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In U.S. criminal law, a proffer agreement, proffer letter, proffer, or "Queen for a Day" letter is a written agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant or prospective witness that allows the defendant or witness to give the prosecutor information about an alleged crime, while limiting the prosecutor's ability to use that information against him or her.
An Akron Municipal Court judge agreed to a new bond hearing for a 32-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Summit Metro Park in Akron.
In the majority of U.S. jurisdictions, character evidence is inadmissible in civil suits when being used as circumstantial evidence to prove that a person acted in conformity with their character; it is considered to be an unfair basis from which to attempt to prove that an individual behaved in a particular way on a particular occasion. [2]
Sep. 14—A local judge's explanation of the process for determining bail and bonds shows it's pretty tedious and time-consuming. A bail is a set amount of money defendants must pay to the court ...
Judge Scott McAfee scheduled a hearing Thursday to determine bond conditions for Harrison Floyd, the director of Black Voices for Trump, who is charged with five felony counts for his alleged role ...
James Clark McReynolds (February 3, 1862 – August 24, 1946) was an American lawyer and judge from Tennessee who served as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served on the Court from 1914 to his retirement in 1941.
A judge on Monday postponed a hearing to consider whether to reduce the bond for the mother of a 5-year-old boy who fell to his death from the 17th floor of a downtown Kansas City high-rise last fall.
A temporary gag order was issued by a judge on July 14 following the appearance of a letter purportedly written by Roof on an online auction site. [54] Seven groups, including news media outlets, families of the slain victims, and church officials, called for easing some restrictions placed by the gag order, particularly 9-1-1 calls. [ 55 ]