Sentence examples for competent criminal from inspiring English sources

The most dangerous hacking groups are known as "advanced persistent threats" (APTs): not only nation-states, but highly competent criminal organisations that carry out technically difficult targeted hacks.

Mr. Spader's character, the exceptionally dangerous and competent criminal Raymond Reddington, is rebuilding his empire — although he has shown signs of a conscience as of late.

It is a general rule that, where a person has been committed under the judgment of another court of competent criminal jurisdiction, this court [the King's Bench] cannot review the sentence upon a return to a habeas corpus.

Mr Larkin told the BBC: "More than 15 years have passed since the Belfast Agreement, there have been very few prosecutions, and every competent criminal lawyer will tell you the prospects of conviction diminish, perhaps exponentially, with each passing year, so we are in a position now where I think we have to take stock.

However, he said Skyler's transformation from concerned wife to competent criminal partner felt too sudden.

The case focused upon a borderline-competent criminal defendant who had asked a state trial court to permit him to represent himself and to change his pleas from notguilty to guilty.

And every state bar has ethics rules requiring competent representation for criminal defendants.

That fact has been established by a court psychiatrist, who determined that Ahmed was not competent to face criminal charges.

Furthermore, the Regulation provides that the imposition of financial penalties such as administrative fines may be suspended by decision of the competent authority if criminal proceedings have been initiated against the person concerned in connection with the same facts.

Ms. Smart's father, Ed, who was in the courtroom through much of the testimony this week, said Thursday that he thought Mr. Mitchell was competent to face criminal charges, and that this time would be different.

While a warrant may issue only upon a finding of 'probable cause,' this Court has long held that 'the term 'probable cause' * * * means less than evidence which would justify condemnation,' Locke v. United States, 7 Cranch 339, 348, 3 L.Ed. 364, and that a finding of 'probable cause' may rest upon evidence which is not legally competent in a criminal trial.