Sentences with phrase «weapons possession case»

Not exact matches

By August 2, state attorneys dismissed 41 cases involving drug - related felonies and weapon possession that would have relied solely on testimony from one of the three officers.

In the specific case of Germany, they are still bound by the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany Some examples of the limitations set: Armed Forces of no more than 370,000 personnel - of whom at most 345,000 were to be in the Army and Air Force No manufacture, possession or control of NBC weapons Full application of the Nuclear Non -...

Justification would centre upon Iraqi possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) but it admitted «the case was thin».

While de Blasio omitted mention of it during his opening monologue, officials later acknowledged that weapons - possession cases rose sharply last year.

«Even the case of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), that they said stole $ 2.1 bn arms money and that destructive weapon capable of disrupting the peace of any city in Nigeria were found in his possession, why are they the ones seeking for secret trial while Dasuki that they accused is insisting on open trial?

The courts will do what they can to help reduce, and, so far as practicable, eradicate it... it is important for public confidence in the criminal justice system that the man or woman caught in possession of a knife or offensive weapon without reasonable excuse should normally be brought before the courts and prosecuted... whatever other considerations may arise in the individual case, sentencing courts must have in the forefront of their thinking that the sentences for this type of offence should focus on the reduction of crime, including its reduction by deterrence, and the protection of the public.

More serious crimes, such as possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, weapons trafficking and importing a prohibited weapon, used to carry a statutory minimum penalty of three years imprisonment, though this was struck down in the cases of R v. Smickle and R v. Nur that were released in 2013 by the Ontario Court of Appeal.

For example, as criminal lawyers in San Jose we have represented clients in Santa Clara County who have faced life in prison for three - strike cases; two - strike cases; serious or violent felonies, i.e., attempted murder, car - jacking, robbery, first degree burglary, gang - related stabbings; child pornography sex offenses requiring mandatory lifetime sex offender registration; child molestation, felony possession of methamphetamine for sale; felony possession of marijuana for sale, weapons offenses and many more.

As Crown Counsel, Mr. Duncan prosecuted literally hundreds of cases of all levels of seriousness including all sorts of driving offences (including drunk driving / DUI / impaired driving, driving over.08, prohibited driving, driving while disqualified and driving without due care and consideration); property offences including theft, fraud, possession of stolen property and break and enter; and all types of violent offences including all forms of assault (assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and aggravated assault), robbery, sexual assault, extortion, kidnapping and both First Degree Murder and Second Degree Murder.