Some jurisdictions hold this as an absolute right, and in its absence, a sentence may potentially be overturned, with the result that a new sentencing hearing must be held.

" Around four days later, an army of well-trained Georgian troops arrived to the town after hearing of Gurgīn's death but Mirwais and his Afghan forces successfully held off the town.

In some states, after a further set period or at the request of the person or their representative, a tribunal hearing is held to determine whether the person should continue to be detained.

In February 1991, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld Bakker's conviction on the fraud and conspiracy charges, but voided Bakker's 45-year sentence, as well as the $ 500, 000 fine, and ordered that a new sentencing hearing be held.

On November 16, 1992, a sentence reduction hearing was held and Bakker's sentence was reduced to eight years.

In its judgment, the U. S. Supreme Court held that it lacked jurisdiction with respect to Germany's complaint against Arizona due to the eleventh amendment of the U. S. constitution, which prohibits federal courts from hearing lawsuits of foreign states against a U. S. state.

* A hearing is held to decide whether to extradite Worf to the Klingons in the DS9 episode " Rules of Engagement "

The Taney Court ( 1836 – 1864 ) made several important rulings, such as Sheldon v. Sill, which held that while Congress may not limit the subjects the Supreme Court may hear, it may limit the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts to prevent them from hearing cases dealing with certain subjects.

At a council held in the Lateran, he could get no hearing, and a formula representing what seemed to him the most carnal view of the sacrament was offered for his acceptance.

In 1977, during a hearing held by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to look further into MKUltra, Admiral Stansfield Turner, then Director of Central Intelligence, revealed that the CIA had found a set of records, consisting of about 20, 000 pages, that had survived the 1973 destruction orders because they had been stored at a records center not usually used for such documents.

After supporting Senator Eugene McCarthy's losing bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Fromm more or less retreated from the American political scene, although he did write a paper in 1974 entitled Remarks on the Policy of Détente for a hearing held by the U. S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

On September 25, 2007, the U. S. Congress held a hearing on hip hop music entitled From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images.

A hearing was held over the time discrepancy, where a video replay proved Secretariat reached the wire before Canonero II, the then-current record holder.

Much of what is known of the event is based on a month-long preliminary hearing held afterward, generally known as the " Spicer Hearings.

Virgil went to find Judge Wallace so the court hearing could be held.

A Congressional hearing on improprieties at ImClone, held in October 2002, unveiled a culture of corruption dating back to 1986.

In October 2005, a similar hearing was held against two doctors who worked at Tameside General Hospital in 1994, who failed to detect that Shipman had deliberately administered a " grossly excessive " dose of morphine.

Upon hearing this news, Chard, Bromhead, and another of the station's officers, Acting Assistant Commissary James Dalton ( of the Commissariat and Transport Department ), held a quick meeting to decide the best course of action-whether to attempt a retreat to Helpmekaar or to defend their current position.

A hearing on that was held on January 20, 1993.

After his morning show on NBC got cancelled in October 1980 after only 18 weeks on the air, David Letterman was still held in sufficient regard by the network brass ( especially NBC president Fred Silverman ) that upon hearing the 33-year-old comedian is being courted by a syndication company, NBC gave him a $ 20, 000 per week deal to sit out a year and guest-host a few times on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.

The defendants requested that no hearing be held before June 2012.

A second hearing was held on April 7, 2006 in Harrisburg and a third and final hearing occurred on May 17, 2006 at Gettysburg College.

On June 9th, 2011 Judge Wheless held a hearing on The State of Texas ' Motion for Summary Judgement.

Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Virilis being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek goddess name Aphrodite ( Aphros ), or from the Etruscan name Apru.

* Japanese school calendar also starts from April 1, although Nyugakushiki ( entry ceremony for schools ) are usually held later, around second week of April.

During the ensuing fight, the defenders of Constantinople held out against the crusader counterattack of 9 April.

The first Arbor Day was held on April 10, 1872 and an estimated one million trees were planted that day.

* Cold Food Festival, held on April 4 if it is a Leap Year ( China ); and its related observances:

However, a special event to mark the signing is held every year on the 6th of April and involves a street procession and short piece of street theatre.

On April 8, 1995, a staged concert was held at Carnegie Hall in New York City as a benefit for the Gay Men's Health Crisis.

The city is home to the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, an annual arts and crafts festival held one weekend during early April, when the native dogwoods are in bloom.

A Beltane Fire Festival has been held every year since 1988 during the night of 30 April on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland and attended by up to 15, 000 people.

The lines between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks hardened in April 1905 when the Bolsheviks held a Bolsheviks-only meeting in London, which they called the Third Party Congress.

As the Russian Revolution of 1905 progressed, Bolsheviks, Mensheviks and smaller non-Russian social democratic parties operating within the Russian Empire attempted to reunify at the Fourth ( Unification ) Congress of the RSDLP held at Folkets hus, Norra Bantorget in Stockholm, April 1906.

On 22 April and 7 May 1990, the first free multi-party elections were held in Croatia.

One particularly humorous example of such promotional efforts is the Great Comic Strip Switcheroonie, held in 1997 on April Fool's Day, an event in which dozens of prominent artists took over each other's strips.

Colonel Azali Assoumani seized power in a bloodless coup in April 1999, overthrowing Interim President Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, who himself had held the office since the death of democratically elected President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim in November, 1998.

In April 2004 legislative elections were held, completing the implementation of the new constitution.

The 5th Congress ( held in April – May 1927 as the KMT was cracking down on communists ) comprised 80 voting delegates representing 57, 968 members.

Two supplementary meetings were also held during this period: a Commonwealth Statesmen's meeting to discuss peace terms in April 1945, and a Commonwealth Economic Conference in 1952.

Elections to the new Congress of People's Deputies were held throughout the USSR in March and April 1989.

That council was called by John XXIII and was held from 16 November 1414 to 22 April 1418 in Constance, Germany.

In early April, 1961, a meeting with delegates from ten congregations was held in Montreal.

Reportedly, at the special board meeting held on April 15, the directors were unanimous in dismissing Pfeiffer.

Polo matches are held between April and October at Gershan near Arzachena.

Talks between Kabila and the rebel leaders, held in Sun City, lasted a full six weeks, beginning in April 2002.

In the presidential election held April 8, 2005 Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected to a second 6-year term at the head of a multi-party coalition that included the FRUD and other major parties.