The phrase "a separate prosecution" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to an independent legal action taken against an individual or entity, distinct from other related cases.
Example: "The defendant is facing a separate prosecution for charges unrelated to the initial case."
Alternatives: "an independent prosecution" or "a distinct prosecution".
In a separate prosecution, Mr Simm was ordered to pay 20m Estonian kroons ($1.7m) for the cost of new security systems.
A separate prosecution effort by the British, who were keeping dozens of Ottoman officers locked up in Malta, similarly came to nothing, and eventually the officers were sent home as part of a prisoner-of-war exchange.
In a separate prosecution last month, a hedge fund trader, Mark Lenowitz, became the seventh person to admit guilt in a case against employees at UBS, Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns.
In view of its concession that the defendant can be penalized for willfully and knowingly falsifying information at a pretrial suppression hearing, I cannot understand the Court of Appeals' conclusion that this sanction can only take the form of a separate prosecution for perjury.
The trial in Riverhead of Christopher Slavin could span three weeks and is scheduled to be followed by a separate prosecution against Ryan D. Wagner, who was also charged in the Sept. 17 beating of Magdaleno Escamilla and Israel Perez with a shovel, a crowbar and a knife, officials said.
If violent crimes against them resulted in acquittals before all-white state juries, federal prosecutors could bring a separate prosecution under federal civil rights law.
The Department of Justice is conducting its own investigation, which could lead to a separate federal prosecution.
In a separate tax prosecution, the authorities in California arrested George H. Jesson, left, and his wife, Trina, on tax evasion charges.
In a separate criminal prosecution for mail fraud, House recently was sentenced to eight years in the big house.
There is concern that the information might interfere with the county's separate prosecution of Mr. Loughner or lead to a change of venue out of Tucson.
Mr. Gritz's son is facing separate prosecution.
