Sentence examples for support conviction from inspiring English sources

But once Mr. Johnson concluded (as he could have) that the facts could support conviction, he was free to weigh other interests in deciding whether to indict -- like the public benefit of airing the facts in open court.

The Justice Department also has until Monday to appeal the ruling vacating the "material support" conviction of the former Qaeda driver, Salim Hamdan, although there is said to be less interest at the Justice Department in fighting on with that case.

Judge Robert L. Gottsfield of Maricopa County Superior Court ruled that the prosecution's evidence against the shop owner, George Iknadosian, was not sufficient to support conviction and that all of the gun purchases had been legal, even if weapons ended up with the cartels.

This week, a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2-1 decision, affirmed the 2005 "material support" conviction of US-born Hamid Hayat, and it's one of the worst yet most illustrative cases yet (that's US justice: he was convicted 8 years ago, and his appeal is only now decided).

The note offered no hint as to her actual position, but the lawyers said they had to assume she was the only juror holding out for acquittal, and that the rest of the jury, apparently by an 11-to-1 vote, supported conviction.

What Maud has done is to disregard evidence that she has on hand and that she either is or can easily be aware of, and it is this fact that leads us to the intuitively supported conviction that Maud's belief about the President's whereabouts is not justified.

The Supreme Court has invoked that language in recent decisions concerning the importance of the jury's role in determining facts supporting convictions.

Mr. Ghailani's lawyers had argued that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction on one count of conspiracy to destroy government buildings and property; they also argued that the conviction could not be reconciled with Mr. Ghailani's acquittals on so many other counts, which they said "arose out of the exact same conduct and evidence".

A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan, which will review the convictions, may present the Justice Department with a substantial hurdle to show the Libor submissions were sufficient to support a conviction for wire fraud.

"The evidence is totally insufficient to support a conviction".

His administration should take advantage of tools already in place to support that conviction.