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"We have seen one example already of a bribery conviction that was overturned because of McDonnell, and that is a very ominous sign," he continued, referring to former NY State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, whose corruption conviction was overturned this July.

Oakland recovered the ball, but the play was overturned because of the current tuck rule.

In 2003 his conviction for the explosives-shipping was overturned because, wrote the judge, the government had lied.

Though felons were found to have voted illegally, the result was overturned because of fraudulent absentee ballots.

Her ban was overturned because she hadn't been told she could be present when her "B sample" was tested, a breach of drug-testing protocol.

In Other Games Six plays after his 81-yard touchdown run was overturned because he had stepped out of bounds, Chris Johnson took a pitch from Vince Young on fourth-and-goal and scurried 2 yards for the go-ahead score that led the visiting Titans to a 34-27 victoverover the 49ers.

But the convictions were overturned because of an unconstitutional ruling by the trial judge.

Courts have decided that verdicts would be overturned because of Brady rule violations only if the evidence withheld would have altered the verdict or sentence.

The ICC executive board has ruled in Singapore that a referral should not be lost if it is overturned because of a failure of technology.

He recently proposed a new state DNA Review Committee to examine all convictions in New York that were overturned because of new genetic evidence.

Prosecutors have taken the position that the verdict should not be overturned because defense lawyers at the federal trial agreed with Judge Trager's ultimate redesign of the jury.