Sentence examples for given prosecution from inspiring English sources

A judge has given prosecution lawyers 28 days to come up with a different charge in the case against former Essex cricketer Mervyn Westfield.

Due process is also the catchall vehicle for the enforcement of fundamental fairness, even if the infirmities of a given prosecution do not neatly sound in another enumerated provision.

He said no one disputes the idea that juries have the practical power to nullify laws in given prosecutions, because their deliberations are secret and unreviewable.

To speed the trial, the presiding judge, Lord Ranald Sutherland, adjourned early to give prosecution and defense lawyers a chance to agree which testimony on uncontested material could be skipped.

Her interventions may have been rare - but each has revealed a meticulous attention to detail and fairness, and obvious desire to give prosecution and defence an exhaustive opportunity to present their cases.

At the hearing, which took place at the Geelong Supreme Court, Justice Betty King gave prosecution and defence lawyers 24 hours to view the series and return to court the following day to decide whether it had the potential to affect the forthcoming trial.

But Ms. Wilson said that Mr. Mock was wrong about the law, that such testimony would not have given the prosecution that opening.

Given the prosecution team that has been assembled for the Enron investigation, lawyers involved in the case said, anyone's defense strategy should quickly contemplate what other potential defendants will do.

No trials have been scheduled, and none of the men have had charges dismissed, although two were given "suspended prosecution" in which their records may be expunged after a year.

Fewer 'Gotchas' in Court In Massachusetts, judges in criminal trials can now compel defense lawyers to give the prosecution evidence they plan to use to cross-examine prosecution witnesses.

16 Forced Evidence Disclosure A ruling in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said that judges in criminal trials can compel defense lawyers to give the prosecution evidence they plan to use to cross-examine prosecution witnesses.