Sentences with phrase «time of the guilty pleas»

Not exact matches

Daiichi Sankyo's press release comes in the wake not only of Ranbaxy's highly unusual criminal guilty plea and $ 500 million in fines and penalties — the largest ever against a generic - drug maker — but also a lengthy Fortune article that exposed for the first time the depth and extent of the fraud charges leveled at the company and the knowledge of senior company executives.

The cost to GEI for the internal investigation at the time of making the guilty plea was $ 5 million, and furthermore GEI had to abandon its planned IPO.

The prior three corporate convictions under the CFPOA have been achieved by the entering of guilty pleas.2 The Court also for the first time interpreted the meaning of key provisions in the statute, including clarifying that an inchoate offence of conspiracy exists under the CFPOA and in what circumstances a real and substantial connection will be required and found.

A plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time.

In fact, a guilty plea in exchange for a sentence of time served may be the best McLain can now hope for.

Federal prosecutors recommended that David Wildstein, who has described himself as the mastermind of the so - called Bridgegate scandal, serve no prison time as a result of his testimony against his co-conspirators, which followed his guilty plea.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, who appointed Burke to chief of department and had long - supported him in the face of at times intense criticism, said in a statement: «Jim Burke, someone I entrusted with great responsibility, lied to my face for nearly three years and orchestrated a cover - up to perpetuate that lie... Burke's guilty plea today is a positive step forward in restoring justice in this County.»

Any member of the district administrative or supervisory staff, including any principal but excluding an employee specified in subsection (4), may be suspended or dismissed at any time during the term of the contract; however, the charges against him or her must be based on immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency, gross insubordination, willful neglect of duty, drunkenness, or being convicted or found guilty of, or entering a plea of guilty, regardless of adjudication of guilt, any crime involving moral turpitude, as these terms are defined by rule of the State Board of Education.

A guilty plea has been entered in the case of «Libre the Puppy,» whose condition at the time of his rescue prompted worldwide outrage and systemic changes in how Lancaster County handles similar cases of abuse.

In a front - page New York Times story this summer, The Marshall Project reported that the practice gives prosecutors a strategic advantage, especially because the vast majority of cases never make it that far: More than 98 percent of New York felony arrests that end in conviction occur through a guilty plea, not a trial.

The offer is typically in the form of «If the defendant will plea guilty now to the charge we want him to plea guilty to, then at the time of sentencing the prosecution will recommend to the judge that the sentence be as follows...».

A stay of adjudication involves either a guilty plea, or a finding of guilty after a trial, but the judge staying (delaying) adjudication of guilt upon conditions, for some period of time.

In comparing Swartz to the other decisions, it must be remembered that Metron Construction pleaded guilty to criminal negligence (and eventually received a fine of $ 750,000 under the Criminal Code) at the same time as the company president entered his guilty pleas to the OHSA offences.

Finally, my purpose in taking issue with Cassese's position in Erdemović was not to condone the consultation of a narrow range of domestic legal systems or types of systems, but rather to condone the decision made by other judges to examine rather than ignore information on guilty pleas that had been amassed in a range of places over a long period of time.

Instead, this article will explore the broad legal implications of an employee — any employee — becoming unavailable for work in similar circumstances and for a similar period of time, ie imprisonment for six months following a guilty plea to assault and affray in a public place.

Last year, the Illinois Innocence Project assisted in the passage of a law, which for the first time in Illinois allows those convicted by a guilty plea to go to court to get evidence tested that might exonerate them because they are innocent.

Often times, though not every time, our experienced injury lawyer, Jamie Butler, is able to secure a plea negotiation for a substitutional charge to be added so that you plead guilty to a Motor Vehicle Act offence (such as «undue care and attention» or «failing to remain at the scene» or being charged as an «owner» rather than a «driver» to a Motor Vehicle Act charge) instead of a criminal hit and run charge.

* 487 In accepting defendant's conditional guilty plea, the Municipal Court Judge rejected defendant's argument that, under Chun, the only person competent to observe defendant during this critical twenty - minute window of time was the operator of the Alcotest.

Noncitizens, however, are at risk of accepting deferred entry of judgment because of the immigration consequences under federal law; a guilty plea under federal law exposes noncitizens to deportation and permanent family separation even before they have the time to complete a drug rehabilitation program.

«It was definitely a distraction for the company for a period of time, and expensive, but everybody throughout the company, as well as the Crown prosecutor and the authorities we dealt with on the guilty plea, agree that but for the fact Niko went through the process they did, they wouldn't have been dealt with as leniently as they were.

If you choose to enter a plea of not guilty and request a hearing before the court, you will need to appear within the time frame and a court date will be scheduled.

Since your «guilty» or «no contest» plea is the same as being convicted of the traffic violation, your auto insurance provider might increase your rates the next time you renew your policy.

The procedure of contesting a traffic ticket in South Carolina is generally initiated by entering a plea of «not guilty» in due time.

A: Any time you are given a ticket for a motor vehicle offense, simply do not simply do not pay it, consult with an attorney because the penalties and points involved in a guilty plea and / or finding of a guilty plea could have a negative as well as financial impact on your driver's privileges.

Deferred Disposition is a form of plea deal, where a defendant pleads «Guilty» or «No Contest» to criminal charges in exchange for meeting certain requirements laid out by the court within an allotted period of time also ordered by the court.