The phrase "a defendant of" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct phrase is "a defendant in" when referring to someone accused in a legal case.
Example: "The defendant in the trial maintained his innocence throughout the proceedings."
Alternatives: "an accused in" or "a party in the case."
"Whereas if we get a defendant of lesser circumstance, pretty heavy sentences are handed down comparatively".
I don't buy it – a defendant of Simpsonian magnitude doesn't allow for impartiality.
And if, as sometimes occurs, a jury acquits a defendant of murder but convicts him of conspiracy, it is still a victory for the prosecution.
"The risk to a defendant of having liability imposed on several hundred cases was a risk that was more than that defendant wanted to reasonably bear.
The three men were detained on Thursday, the same day on which the tribunal, for the first time, convicted a defendant of genocide.
"The governor's constitutional clemency powers allow him to completely or partially absolve a defendant of the consequences of his crime, and to suspend or commute any sentence imposed by the judiciary," Justice Robert R. Thomas wrote in the opinion.
The common perception of how the bail-bond system operates is fairly straightforward: A bondsman bails a defendant out of jail.
He has testified in several terrorism trials, and spoke on behalf of a defendant accused of bombing the American embassy in Nairobi.
The suit names the BLM as a defendant because of the alleged mishandling of the weapon.
United Airlines, owner of the other two planes, was excluded as a defendant because of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
And the effort has required unpleasant compromises, like allowing a defendant accused of attempted murder to plead guilty to a charge of misdemeanor assault.
