In interviews, both judges, who have pledged to follow the standards, denied that they had made improper statements.
The S.E.C. contended that Peter A. Schnall, who was Capital One's chief risk officer at the time, and David A. LaGassa, a lower-level executive, failed to prevent the improper statements.
A Texas man's death sentence for strangling a Houston jogger was overturned today because his lawyer did not object to improper statements by prosecutors.
These included, according to Mr. Clifford, "recent uncon scionable behavior of Frank A. Weil, president of Abacus Fund, Inc., in sending to our stock holders a scurrilous letter re ferring to Royal National Bank, unsubstantiated by facts;" what Mr. Clifford said were "false" statements by Mr. Weil; and "improper" statements by Mr. Weil about Royal's financial condition,.
He accused Jacobs of making improper statements to the attorney general and to the news media.
In August, an appeals court threw out the conviction of Brocade Communications' former CEO, Gregory Reyes, ruling prosecutors made improper statements to the jury.
In response to the articles of his impeachment, Chase argued that all of his actions had been motivated by adherence to precedent, judicial duty to restrain advocates from improper statements of law, and considerations of judicial efficiency.
Consistent with previous Taiwanese study, unspecific COD statements were the most common improper COD statement.
Accordingly, it would be possible to develop a view on which, for example, saying "I know that such-and-such" in cases in which one does not know would be improper qua statement (since saying it doesn't remove the deficit by making it so that one knows), while properly serving the purpose of giving an audience one's assurance.
Of 2520 death certificates analysed, 502 (19.9%) had at least one type of improper COD statement.
