Sentences with phrase «ruled special prosecutor»
The Court of Appeals ruled special prosecutor Roger Bennet Adler was «validly appointed» and that Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan was justified in recusing himself from the investigation.
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Its panel ruled that since the defendants rejected the prosecutor's suggestion for a special verdict form, they forfeited their right to object to the jury instructions.
«The rules of law apply regardless of who is investigating a case, but our concern is that there will be pressure on a special prosecutor to indict an officer for the sake of public perception and that does not serve the ends of justice,» Lynch said.
The state's highest court in a ruling on Tuesday found that a special prosecutor can continue an investigation into whether the labor - backed Working Families Party broke election laws during a 2009 Staten Island city council race.
New York's top court ruled Tuesday that a special prosecutor can continue to investigate the powerful Working Families Party for alleged campaign abuses.
There have been calls for Cuomo to appoint a special prosecutor to supersede Soares authority, and the governor has not ruled that out.
The WI supreme court is still honest enough to rule correctly — Justice Michael Gableman: «It is utterly clear that the special prosecutor has employed theories of law that do not exist in order to investigate citizens who were wholly innocent of any wrongdoing,»
Following the announcement that the BC Supreme Court ruling upholding the polygamy law would not be referred to the Supreme Court of Canada, on March 26, 2012, the Attorney General of British Columbia announced that special prosecutor lawyer Peter Wilson has been given expanded powers to lay charges against polygamists in the province.