Sentences with phrase «role as a prosecutor»

Batra, an attorney, said he's known DiFiore in her role as prosecutor, judge and head of JCOPE, and that she's a good pick to the lead the state court system and head the seven - member Court of Appeals.

All three men enjoyed high profiles during their tenures in the office, due in part to their visible roles as prosecutors of the powerful, whether government officials, Wall Street firms, or even the President.

This time around, Tessmer claimed the purpose of the GST legislation was unconstitutional because of the inconsistency between the government's dual roles as prosecutor and tax collector on the services required to defend that prosecution.

Not exact matches

A little - known former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history will play a central role on U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team, as many top - tier lawyers shy away from representing him in a probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

I have talked to prosecutors around the country, and this was my own experience as well, that just about every time we saw a pastor come to court in a supportive role, he was there on behalf of the perpetrator.

Members of New York's congressional delegation are united in their call for a special prosecutor to probe Russia's role in last year's presidential campaign, but split over whether former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly should replace Comey as FBI director.

Howe has already pleaded guilty to several felonies related to his alleged role as a conduit for bribes and is cooperating with prosecutors.

The office is set to receive $ 116 million as its share of the 2012 settlement between prosecutors and HSBC over the bank's role in laundering drug cartel funds.

As the special prosecutor, she will outweigh Vance's possible role in the case.

He was joined at a news conference by Gov. Cuomo, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, who's also been named special prosecutor in the Schneiderman investigation, and Timothy Sini, the Suffolk County district attorney, who is assisting Singas in her role as special prosecutor, as appointed by the governor.

In his role as a leader of the Syracuse Gang Violence Task Force, John brought prosecutors, police, clergy, community leaders, and neighbors from differing backgrounds together to successfully reduce violence crime and improve the quality of life in targeted neighborhoods within our community.

Outsiders, however, have frequently viewed these confines of the law as inherently debilitating and responsible for the large role federal prosecutors have taken in investigating New York politicians.

In a nutshell, prosecutors outlined complicated schemes in which both politicians used their powerful roles as ATMs.

Meanwhile, a coalition of good - government organizations — NYPIRG, the League of Women Voters, Reinvent Albany and Citizens Union — backed Schneiderman's assessment of the special prosecutor role as laid out by Cuomo.

In her opening statements at the corruption trial of Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, prosecutor Tatiana Martins said Skelos started trying to cash in on his role as Senate majority leader even before he officially had the job — and continued brazenly «strong - arming» companies to make payments to his family after he formally got the gig.

While Bart Schwartz enjoys a solid reputation from his time as a federal prosecutor, his role with the Cuomo administration is unclear.

On Tuesday, there will be a Westminster Hall debate about the role of the RSPCA as prosecutor, following the recent case against the Heythrop.

In addition to being scrutinized by federal prosecutors over his Moreland role, he's made almost as many personal enemies as did Eliot Spitzer, an irony given that Cuomo recognized that Spitzer's arrogance left him with no friends when he needed them most.

The need for a truly independent bipartisan prosecutor in these political cases appears obvious and one may wish to consider restructuring the tenure of U.S. attorneys the way we do for federal judges so the role is not viewed as a stepping stone to another political office.

Like many district attorneys statewide, Soares has criticized the order as an infringement on local prosecutors» role.

As the special prosecutor, she will outweigh Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's possible role in the case.

Testifying last week in the federal corruption trial of state Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre), Walker confirmed that the U.S. attorney office for New York's Eastern District is probing his role in «county contracts given to some of your political campaign contributors,» as prosecutors phrased it in court.

A day after activists and the families of civilians killed by police demonstrated outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Midtown office, they joined him at John Jay College as he signed an executive order making Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases statewide in which an officer is responsible for a civilian's death — making New York the first state to create such a role to oversee the controversial issue of police - involved homicides.

Sarah Paulson was not just a winner last night in her TV role as O.J.Simpson prosecutor, Marcia Clark (who btw was seated next to her at award ceremony), but she was definitely a fashion winner.

The actress, who won a Golden Globe and an Emmy among a haul of accolades for her role as real - life O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark in The...

In April, Hillel Nahmad, 34, known as Helly, was charged by federal prosecutors with playing a leading role in a gambling and money - laundering operation that stretched from Kiev and Moscow to Los Angeles and New York, where he is based.

My hunch is that that account of the prosecutor's role, if coupled with consideration of unique prosecutorial challenges such as the absence of clients, provides a better and richer ethical account of the lawyer's role than does an empty exhortation to do justice.

First, paying for prosecutors» happy hour refreshments creates dissonance in me as to my clients» role in the mix.

He has also played a key role in pushing the Ministry of the Attorney General to develop prosecutorial guidelines for Crown prosecutors handling allegations of HIV non-disclosure, as co-chair of the Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure.

In his role as Crown prosecutor, Johnson saw «95 per cent of the people who came to court were intoxicated at the time they committed the offence they were judged with.

Some time in 2000, during a trial in which the Ontario Securities Commission sought to convict John Felderhof of insider trading and misleading statements in the affairs of Bre - X Minerals Ltd., one of the defence counsel, Joseph Groia, made statements about the (role and) conduct of the prosecutor that were described by Justice Archie Campbell in a subsequent hearing about the trial judge's possible loss of jurisdiction as «unrestrained attacks on [the prosecutor's] professional integrity.»

News The scheme was an attempt to woo potential clients and increase his earnings and standing in his new role as a defense lawyer for one of Washington's most influential law firms, according to prosecutors and admissions by Jeffrey Wertkin, reports The Washington Post.

While these matters raise fundamental questions of the role of governments as defenders and prosecutors of the national interest, they do not relate directly to the abilities of government to control the day - to - day activities of the Internet.

A small number of people, such as police officers, judges, and prosecutors, take on the role of enforcing the power of the state.

(b) Acts undertaken by a prosecutor in preparing for the initiation of judicial proceedings or for trial, and which occur in the course of his role as an advocate for the State, are entitled to the protections of absolute immunity.

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To stay out of prison, he worked as an informant to U.S. prosecutors investigating the mob's role on Wall Street.