Sentences with phrase «witness for the prosecution in»

Jona Rechnitz, a witness for the prosecution in the case of Norman Seabrook, leaves court on October 27, 2017.

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.

He is the supposed key witness for the prosecution in that trial as well.

Harendra Singh, a de Blasio donor, is the key witness for the prosecution in the corruption trial of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

Adler is also a critic of the work of Thomas Kane, another person of interest (see prior posts about Kane here and here), as Kane is also involved with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he is a proponent of VAMs as aligned with the Gates Foundation's interests, and he (like Chetty) served as a key witness for the prosecution in the same Vergara v. California trial.

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Of Witness for the Prosecution he said, «Wasn't the old maid housekeeper terrific in that one!»

Mr. Agyepong, was billed to appear in court last Thursday as a prosecution witness for Mr. Afoko, but many who attended the hearing, were disappointed to learn that the former, had declined to attend the proceeding.

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.

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 spokesman declined to say if Howe — who was on the witness stand for the prosecution four days this week in the Percoco trial — will be back as scheduled on Monday in the lower Manhattan courtroom.

On 4 June 2007 the CPS asked the police to undertake further enquiries, [61] following reports that the police were pressing for Tony Blair to be called as a prosecution witness in any trial.

Jonathan Sinnreich, outside counsel for the Town of Oyster Bay, who was a prosecution witness in the trial, sat in the back row on the same side.

A legal practitioner, Kingsley Ekwem, on Tuesday declined to testify as a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and two others facing trial for alleged N2.9 bn fraud.

Marc Agniflio, the lawyer for former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, jumped right in after the lunch break Tuesday, hitting hard at prosecution witness Frederick Mei's credibility — and culpability for accepting cash, trips and other bribes from restaurateur Harendra Singh.

Witnesses for the prosecution repeatedly testified that it was Silver who had the final say on how money from the Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) was spent, and that other agencies reviewed those grants only to make sure the paperwork was in order.

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.

The counsel informed the court that there was no indication that the former NSA would be brought to court for the trial even though the witnesses are in court and that also Mr. Rotimi Jacob (SAN) who was supposed to be the lead prosecution counsel was at the Court of Appeal for a different matter.

Defense attorneys for former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano are attacking the credibility of the prosecution's key witness in his corruption case.

On October 26 when the case was supposed to be heard, prosecution filed four fresh charges and also asked for a secret trial to protect witnesses even though all the names of witnesses had been mentioned in the court processes.

Mr. Abubakar Madaki, a prosecution witness in the on - going trial of former Chairman, DAAR Communications Plc, Mr Raymond Dokpesi, Friday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja that the accused received money for rendering no services.

Nyame, who is standing trial for a 41 - count charge of criminal misappropriation of N1.64 bn state funds, had on January 18, 2017 through his counsel, Charles Edosomwan, SAN, urged the court to «hold that the testimony of prosecution witnesses have been so damaged and can't be relied on», and «the crucial elements are missing in this case».

He said the prosecution was, however, surprised in court on Tuesday when the defence, led by Mr Ahmed Raji (SAN), served him with a counter-motion objecting to the application for protection of witnesses.

a lawyer for Mr. Aiello asked Mr. Howe on Thursday during cross-examination in the federal corruption trial for which Mr. Howe is the prosecution's key witness.

Dan Gitner, attorney for defendant Peter Galbraith Kelly of Competitive Power Ventures, sketched out the contention in his cross-examination of former lobbyist Todd Howe, a prosecution witness whose credibility has been under relentless attack by the defense.

At the resumed hearing of the case on Tuesday, the prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, concluded his examination in chief for the first prosecution witness Idowu Olusegun is a media consultant, under the name and style of Paste Posters Company Ltd..

According to the Court, during the trial, it was made known through a prosecution witness that Seidu apologized to Rev. Padmore for involving him in the crime.

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.

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Mr. Waripamo - Owei Dudafa, on Monday testified against the former aide to ex-President, Jonathan, stating how he changed millions of dollars to naira for the accused.

All three defense attorneys started getting their licks in early on prosecution witnesses Singh, Frederick Mei and Leonard Genova — all of whom have deals in place in exchange for anticipated testimony against Edward and Linda Mangano and Venditto.

Gipson notes the law would give judges the discretion to allow facility dogs for not only child abuse victims, but for any victim or witness of a violent crime or sexual assault, as well any children or adults impaired in any way, on the defense or prosecution side.

Howe is an important witness for both the prosecution and defense in the trial of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The G4S advert says the civilian investigators to be based in Nuneaton, Rugby and Leamington will investigate crime, gather evidence, seize and view evidential material, take statements from victims and witnesses, undertake house - to - house inquiries, prepare files for the Crown Prosecution Services, attend court hearings and give evidence, and identify and trace offenders.

In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious John Maddox Prize for her pursuit of sound science in the face of death threats, lawsuits and personal attacks stemming from her work as an expert witness in prosecutions resting on false memorieIn 2016, she was awarded the prestigious John Maddox Prize for her pursuit of sound science in the face of death threats, lawsuits and personal attacks stemming from her work as an expert witness in prosecutions resting on false memoriein the face of death threats, lawsuits and personal attacks stemming from her work as an expert witness in prosecutions resting on false memoriein prosecutions resting on false memories.

The hearing also included some true scientific debate when Lalliana Mualchin, former chief seismologist for the Department of Transportation in California, testified as an expert witness for the prosecution.

Then, in order to secure the foundation for appeal, Hays read into the record the prepared statements of the scientific and other scholarly witnesses, and concluded by placing in evidence three versions of the Bible that differed from one another and from the King James version submitted by the Prosecution.

Fourteen years after portraying Charles Laughton's overprotective mother in This Land Is Mine (1943), Una O'Connor once more appeared opposite Laughton in 1957's Witness for the Prosecution, playing a hard - of - hearing housekeeper; it was her last screen performance.

The portly, leprechaunish O'Malley essayed on - camera character parts in films like Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Mary Poppins (1965).

Ignoring the picture's preposterous premise that an expert witness for the prosecution would ever exhibit such sensitivity towards a defendant in a criminal case, the film nonetheless works because of the way in which two females manage to mind - meld and make peace on a middle ground.

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.

(The press materials understandably keep mum about Basic Instinct but are not at all reluctant to describe the murder trial as «reminiscent of the romantic intrigue contained in such courtroom movie classics from the late 1950s as Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution and Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder,» politely admitting that Body of Evidence dutifully — if pointlessly — rips off both these very entertaining movies.)

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.

In this period, he tackled an Oscar - winning drama about alcoholism (The Lost Weekend), two well - regarded film noirs (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard), a war drama (Stalag 17), two light - hearted rom - coms (Sabrina, Seven Year Itch) a gripping murder - mystery (Witness for the Prosecution) and perhaps the funniest American movie of all time (Some Like It Hot).

Barton Fink, however — along with their later, and in meaningful ways related, film A Serious Man — seems almost to have been offered up as a witness for the prosecution.

Brilliant performances by the entire cast highlight this impeccably directed and impressively mounted epic, with outstanding performances by Ustinov (Logan's Run, Lorenzo's Oil) and Laughton (Jamaica Inn, Witness for the Prosecution) in particular.

«Witness for the Prosecution» (1957, Billy Wilder) From the famous Agatha Christie short story, Billy Wilder expertly fashions one of the screen's trickiest trial - drama / murder mysteries — with Charles Laughton as the wily, wheelchair - bound barrister, his real - life wife Elsa Lanchester as his long - suffering nurse, and Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich as the incendiary couple caught up in a legendary triple - reverse surprise ending.

Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution casts the great scenery - chomper Charles Laughton in Agatha Christie's courtroom play, based on one of her short stories.

Dr. Melinda Merck, forensic veterinarian for the ASPCA and expert in animal cruelty cases, was the next witness and testified for the prosecution.

The US Attorney requested a stay in the case because of concerns for the integrity of «a pending criminal prosecution that has substantial overlap with the witnesses and conduct at issue in the Civil Cases».

Counsel argued that in the light of the fact that Vander Wier had violently assaulted T, it would be inappropriate for the officer to be present in the courtroom and to have contact with witnesses who might feel under pressure to cooperate with the prosecution.

Consequently, for a judge not to allow defense voir dire / cross examination questioning of a prosecution witness before a damning exhibit is allowed into evidence, presents not only a Due Process issue but also a possible perception of pro-prosecutorial bias of the judge, whether or not that bias exists, at least in the eyes of laypeople watching the trial, when a critical element of a sufficiently functioning judicial system is for the public to perceive judges as following their oaths of office.