Sentence examples for To pretrial from inspiring English sources
noun
A preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial.
- As a result, another pretrial review was to be held on 17 February.
In Iowa, alternatives to pretrial detention saved the state's Southern District $1.7 million in 2009.
There is an urgent need to find noncustodial alternatives to pretrial detention.
Those without a record, besides forfeiting the firearm, are generally directed to pretrial diversion.
But, nationally, fewer than ten per cent of domestic-abuse charges lead to pretrial diversion programs.
"It is similar to a juror who has been exposed to pretrial publicity," says Bright.
The government's coercive confinement of Dr. Lee amounts to pretrial punishment and should end even if bail is again denied.
They also hashed out a schedule to file legal documents and to hold pretrial hearings to shape what the jury will see and hear during the three-week trial.
The Federal District Court in Seattle, in a ruling affirmed by the Ninth Circuit, has allowed the case to proceed to the pretrial discovery phase.
Two years passed before she made the identification, which happened only after the police took her to a pretrial hearing to observe the man they said had been arrested in the shootings and showed her his picture in a notebook.
The prosecutor, Jamie C. Pukl, an assistant district attorney, wanted to reopen pretrial hearings to present additional evidence that she said would show the inherent dangers involved in requiring the officers to state their true names in court.
He said the Justice Department was adding lawyers to the litigation team and would seek $44 million to finance pretrial activities expected to take place next year.
