Sentences with phrase «star prosecution witness»

The star prosecution witness in Percoco's case, Todd Howe, had been on the witness list Thursday.

Star prosecution witness Todd Howe, the admitted middleman in the alleged «pay - to - play» scheme, said COR Development Co..

(WBEN) Three months after Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide was found guilty of corruption, three others with much closer ties to Buffalo will go on trial in a related case that is expected to include the same - albeit somewhat discredited - star prosecution witness.

The gadfly's efforts were sparked by recent trial testimony, in which the star prosecution witness told Newark federal jurors that Christie knew about the politically - vindictive lane closings and did nothing to stop them.

His cross-examination of star prosecution witness Todd Howe revealed that Howe — after signing a cooperation agreement that required him to stop committing crimes — tried to swindle his credit card company out of the cost of a night's stay at the Waldolf - Astoria.

During closing arguments, lawyer Marc Agnifilo said star prosecution witness Harendra Singh — who also claims to have bribed former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano — «is like a politician buff.

COR Development Co. president Steven Aiello — a co-defendant in a Manhattan federal trial along with former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco — planned to deliver the hefty contribution at the 2013 fundraiser, star prosecution witness Todd Howe testified.

Howe, a star prosecution witness and one - time Cuomo family insider in his second day on the stand, said he shared an office with old friend Percoco while he was running Cuomo's 2014 re-election and heard first hand how his closeness to the governor overrode his departure from his state post.

Not exact matches

The prosecution's star witness against former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano was caught on an FBI wiretap telling a pal, «I don't know anything about any politicians,» according to a recording played in court yesterday.

Today's testimony at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, has been canceled due to the illness of a defense lawyer whose questioning last week led to the arrest of the prosecution's star witness, Todd Howe.

Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness in the Percoco trial, who was jailed mid-trial after admitting to an attempted con, appeared worse for the wear during a brief court appearance yesterday afternoon.

Much of the prosecution's case will hinge on the testimony of another former associate, Todd Howe, who pleaded guilty to several felonies and will be the government's star witness.

The prosecution's star witness in the retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver acknowledged Tuesday that he didn't expect anything in return from the powerful legislator for referrals of cancer patients to a Silver - linked law firm.

The judge did bring up former lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness who testified against Percoco and the others.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political enemies are launching an all - out, online blitz as the corruption trial of a former top aide heats up this week with testimony from the prosecution's star witness.

The trial, in federal district court in Manhattan, will heat up on Monday, when the prosecution's star witness, former longtime Cuomo associate and lobbyist Todd Howe is scheduled to begin his testimony.

The defense team also portrayed the prosecution's star witness and disgraced former lobbyist Todd Howe as unreliable.

Howe is cooperating with prosecutors and will be the prosecution's star witness.

Todd Howe, who was the prosecution's star witness, agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors.

The prosecution's star witness against a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted on the stand Tuesday that he himself is «in a boatload of trouble» following his arrest last week.

Howe has pleaded guilty and is the prosecution's star witness.

They wouldn't know, for example, that Dr. Robert Taub, the prosecution's star witness, was referring asbestos patients to Silver's law firm, Weitz & Luxemberg, the prosecution argued.

Harendra Singh, the prosecution's star witness at Mangano's corruption trial, said Mangano brought Schumer to an eatery he described as his «East Meadow location» following an unspecified event in September 2010.

A Montauk fishing trip and a steakhouse lunch were but two of the perks used to coax a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo into bribery schemes, a star witness for the prosecution testified Monday in Manhattan federal court.

At the top: the arrest of prosecution star witness Todd Howe, who was whisked out of his hotel room in the midst of his multiday testimony and placed in a federal jail.

A suspended financial supervisor and one of the prosecution's star witnesses in the Ramapo town supervisor corruption trial, Melissa Reimer, took the stand Wednesday.

Harendra Singh dropped the bombshells while testifying at the unrelated corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, where he's the prosecution's star witness.

Silver's defense attorneys continued their cross examination of Dr. Robert Taub, the prosecution's star witness in a bribery scheme allegedly orchestrated by Silver.

Like Cohen, attorney John Elmore believes the testimony of lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness, will have an impact on the next trial, but it could be to the benefit of those defendants.

The judge delayed the trial due to an unspecified medical situation involving Dr. Robert Taub, the prosecution's star witness.

The prosecution took a huge mid-case hit when star witness Todd Howe, a former lobbyist, was arrested after admitting that he tried to scam the Waldorf - Astoria over a $ 600 hotel bill.

Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is on trial accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from upstate business developers — payments referred to as «ziti» in communications between Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's a star witness who testified that the term was borrowed from the former HBO mob drama.

While it's still too early to say the impact the Howe situation will have on the Percoco trial, Simon said the fact that it was the prosecution's star witness could wind up undermining the case.

Marc Agnifilo, who represents co-defendant and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, said he might call on the Big Apple mayor to answer questions about the prosecution's star witness, crooked ex-restaurant owner Harendra Singh.

ALBANY — Anthony Bonomo, who was a star witness for the prosecution in the trial of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, has been ousted from running New York's second biggest medical malpractice firm, Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers.

Howe is the prosecution's star witness in a bribery and corruption trial involving one of his closest former associates and three former clients.

Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from upstate developers — payments referred to as «ziti» in communications between Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness who testified that the term was borrowed from the former HBO mob drama.

When the last question was finally asked and Mr. Howe's testimony ended, the judge, Valerie E. Caproni, addressed the prosecution's star witness.

Todd R. Howe, the prosecution's star witness in the corruption trial of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, testified this week about a «come - to - Jesus» meeting with his lawyer in 2016.

NEWARK — Tuesday's Bridgegate testimony dropped a bombshell from star witness to the prosecution David Wildstein: that both New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo knowingly signed off on a fake «traffic study» as the reason that three local access lanes into the George Washington Bridge were funneled into one for four days in September 2013.

Ultimately, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is a defense, not a prosecution, and the principal witness remains a shining star.

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, The Woman in Black), Joshua McGuire (The Hour), and David Haig (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Witness for the Prosecution) star in Tom Stoppard's brilliantly funny situation comedy, broadcast live from The Old Vic theatre in London.

Laughton directed «The Night of the Hunter,» starring Robert Mitchum, and starred in Alfred Hitchcock's «Witness for the Prosecution»; 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11.

Volume Two gives us The Witness for the Prosecution, starring Toby Jones, Kim Cattrall, and Andrea Riseborough; Three Act Tragedy — with Suchet and Martin Shaw; and Hallowe'en Party, starring Suchet, Zoë Wanamaker, and Timothy West.

The Ontario Court of Appeal found that the trial judge improperly introduced evidence of a witness named Edmond Huard, who alleged that that he and Jeremy Hall had conspired to kill the prosecution's star witness Jason Lusted, two years after Mason's death.