Sentences with phrase «purposes of criminal charges»

Not exact matches

There are many forms of abuse and neglect and many governments have developed their own legal definition of what constitutes child maltreatment for the purposes of removing a child or prosecuting a criminal charge.

«As if the palpable odium of intiating a vacuous criminal charge against a whistle - blower, no less a person than a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was not bad enough, the prosecuting authority, obviously urged on by the Inspector General of Police, threw pretension to adherence to democratic tenets of the rule of law when it sought from the court, albeit most illegally, to obtain summons against Senator Misau, while deliberately witholding service of the copy of the charge on the Senator, an obvious stratagem conceived to frame up all manner of false allegations tailored to suit the obvious purpose of yet another gestapo strategy to use state powers to swoop on the Distinguished Senator and keep him out of circulation»

Although the state constitution and county charter prohibit the use of government resources for political purposes, «it is nearly impossible to bring a criminal charge for these abuses under current law,» Singas wrote.

There are many forms of abuse and neglect and many governments have developed their own legal definition of what constitutes child maltreatment for the purposes of removing a child or prosecuting a criminal charge.

-- Drug Offences, including Possession and Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking; — Firearm and Weapons Offences; — Property - related Offences, including Theft, Break and Enter, and Mischief; — Assaults, including Domestic Assaults; — Impaired Driving Offences, including Drive while Impaired, Drive Over 80, Refusal of a Demand, and Impaired Care or Control; — charges against young persons under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

We remain true to this purpose regardless of whether our client has suffered a serious personal injury as the result of another's negligence, or they have been arrested and charged with a serious criminal offense.

It is an abdication of a prosecutor's duty to the public to bring unsupported criminal charges, and the abdication is aggravated when those charges are brought based on an impermissible purpose such as public pressure.

The Court of Appeal has held that there is only a requirement to caution the interviewee if the interview is conducted by people who are specifically charged with the duty of investigating offences (ie, people employed by a company for the purpose of investigating crimes committed by its staff).4 A private employer investigating and interviewing an employee as part of an internal investigation or disciplinary process will not normally amount to a criminal investigation, even if the investigation involves conduct that may constitute a criminal offence.

The client was charge with possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose contrary to s 88 (1) and 86 (1) of the Criminal Code when...

«The characterization of conduct as involving one or more transactions is primarily a distinction drawn for the purposes of determining whether a charge as framed by the Crown conforms with the pleading requirement in s. 581 and s. 589 of the Criminal Code,» the OCA panel said.

If the privilege is available, advantages of asserting the privilege include that the client may be prevented from making statements in a civil proceeding that could be used against him or her in future criminal or civil proceedings or private civil litigation.82 In addition, testifying in a civil or criminal proceeding may, under certain circumstances, amount to a waiver of the Fifth Amendment privilege for purposes of the same proceeding and any future proceedings.83 Conversely, risks of asserting the privilege include that adverse inferences may, under certain circumstances, be drawn in civil or administrative proceedings from an individual's assertion of Fifth Amendment rights in a prior civil or administrative proceeding.84 Moreover, an individual's assertion of the privilege in a civil proceeding could factor into law enforcement's charging decisions.

The team of Lawyers at Strom Law Firm remain true to this purpose regardless of whether our client has suffered a serious personal injury as the result of another's negligence, or they have been arrested and charged with a serious criminal offense.

Where an employer suspends an employee for the purpose of investigating complaints or allegations of misconduct or pending the determination of criminal charges, the situation gets slightly more complicated.

26 With respect to Count 10, it was conceded by the Crown during submissions that the charge that the accused in Vienna on December 24, 2003, «for the purpose of procuring a passport for himself», provided false information to obtain a visa to enter Canada, was not only contradictory on its face, but the evidence failed to establish any offence under s. 57 of the Criminal Code.

The primary purpose of this San Diego criminal lawyer website is to give you a clear understanding of what our law firm is all about, how our knowledge can help get your case dropped or reduced, and help you understand the basic laws governing your charges.

Typical criminal charges that we defend are impaired driving, dangerous driving, hit and run, theft under $ 5000, assault, uttering threats, criminal harassment, possession for the purposes of trafficking narcotics, trafficking of a controlled substance, obtaining sexual services for consideration, mischief to property.

When facing the serious charge of marijuana possession for the purposes of trafficking, you need a criminal defence lawyer who is current on the legal issues and meticulous in preparing your defence.

Non-derogating control order proceedings under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (PTA 2005) do not involve the determination of a criminal charge for the purposes of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention), Art 6 (1) but the standard may be equivalently high under the civil limb of Art 6 (1).

The questions included: (i) whether or not a non-derogating control order imposed under PTA 2005 constituted a criminal charge for the purposes of Art 6 of the Convention; and (ii) whether or not the procedures provided for by PTA 2005, s 3 and the rules of court were compatible with Art 6 in circumstances where they had resulted in a case made against a person subject to a control order being in its essence entirely undisclosed to him and in no specific allegation of terrorism - related activity being contained in open material.

For example, if the prosecution files a charge with the court or if the suspect flees the country for the purpose of avoiding criminal penalties, the limitation period is suspended.

There are many forms of abuse and neglect and many governments have developed their own legal definition of what constitutes child maltreatment for the purposes of removing a child and / or prosecuting a criminal charge.