Sentences with phrase «reach its verdict by»

The jury must reach its verdict by considering only the evidence introduced in court and the directions of the judge.

Not exact matches

The negative verdict on the historicity of the empty tomb has been reached by scholars not because «they are suffering from a failure of nerve and of imagination», believing that «they must not introduce any supernatural agent into the setting of the burial of Jesus».2 This judgment may have been true of some, and particularly those who were already hostile critics of Christianity.

24 - 26), surely reaching back in its present form to a time not far removed from the Mosaic era itself, Moses» brush with death - by illness or by accident - is recounted; and it is the verdict of the earliest strand of the record that Moses» serious condition was the occasion for the performance of the rite of circumcision as the outward sign of commitment to the Lord's promise and purpose so that commitment was sealed, as it were, in blood.

His life will be in shambles by hateful folks looking to do him in,,,, Justice seems sometimes cruel but mob revenge is no answer and George's peers being the jurists have reached a verdict that should put an end to anyone's perspectives deemed otherwise,,,

Nevertheless, he continues to deny any wrongdoing, as reported by Sky Sports, with the defence due to make its final statement on April 11 before a verdict is reached in mid-May.

It took jurors less than 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the eight - week corruption trial of ex-NYC Councilman Dan Halloran that was marked by delays, a mistrial for a co-defendant — state Sen. Malcolm Smith — and several juror dismissals for personal reasons.

«With today's verdict of guilty reached by an impartial and independent jury, the clean - up of corruption in New York continues in courtrooms.

«It is not clear beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have reached the same conclusion if properly instructed, as is required by the law for the verdict to stand,» Jose Cabranes of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision said in his decision.

An Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation [75] into the use of firearms by Metropolitan Police Officers, which was published on 19 December 2013 once a verdict had been reached in the defendants» trial, concluded that the officers who had used force on 22 May 2013 had «acted entirely appropriately» and had shown «skill and professionalism».

«With today's verdict of guilty reached by an impartial and independent jury, the clean - up of corruption in New York continues in courtrooms,» Mr. Bharara said a statement.

In Thursday's ruling, the appellate court ruled the judge's erroneous instruction to the jury at Silver's trial «was not harmless because it is not clear beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have reached the same conclusion if properly instructed, as is required by law for the verdict to stand.»

The populist poll sponsored by a new device which displays art as a TV screensaver when idling, spoke to over 2000 art enthusiasts to reach the verdict.

The judges» verdict was anything but a foregone conclusion: it took hours longer than usual to reach a decision, and they went out of their way to praise «the outstanding presentations produced by all four artists».

You know you can get a patent on just about anything if you word it right, but it isn't a patent until a court of law has upheld it and it's not enforcable by the owner of the patent until such a verdict has been reached.

Because of how the principle of judicial independence is interpreted by courts, the original trial judge in this case could not be asked why it had taken 9 months to reach a verdict, and could not be questioned whether the delay was due to the complexity of the case, the judge's workload, or other personal reasons, such as illness.

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An appeal is most simply a request for a higher court to review the decision of a lower court and overturn the outcome by either ordering a new trial or substituting the verdict that should have been reached.

They said that by laying separate counts of murder and attempted murder, the Crown improperly parsed the killing into two discrete events to be considered in isolation from each other, inviting the jury to reach a compromise verdict that defied common sense.

Several well - publicized cases exemplify how trial consulting made a significant difference by seeking to understand and satisfy jurors» needs, and to resolve their dilemmas in reaching a verdict.

He put forth no effort to prevent a death sentence, which helps explain how the jury quickly reached a death sentence verdict (within three hours of deliberation) at the sentencing phase The trial judge quickly followed up by the next day with eighteen death sentences and fifteen life sentences.

Trial court abused its discretion by concluding that newly discovered evidence of close relationship between prosecution witness and gang prostitute failed to show that jury would have reached a different verdict.

In reaching its verdict, the Court indicated that the costs incurred by the insured without prior authorisation of the insurer, corresponded to an urgent need to defend itself and, therefore, coverage could not be denied for that reason.

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There was a real possibility that she would have been influenced by those factors in reaching her verdict, and there was no doubt that the fair - minded informed observed would have concluded that there was a real possibility that the biased juror had influenced her fellow jurors.

Given the actual verdict reached, does the author stand by his comments about jury nullification in this case?

We are not persuaded that the trial judge reached his decision by an illogical or irrational reasoning process; nor are we persuaded that his verdict was unreasonable within the meaning of s. 686 (1)(a)(i).

Jury nullification in the broader sense can cause cases to be thrown out by a judge or on appeal for reasons # 4 or # 5, but most of the time, jury nullification will not cause a verdict to be thrown out by a judge or on appeal (even if statements from jurors after the trial make it clear that jury nullification in the broader sense actually took place), if a jury that weighed the evidence and evaluated the credibility of the witnesses differently than the actual jury did could have reached the same verdict.

With the very narrow, newly created exception for guilty verdicts in criminal cases reached based upon racial or other kinds of impermissible prejudice rather than the facts of the case (or cases where there is an outside influence on the jury such as a bribe or someone looking up facts or law on the Internet), no one can challenge a jury verdict based upon the reasoning and conclusions actually made by the jurors, even if someone learns that the jury knowingly or accidentally didn't follow the law or was mistaken about the facts.

The verdict reached by a jury was in favour of the defendant.

No evidence was presented at trial that could have permitted the jury to reach the result that it did (This kind of reversal of a jury verdict on appeal or by the judge after a trial, is fairly common.).

While the judge eventually dismissed the lawsuit, reaching that verdict took two years and required considerable expenditures by the families.

From the outward design of the handsets to the key internal components installed underneath the casing, read on to get to know these two smartphones intimately — by the time we reach our final verdict you should be sure about which of them you prefer.

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