1. Another element bars prosecutors and employees from helping criminal suspects obtain defense lawyers, unless the suspects are family members. 2. But in a ruling last Thursday, Judge Larry Fidler declined to bar prosecutors from using the procedure. 3. But Wolf is planning more hearings and has barred prosecutors from using some evidence against Flemmi. 4. His lawyers have asked Judge Leonard B. Sand of U.S. District Court in Manhattan to bar prosecutors from using the statements at trial. 5. Loucks said the judge barred prosecutors from introducing evidence about patient deaths. 6. Symington had asked the judge to drop the charges with prejudice, which would have barred prosecutors from refiling them. 7. Technically, nothing in the law bars a prosecutor from charging an elected official with bribery for taking an official action on behalf of a campaign contributor. 8. The appeals court says such deals violate a law that bars prosecutors from promising anything of value to people in return for their testimony. 9. The deadline passed in January, and Wednesday Hittner ordered Burdine released from prison within five days, although he did not bar prosecutors from re-trying Burdine. 10. They fought to bar prosecutors from using tape recordings of phone calls in which Dwyer offered witnesses money for favorable testimony. |
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