Sentences with phrase «witness in a criminal prosecution»

Represented a commercial airline gate agent as a witness in a criminal prosecution of a passenger

Not exact matches

Although Kulikov's criminal prosecution makes no mention of the German lender by name, investigators did quiz several witnesses in detail about Deutsche Bank and the mirror trades, say lawyers and witnesses in the case.

Judge Pamela K. Chen of the Federal District Court in Brooklyn ordered a postponement of the Republican congress member's criminal trial until Feb. 2 to give his defense team time to examine evidence gathered by the prosecution, including tape recorded conversations with potential witnesses.

But the two otherwise separate cases are linked by a Supreme Court ruling in criminal cases, involving potential prosecution witnesses, the sources said.

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».

A key prosecution witness in a federal corruption case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified Wednesday to his own yearslong criminal résumé that included fraud, embezzlement and lawsuits involving friends, family, his lawyers, a gym, a tutor and even a dog walker.

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.

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».

In the absence of any successful criminal prosecution following a road death then the coroner is likely to hold an inquest where witnesses will attend to give evidence to assist the coroner to determine the cause of death.

I work in the criminal and civil arenas (holding the CUBS Cardiff University Expert Witness Certificate in both) and have a roughly 50/50 split of claimant prosecution / defence cases.

The attorney general may give an undertaking not to use evidence given in the course of the inquiry in any subsequent criminal prosecutions against the witnesses.

If the prosecution can prove that your witness intimidation was linked to gang activity you could be sentenced to 7 years to life in prison under the California criminal street gang enhancement.

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You'll be in a situation where you're trussed into a process — there used to be a sense that if you went on the witness stand and you took an oath then you would tell the truth because the sanctions for not telling the truth were very great, people were worries about perjury and contempt of court — and in fact the family courts can make a reference to the criminal courts for prosecution for perjury but they just don't do it.

«The Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause provides that in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to be confronted with the witnesses against him.

In all criminal prosecutions, every person charged with crime has the right to be informed of the accusation and to confront the accusers and witnesses with other testimony, and to have counsel for defense, and not be compelled to give self - incriminating evidence, or to pay costs, jail fees, or necessary witness fees of the defense, unless found guilty.

Justice Ehrcke noted that they would have to testify as witnesses regardless, and there are many criminal prosecutions in the province which could raise the constitutional challenges as a right.

«In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right... to be confronted with the witnesses against him».

Moreover in relation to the remaining four units of the 11 Mark 19 TPU's, the prosecution witness could only at best say that «it is possible that the same person was involved in the construction of all the NI units» — again hardly a ringing endorsement that the demanding standard of proof expected in a criminal case had been achieved.

The terms of the direction were: «The defence provide details within 14 days to the prosecution of their witnesses to enable the prosecution to consider any issues in relation to making applications to admit bad character information under the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.»

They may not want to expose themselves to potential harm, danger, or be identifiable, [or] they may not want to get involved in a criminal prosecution as a witness.»

One firm of solicitors has already released a statement that they have been instructed to investigate the potential for a civil claim by one of the lead prosecution witnesses in the criminal trial.

Dutton has served as an expert witness in criminal trials involving family violence, including his work for the prosecution in the O.J. Simpson trial.

Witnesses may ask for and be given the protection of either or both of the federal or provincial Evidence Act, which means that the evidence can not be used against those witnesses in subsequent criminal or civil cases except in situations where it could be shown that the evidence given at the hearing was inconsistent with the evidence given in the subsequent case, in which case the original evidence could be used in a prosecution forWitnesses may ask for and be given the protection of either or both of the federal or provincial Evidence Act, which means that the evidence can not be used against those witnesses in subsequent criminal or civil cases except in situations where it could be shown that the evidence given at the hearing was inconsistent with the evidence given in the subsequent case, in which case the original evidence could be used in a prosecution forwitnesses in subsequent criminal or civil cases except in situations where it could be shown that the evidence given at the hearing was inconsistent with the evidence given in the subsequent case, in which case the original evidence could be used in a prosecution for perjury.