Sentences with phrase «standing prosecutor in any case»

«The attorney general will be a standing prosecutor in any case where a law enforcement officer kills an unarmed civilian or kills a civilian and there is a question as to whether or not the civilian is armed and dangerous,» Cuomo said.

Not exact matches

- Though Hunter was their entire case, prosecutors were sufficiently wary of her (or perhaps of drawing additional attention to her precise role in the matter) that they did not call her to the witness stand.

However, even if you believed you'd found a brilliant and unassailable argument as to why failure to prosecute in this case constituted one of the rare exceptions to the general presumption that a prosecutor is acting permissibly when exercising prosecutorial discretion, you would still run into the problem of standing.

Hawkins repeated his long standing call for independent prosecutors to be appointed in cases involving police violence.

Prosecutors in the Sheldon Silver corruption case called two key players, including an official with Glenwood Management, to the stand today to answer questions about the former Assembly speaker's alleged involvement in a real - estate kickback scheme.

Professional prosecutors in the Civil Rights Bureau painstakingly built the case and we stand by their outstanding work.»

Mr. Howe, who has pleaded guilty to eight felonies and is cooperating with prosecutors in the case against Joseph Percoco, who served as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's executive deputy secretary, was taken into custody on Thursday after admitting on the witness stand that he violated the terms of his cooperation agreement.

Since the prosecutor did not present any evidence other than the defendant's constitutionally - protected speech in his case - in - chief for hindering a police officer, the conviction could not stand...»

A prosecutor faced with a seemingly weak case which will probably not stand up in court if it is contested now has another option other than either persevering with the investigation or, more likely, dropping it altogether: why not offer a DPA?

At the same time, I do wonder whether a stand - offish manner to opposing counsel hurts a lawyer's client in the long run by making a prosecutor less likely to cooperate or exercise discretion to drop a case or reduce charges.

Norm Pattis and The Pattis & Smith Law firm criminal attorneys stand up to the often bullying tactics federal prosecutors use in civil rights cases against police.

At the start of an investigation by the prosecutor, victims can lodge a civil claim that gives them standing in the case.

Being standing and injury - in - fact assertion a federal mandate I wish to know if there is any criminal case where the prosecutor had to establish standing?

It was asked if a prosecutor has standing to sue in a criminal case (or words to that affect), and the answer is a resounding NO!