Sentences with phrase «result of the mistrial»
The result of the mistrial is that the jury is dismissed and the matter has to be reset for trial on a later date.
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Edwards was prosecuted on six counts, one of which he was acquitted on while the jury was hung on the other five, resulting in a mistrial.
The case could be delayed, end in a mistrial or even result in a dismissal of the bribery conspiracy indictments against Mr. Smith, former City Councilman Daniel Halloran and former Queens Republican Party official Vincent Tabone.
As a result, a mistrial is a very distinct possibility, and now Garcetti really is worried about his poll numbers, foreseeing a year's worth of work and $ 6 million of taxpayer money about to be flushed down the drain.
In a memorandum to district court judges, Judge Julie Robinson, the committee chair, wrote that the model instructions were developed to address the increasing incidence of jurors using such technology to conduct research on the Internet or communicate with others about cases, which has «resulted in mistrials, exclusion of jurors, and imposition of fines.»
A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the trial against several a North Carolina church leader accused of assaulting a man, resulting in jail time for the jury foreman.
By filing this motion before trial, you are putting the prosecution on notice not to do any of these acts and, if they do, it should result in a mistrial since they were on notice.
«Such use has resulted in mistrials, exclusion of jurors, and imposition of fines.»
Our friend's answer came to mind while reading an interesting roundup of experienced trial lawyers over the weekend about why the trial of Bill Cosby outside Philadelphia resulted in a deadlocked jury and mistrial, announced on Saturday.
A mistrial resulted after press coverage of the motion came to the attention of jurors.