Without regard to the question whether at the time he entered into such a relation it was a prohibited and punishable offense, or whether by reason of lapse of time since its commission a prosecution for it may not be barred, if he still maintains the relation he is a bigamist or polygamist, because that is the status which the fixed habit and practice of his living has established.
If you cannot do so, whether by reason of conscience or physical limitation, you are permitted to refrain from taking the job.
Judge Thokozile Masipa said they would "inquire into whether the accused by reason of mental illness or mental defect was at the time of the commission of the offence criminally responsible for the offence as charged".
The ITC is tasked with determining whether material injury or the threat of material injury exists and, if so, whether that injury is by reason of LTFV or subsidized imports.
Mr. Justice BRENNAN and Mr. Justice MARSHALL do not join footnote 2. Accordingly, I do not reach the question whether jurisdiction may also exist by reason of § 1343(4), or the Supremacy Clause argument.
The problems with the plea surfaced more clearly when Judge Sand asked whether Mr. El-Hage was acting "by reason of any fear, force, pressure, anything of that nature?" Mr. El-Hage replied, "Well, there are reasons that are forcing me to plead guilty".
Section 6.4 of Goldman's bylaws "provide that it shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person … is or was a director or officer of the corporation".
For the defense team, that means there are very specific things to prove as the jury decides whether Chism is or is not guilty by reason of insanity.
Still, Moseley had confessed to the murder; the trial was about whether he should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
In Mr. Goldstein's first trial, the jury deadlocked over whether he should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Jurors had indicated in questions posed to the judge that they were hopelessly deadlocked over whether the defendant, Naveed Haq, was not guilty by reason of insanity as he claims.
