Sentences with phrase «than in a court pleading»

(iv) commend or criticize jurors for their verdict, other than in a court pleading, filing, or hearing in which the candidate represents a party in the proceeding in which the verdict was rendered.

Not exact matches

A Corpus Christi man pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiracy with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin and conspiracy to launder money.

Philip Longbottom, 67, from Shipley, West Yorkshire, will serve a minimum of seven years in jail after pleading guilty to more than 40 serious sexual offences at Bradford Crown Court.

An Albanian man living in New York pleaded guilty in a Rhode Island federal court to cutting his way through a Target department store roof last October, prying open an ATM and stealing more than $ 14,000.

The ethics commission's first meeting comes on the same day that State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — After less than two hours of deliberating the fate of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver in his corruption trial, a «stressed out» juror pleaded with a Manhattan federal court judge to be excused, saying she was being criticized by fellow jurors and her heart was pounCOURT — After less than two hours of deliberating the fate of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver in his corruption trial, a «stressed out» juror pleaded with a Manhattan federal court judge to be excused, saying she was being criticized by fellow jurors and her heart was pouncourt judge to be excused, saying she was being criticized by fellow jurors and her heart was pounding.

This afternoon, he will appear in an Albany court to plead guilty to state charges of grand larceny in the fourth degree related to the misuse of more than $ 40,000 from his campaign account.

Legal Don MacPherson, who covers the courts for his daily newspaper, updates the case of Josue Rivera, aka comic artist Justiniano, who pleaded not guilty in May 2011 to charges of possessing more than 100 photographs and videos containing child pornography.

The complaint, parts of which read more like a screenplay than a court pleading, uses irrelevant and false personal attacks on Mr. Gross's former colleagues in an apparent effort to distract attention from the fundamental failings of these «contract» claims.

The first was classes on the subject of pleading, which at the time was a much more intricate and involved process than today.17 However, the main place that these schools taught legal writing skills during this time period was in what were called «moot courts.»

For example, a casual perusal of the online legal research service Westlaw reveals that «mumbo jumbo» appears at least 251 times in judicial opinions.8 «Jibber - jabber» shows up just seven times (although surprisingly used by parties, rather than in statements from the court), while the more prosaic «gobbledygook» has 126 hits in the legal database.9 Believed to have been coined in 1944 by U.S. Rep. Maury Maverick of Texas, «gobbledygook» has been used by everyone from political figures referring to bureaucratic doublespeak (for example, President Ronald Reagan's stinging 1985 indictment of tax law revisions as «cluttered with gobbledygook and loopholes designed for those with the power and influence to have high - priced legal and tax advisers») to judges decrying the indecipherable arguments and pleadings of the lawyers practicing before them.

In an indication of the tough justice being meted out to people accused of offences related to this week's riots, a Guardian analysis of more than 120 cases before magistrates courts so far has found the majority of defendants being remanded in custody — even when they have pleaded guilty to relatively minor offenceIn an indication of the tough justice being meted out to people accused of offences related to this week's riots, a Guardian analysis of more than 120 cases before magistrates courts so far has found the majority of defendants being remanded in custody — even when they have pleaded guilty to relatively minor offencein custody — even when they have pleaded guilty to relatively minor offences.

(4) If a parent who is granted parenting time rights pursuant to this section or any other section of the Revised Code is authorized by an order issued pursuant to this section or any other court order to receive a copy of any notice of relocation that is filed pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section or pursuant to court order, if the residential parent intends to move to a residence other than the residence address specified in the parenting time order, and if the residential parent does not want the parent who is granted the parenting time rights to receive a copy of the relocation notice because the parent with parenting time rights has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any other offense involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding and caused physical harm to the victim in the commission of the offense, or has been determined to be the perpetrator of the abusive act that is the basis of an adjudication that a child is an abused child, the residential parent may file a motion with the court requesting that the parent who is granted the parenting time rights not receive a copy of any notice of relocation.

In this case, the Court of Appeal found it was possible for more than one party to be the occupier of the property where the accident took place at the relevant time, the pleadings disclosed enough facts to permit the Application Judge's conclusion that the Hellers and not the Respondents were occupiers (at the relevant time).

The traditions of law publishing brands run deep and have great quantifiable value, few more so than of that other renowned work, not on this occasion from Butterworths but Sweet and Maxwell, Archbold, as we anticipate the possibility of litigation following the English Judicial Executive Board's decision that Blackstone's Criminal Practice rather than Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice should be the standard legal reference work in the criminal courts.

Most non-research lawyers are more than busy enough doing whatever it is that they are best at — pleading in court, negotiating deals and transactions, dealing with clients, witnesses and opposing counsel.

When pleading «guilty» or being found guilty in court, CDL holders can face stiffer penalties than other drivers.

For many drivers, pleading guilty and paying their fines is more appealing than trying to prove their innocence in court — especially because New Jersey has a convenient online payment system for traffic ticket fines and related surcharges.

West Virginia commercial drivers holders face some different, and often more serious, penalties than other drivers; for example, if you're a CDL driver who pleads «guilty» or is found guilty in court:

Second, understand that your options to plead guilty and pay your fine or plead not guilty and fight your ticket in court are basically the same as a regular driver's license holder; however, your penalties are more severe than just accumulating points and experiencing increased car insurance rates.

(4) I am glad you pointed out what all alienated parents complain of» I pleaded to the Judge to hold my ex-husband accountable for denying my Thanksgiving visitation because if he did not go by his word and put my ex-husband in jail, than it will prove to my ex-husband that he could do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, not obey / abide by the new court order becauase the Judge isn't going to repremand him.»