Sentences with phrase «whether plea»

In order to determine whether the plea bargain is not contrary to public interest, the court needs evidence of aggravating and mitigating factors, such as how much the offender profited from the conspiracy, how it carried out the price fixing, whether it was the ring leader, and its size and market share.

A skilled criminal defense attorney can help ensure that your rights are protected throughout the criminal process and assess all of the evidence in your case to determine whether a plea bargain is a good option for you.

Read the full post to see what transpired at ACE and for Mayerson's view on whether the plea agreement lets ACE off the hook or constitutes a just resolution of the charges.

It's unclear to me whether the plea form indicates that all 90 days were suspended, or whether the 90 days that were suspended were in addition to 90 days she's actually expected to serve.

She has not yet indicated whether a plea deal has been worked out.

The debate topic was whether plea bargains should be abolished.

Not exact matches

Whether the perpetrator is found guilty after a trial or takes a plea deal to avoid trial, the court has the power to make restitution a condition of the sentence or probation.

While they opened the trial by admitting Tsarnaev's role, he has maintained his not - guilty plea, leaving prosecutors to first convince the jury of his guilt before moving on to the question of whether he should be sentenced to death or to life in prison without possibility of parole.

Jeff Bezos has always done things his own way, whether he's ignoring Wall Street's pleas for consistent earnings growth or requiring his top people to construct artfully written missives or launching seemingly disparate businesses — all at razor - thin margins.

Experts had said the unexpected plea agreement was a sign that Flynn was fully cooperating with the special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 US election and whether any Trump campaign associates colluded with Russian officials.

We also contacted Sacred Stone Camp to determine whether they were the source of the social media plea.

But there is a difference between believing in an all knowing God, who listens to our prayers and pleas and judges whether or not to answer them... and believing in a divine connectedness that binds us al together and that is a source of «energy» that we can tap into thru prayer or meditation.

is transformed in the brain of the smallest boy into the burning plea: «Almighty God, bless our arms when the time comes; be just as thou hast always been; judge now whether we be deserving of freedom; Lord, bless our battle!

My comments should therefore be read as something of a plea to the members of churches from a variety of denominations who will, in the months to come, make decisions about whether to stop sponsoring Boy Scout troops as a result of the organization's policies.

The prosecutor must decide whether to charge the accused with a capital crime, and whether to accept a plea of guilty to a lesser charge.

It remains to be seen however whether there will be a «come and get me plea».

Some children will bargain regarding rules to test whether you consider their pleas.

Paul Manafort and Rick Gates» case has added a new criminal charge or charges as of today, though whether the action is additional grand - jury approved indictments or indicates a coming a plea agreement remains a mystery.

Prosecutors and the judge questioned whether all of these defendants would make it to trial or whether some of them will take a plea instead.

«If you take a plea to a minor case, you can get out of Rikers much faster than if you fight it — whether you did the crime or not,» Page said.

But ex-lobbyist Howe, who spent the weekend in jail after his bail was revoked and faces new questions on whether prosecutors will still go to bat for him when he is sentenced on an earlier plea to bribery and embezzlement, did admit he hadn't done himself any favors.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican who represents a chunk of Staten Island and Brooklyn and a potential candidate for Grimm's seat, declined to comment on the congressman's guilty plea or whether he should resign.

Sampson pleaded not guilty, but has one month to decide whether to take the following plea agreement: Accept a sentence of 37 to 46 months by pleading to embezzlement and one other charge.

And as to whether the fact that Carvalho was motivated to decline the job due to pleas for him to remain in Miami speaks well of his search process, de Blasio seemed to acknowledge.

Every aspect, every aspect, whether to go to trial, plea bargaining, sentencing, parole, probation, the whole criminal justice system stinks!»

Swain is set to decide April 10 whether she will accept the guilty plea and sentence the Stamford - based firm founded by Greenwich billionaire Steven A. Cohen.

Moreover, as a good scientist, Butz closed with a plea for more data «in order to know whether shortages of scientists and engineers are in fact developing and whether strategies to encourage their production are succeeding.»

Whether moved by those pleas or by the steady stream of gruesome casualties, the Army in 2008 launched an unprecedented collaboration between military researchers and academic and industry scientists called the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM).

Whether you've tossed and turned for a night or sent pleas to the sandman for weeks on end, sleeplessness is likely a familiar struggle.

Whether this was intentional or not is debatable, but Pellegrino's heartfelt emotional plea to see his daughter is easily the most sincere and compelling portion of the movie.

Frank is a whining, pathetic oddball with extreme prejudice — and Wilson, in a fearless performance, leaves us uncertain whether to sympathise with, or be repulsed by, this ridiculous schlub who bludgeons not just a queue jumper but also his understandably protesting girlfriend; who acts on prophetic visions that he sees in his own vomit; and who ignores pleas for mercy from a (literally) unarmed man.

A former member of the radical Earth Liberation Front mulls over whether to take a plea bargain while recalling his journey from Queens cop's son to environmental activist in a trenchant documentary from Marshall Curry (Street Fight) that questions the broadening definition of «terrorist,» if only to fill those «enhanced» post-9 / 11 prisons.

This is grand jury, so our job is not to determine guilt or innocence, but to decide whether there is enough evidence to substantiate the charges and thus move the case forward to trial, or perhaps plea bargain.

Schools minister Nick Gibb dodged a question on whether he thinks new grammar schools should be allowed to open, despite pleas from the education community for the government to ditch the idea.

We will learn whether David Collier will accept a plea offer from the Wagoner District Attorney's office or whether the case will go to trial.

His pleas to Obama comes in a discussion about whether the environmental debate in the US has become too partisan, with the belief that the Democrats are all in favour of change while the Republicans simply want to back big business and stop all environmental measures.

No agreement has yet been reached, with the reported outstanding issues being the exact wording of the plea, how long Transocean will have to pay the money, and whether it would included damages under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process.

In my last blog, I detailed major missteps of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its oversight of the Hudson River Superfund cleanup of toxic PCBs, including allowing the polluter, General Electric, to decommission its massive dredging operations before the agency determined whether the cleanup had met its goals, and ignoring pleas from other federal agencies and evidence that more dredging is needed to restore the river's health.

Police making stops, judges setting bonds and deciding to permit probation, parole boards deciding whether to release someone, psychiatrists deciding on three day holds and releases from incarceration following a successful insanity plea, etc..

It is theoretically possible for skilled lawyers, UI designers, and programmers to build systems that meet these needs for complicated legal services like making and deciding whether to accept a plea offer or drafting a summary judgment brief.

But then a Texas congressman decided to test just how well the justices were listening and whether they would take his heartfelt message to heart — a strong plea to the Court to ramp up its transparency and public face.

82 It should be noted at the outset that -LSB-...] the Commission took the view that, in order to establish whether there was a guarantee for individual claims, it was appropriate, after examining the national legislation and case - law (see first part of the second plea above), to begin by considering whether, in order to determine whether the procedure followed by a creditor of [the EICC] in order to settle its claim in the event of [the EICC] being in financial difficulty was comparable to that followed by the creditor of an undertaking subject to commercial law.

At the urging of the U.S. Justice Department, the federal judiciary is considering whether to close Internet access to plea agreements and related docket notations in criminal cases.

He believes that every person accused should completely understand his / her options and make an informed decision on resolving the case, whether that is through a jury trial or a plea bargain.

«For a defendant to be penalized by the government — whether you call it «punishment» or «forfeiture» — for a purported criminal act, the government should, one would hope, be required to obtain a finding of criminal guilt (i.e., guilt beyond a reasonable doubt), either by guilty plea or conviction at trial.»

Instead, since the vast majority of criminal cases result in plea agreements, what you need most is a lawyer skilled at negotiating such agreements, who can help you decide whether you should accept the prosecutor's deal or take your chances at trial.

On review, the Supreme Court will consider whether ineffective assistance of counsel at the plea bargain stage violates the Sixth Amendment.

But a question that definitely needs to be considered and addressed by Congress and the courts is whether the government should have this enormous prosecutorial power to leverage individuals against each other in order to obtain evidence for a prosecution on the individual who decides not to enter a plea.

He addresses whether ineffective assistance of counsel at the plea stage is sufficiently prejudicial to warrant vacating the sentence imposed.

The cases that must go to trial are often self - evident, whether from the severity of the consequences of a plea, or the facts of the case.In civil litigation, on the other hand, one of the greatest reasons I have found clients, defendants and plaintiffs alike, seek early resolution, is because in many cases, the legal fees are a significant percentage of the stakes of the case.