Sentences with phrase «witness for the prosecution testified»

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.

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While the prosecution had more than fifty witnesses testify, Gosnell himself never took the stand during the arguments, and McMahon» did not call either fact or character witnesses for his client.»

Several readers have asked about the deal Leonard Genova, Oyster Bay's former deputy supervisor and town attorney, got for testifying as a prosecution witness after receiving full immunity from prosecution.

Over two days as a prosecution witness, Hoffmann testified that he did not know about the town's potential liability for the loans until he received a telephone call almost three years ago from a Newsday reporter — and then went to town officials to find out what was going on.

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.

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.

Defense lawyers for ex-top Cuomo administration aide Joseph Percoco want the attorney for key prosecution witness Todd Howe kept out of Percoco's corruption trial until his client testifies.

Former lobbyist Todd Howe, a prosecution witness, has testified that Percoco helped run state government when he was a Cuomo campaign manager and helped arrange fundraisers with cloaked donors while he was working for the state.

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.

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.

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

6 (2) A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for giving of contradictory evidence.

In these cases, even if the protection against self - incrimination in section 13 of the Charter applies — which provides that «A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence» — the SKCA held that prior false statements are admissible where the deceit is the substance of the offence, regardless of whether it was «incriminating evidence» or related to «perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence» (Staranchuk SKCA at para 5).

In a novel version of «Perry Mason,» the fictitious (mostly TV) lawyer called the actual perpetrator of the crime to the stand, as a direct witness because she had declined to testify for the prosecution (against Mason's client).

Forensic anthropologists can serve as witnesses in a law court to testify for or against a prosecution.