silver «used his official position» to help her get a state job, «over which he exercised a particularly high level of control.»

Under the agreement, Schneiderman will investigate such cases over the next year while the Legislature works on a bill that would have a special prosecutor named.

The court presided over by Ms. Mary Senkyire heard Thursday morning that the police prosecutor handling the case, ACP Okyere Darko, was on leave hence his inability to show up in court.

It was one of series of obfuscations presented by prosecutors over the course of more than a dozen witnesses, before the government rested its case last week.

But that sentiment wasn't shared by six members of Congress, who wrote a letter last week to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting a federal prosecutor take over the case.

The attorney, Joseph Murray, suggested there is evidence in the case turned over by prosecutors that incriminates Spitzer and supports Svetlana Travis Zakharova's claim that she was attacked by Spitzer at the Plaza Hotel in February 2016.

Prosecutors built a case around the 45 - year - old Democrat, who represented Brooklyn for over a decade, based on hours of audio and video recordings and the testimony of Boyland's former chief of staff, who pleaded guilty to bribery charges and testified for the government.

In fact, a whole parade of colorful performers passes by, including Billy Bob Thornton as a slim and steely silver fox of a prosecutor who battles Hank; Ken Howard as the no - nonsense walrus - like judge presiding over Papa Palmer's case; and Dax Shepard as an unseasoned rube litigator.

The uproar over the murders of black men such as Michael Brown and Eric Garner by police officers are leading criminal justice reform advocates to push legislatures and governors to enact new policies, including the creation of independent prosecutors for cases involving cops as well as the rewrite of use - of - force laws that allow rogue cops to get off scot - free.

The sad thing about this case isn't just that a man has had his life ruined by some over zealous prosecutor looking to prove that he's «protecting American values», it's that it been done with no cause.

Her continuing efforts to draft and help pass legislation protecting children and animals resulted in local and state laws She has trained over 3,000 professionals and continues training law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, veterinarians, animal shelter staff and more throughout Georgia on animal law, animal cruelty, dog fighting, dangerous dog laws and dog bite cases.

The Des Moines Register (via the Sentencing Law and Policy blog and ABA Journal) has the story of the clash between U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose and prosecutors in the Southern District of Iowa U.S. Attorney's Office over sentencing in several criminal cases.

And winning is what we have done over and over, in all types of criminal cases, against the fiercest prosecutors and against all odds.»

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.

Ontario Court Justice Howard Chisvin has apologized for his misconduct in dismissing a slew of cases in July 2011 over a prosecutor's tardiness.

Over the past few years, I've watched too many judges ignore the law and have seen too many cases where prosecutors ignore or seemingly take advantage of our efforts to collaborate.

Furthermore, they must be aggressive, because in most cases, the prosecutor doesn't simply roll over and give the defendant a reduction.

Attorney Ed Weinstock's background includes several years serving as an assistant prosecutor with the Union County Prosecutor's Office, where he tried over 30 cases to verdict (both as a prosecutor and defense attorney).

We have each worked as special unit prosecutors and have been defending criminal cases for over a decade.

Upon leaving the District Attorney's Office, a Boston Globe columnist noted that cases handled by Mr. Meier as a homicide prosecutor «exemplify his devotion to truth over expedience.»