Sentence examples for affirmed convictions from inspiring English sources

But they also want to hear their religious convictions affirmed — convictions that, as the Dawkins survey suggests, may seem a little dubious during the rest of the week.

More often than not, judges who are confronted with inconsistent prosecutions have affirmed convictions, while, at times, expressing distaste for the tactic.

Furthermore, as the Court demonstrates, see ante, at ----, during the same periotherher American courts affirmed convictions of public officials for extortion based upon corrupt receipt of payment absent any claim of right.

One week later, the Court again unanimously affirmed convictions under the same act with Justice Holmes writing, "we think it necessary to add to what has been said in Schenck v. United States only that the First Amendment while prohibiting legislation against free speech as such cannot have been, and obviously was not, intended to give immunity for every possible use of language.

That's not going to be a problem in the al Fawwaz case that started up today, because the federal courts have repeatedly affirmed convictions based on conspiracy charges, in many cases for al Qaeda assistants alleged to be operating at much lower levels in the organization.

Two opinions discuss the merits of the controversy; the last affirmed conviction upon the earlier ones.

For example, in the following cases the courts have, in affirming convictions, held that the issue of entrapment had been properly submitted to the jury.

The California Court of Appeal affirmed the convictions, 256 Cal.App.2d 209, 64 Cal.Rptr.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentence.

In an opinion by Justice Murphy, the Court reversed the conviction of Glasser (No. 30) and affirmed the convictions of the other two defendants (Nos. 31 and 32).

The Court of Appeals reversed his conviction upon a conspiracy count, one judge dissenting, but affirmed his convictions upon three substantive counts, one judge dissenting.