finding of guilt

While a discharge does not result in a criminal conviction, there is a finding of guilt.

"If he didn't attack the mistaken identification, there was nothing for the jury to do but come back with a finding of guilt."

For some offences, a prior finding of guilt will create a higher minimum sentence.

Nevertheless, the court voted to affirm the jury's finding of guilt.

The court is allowed to take into account prior findings of guilt when determining the appropriate sentence.

The Arizona constitution requires a finding of guilt in any criminal case to be unanimous.

There is no finding of guilt made or conviction registered if a person agrees to a peace bond.

In July 1993, the second instance court upheld the findings of guilt and the penalties imposed.

The question of entrapment is only considered after there has been a finding of guilt.

But if the plea can be supported by a finding of guilt alone, a defendant might escape punishment altogether.

There was no finding of guilt.

These include using administrative orders to freeze assets and impose severe penalties, even before a court finding of guilt.

The word is a kind of triggering device, he said, having nothing to do with a formal finding of guilt or innocence.

The 2001 accusation was reported to the Assembly but not to the police, and it was dropped without any finding of guilt or innocence.

The New York Times recently announced that "so far," there is "almost nothing to back the original findings of guilt."

Durno's decision stated that "there has been no finding of guilt or conviction" simply because of the plea.

A successful expungement will not erase the criminal record, but rather the finding of guilt will be changed to a dismissal.

(Unlike a full pardon, a commutation affects the punishment but not the finding of guilt.)

But Mr. Fusco complained that the board members had been suspended prematurely, without any finding of guilt.

And, when it is over, legal experts predict, there will not even be a finding of guilt, at least in the traditional sense of a jury trial.

"Would my lord of Helas care to plea or accept the king's finding of guilt of high treason?"

Then he disposed of her body, imagining that without a body, there could be no prosecution, no finding of guilt.

Findings of guilt on departmental trials can result in penalties ranging from forfeiting pay to expulsion from the force.

It was not until 1936 that any court sustained a plea of autrefois convict on the basis of a finding of guilt alone.

In that decision, the court held that the convictions were "inconsistent" because of the differing mental states required for a finding of guilt on the various charges.