Sentences with phrase «rely on the conviction»

Confidence affirmations rely on the conviction that what the mind believes to be true is, in fact, true.

Not exact matches

His convictions relied, in part, on an esoteric U.S. legal concept known as the «honest services» theory.

Asking whether citizens should be permitted to rely on religious convictions in addressing moral issues will seem to the devout a bit like asking whether horses should be allowed to run in the Kentucky Derby, or whether participation in symphony orchestras should be open to musicians.

But, for many people, some religious conviction indicates a predictable and stable set of values on which the voter can rely when choosing his candidate.

The principle that the right wing is relying on is: An employer, in his capacity as an employer, can never be forced to do ANYTHING with respect to how he conducts his business, how he treats his employees, etc., IF it conflicts with his religious convictions.

According to Uche, both the oral and documentary evidence the EFCC brought against his clients were unreliable, adding that no court or tribunal could rely on it to make a conviction.

Former state Senate leader Dean Skelos» pending appeal of his 2015 conviction relies on the same grounds as Silver.

Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.

Though he was tainted by a fund - raising scandal last year that led to the convictions of campaign staffers, Mr. Liu dwarfed Mr. Avella's fund - raising haul: relying on a combination of local corporations and small donors from around the nation, Mr. Liu pulled in more than a half million dollars for his eastern Queens bid.

The federal appeals court relied on last year's Supreme Court decision overturning the conviction of former Virginia Republican governor Bob McDonnell.

They are offering — perhaps screaming — a counterargument against the thrust of decades: a push for a more powerful federal government, the belief that there are «correct» policy answers, the certainty that locals and civil society can not be trusted, and the conviction that we must rely on technical experts to get things right.

Last year Sony finally gave it a release window of Spring 2010, hoping to rely on it to give the PS3 a much needed exclusive to combat the release of Conviction and Alan Wake on the 360.

The psychedelic result suggests a disoriented ocular state that hints at the malleable nature of our reality — a reality that relies heavily on the conviction of our individual experiences.

The claimant conceded that, if the claim for loss of earnings was based on the fact of his detention, that would fall foul of the ex turpi rule, since it would involve relying upon his detention as a result of the manslaughter conviction.

They relied on Yates v. United States in seeking the verdict to be set aside when it is impossible to tell what ground a jury was selected when there are several grounds for conviction.

Successfully challenging the results of a breath or blood test means that the prosecutor will be unable to rely on that evidence to help gain a conviction.

Without Breathalyzer or blood test results to rely on, a DUI conviction becomes much more difficult for a prosecutor to secure.

Our conclusion that the record does not support the contention that the students» cheering, clapping and singing constituted a breach of the peace is confirmed by the fact that these were not relied on as a basis for conviction by the trial judge, who, rather, stated as his reason for convicting Cox of disturbing the peace that

Finally, a conviction by CVM is usually very influent in a private litigation for indemnification, as many Brazilian courts are not familiar with securities law and related matters and tend to rely on CVM's technical judgment.

Justice Thomas entered convictions for second degree murder relying on the constructive murder provision of the Criminal Code that was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada over 25 years ago.

In wrongful conviction cases however the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that the limit does not apply to damages for non ‑ pecuniary loss that do not stem from bodily injury (relying on Cinar Corporation v. Robinson, 2013 SCC 73, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1168, at para. 97).

Civil claims will continue, he adds, but «because the criminal conviction is wiped out, the plaintiffs can not rely on it as proof in their case, if my dim memory of collateral estoppel serves me right.»

The Court of Appeal cautioned, however, that there may well be circumstances where it would be unfair for the Crown to rely on an included offence to secure a conviction:

In most cases, this means we won't need to prove the assault occurred for a second time, and can rely on the criminal conviction.

The updated Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions has caused quite a stir among background screening companies and employers who rely on criminal background checks.

As I explain to every client, in most instances database searches rely on a name match only, and provide no final disposition information (conviction or dismissal).

Studies that relied on self - report measures of delinquency yielded larger effect sizes than studies in which delinquency data was collected via official records, such as police or court records (i.e., arrests or convictions; r = -0.19 for self - reported delinquency versus r = -0.10 for official delinquency; Z = -4.9, p < 0.001; Table 1).

It's not wise to simply take an applicant at their word or to rely on a gut feeling, because they may fail to disclose a relevant criminal conviction.