The phrase "a conviction based on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the foundation or reasoning behind a belief, judgment, or legal decision.
Example: "The jury reached a conviction based on the overwhelming evidence presented during the trial."
Alternatives: "a belief founded on" or "a judgment derived from".
God help the prosecutor trying to get a conviction based on one word against another.
A conviction based on inadequate evidence would have helped no one, not even Damilola's parents.
It is not pessimism but a conviction based on facts".
The appeals court, Mr. Small said, would be presented with a conviction based on "lies and gossip".
642, 656, 24 L.Ed.2d 610 ("[A] conviction resting on [an unconstitutional] presumption cannot be deemed a conviction based on sufficient evidence").
LAST week, a Michigan court overturned a conviction based on a little-known law against cursing that, clearly, dated from a far different era.
and "Scenes of a Crime" by Grover Babcock and Blue Hadaegh, about an attempt to reopen a murder conviction based on a disputed confession, are included in the festival's 10-film Viewfinders competition.
In a 1986 decision, the justices approved a murder conviction based on a confession, even though the police did not tell the suspect that his sister had arranged for a lawyer.
Thus, police failure to arraign an arrestee in a reasonably prompt manner will not automatically negate a federal conviction based on a confession.
Last April, Mr. Hu was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on a subversion conviction, based on his critical essays about the Communist Party's rule.
For a while "Conviction," based on the true story of a New England woman's long struggle to win freedom for her imprisoned brother, feels as if it just might escape the stifling conventions of the crusader-for-justice melodrama.
