Sentence examples for about to testify from inspiring English sources

Hammer tracks the killer and finds that Torn was about to testify against the mafia.

But the officer, Herbert Martin, was about to testify in a federal trial stemming from another gun arrest.

Tehelka's editor, Tarun Tejpal, was about to testify and he said the raid was intended as intimidation.

Claude comes equipped with a dazzling set of deadly wiles — but also a regular guy's hangups, which get in the way of his big job, the killing of a woman who is about to testify against a high-level mobster.

"Detective Jones here," came a voice, "how can I help you?" He told me the story - the guy was about to testify in a drug case - but what stays with me is his greeting.

A state judge drastically reduced bail for a robbery suspect yesterday after the authorities were unable to prove that he was involved in the death of a man who was about to testify against him at trial.

In truth, while publicity about the Enron case has exploded in the last eight weeks, Mr. Skilling effectively made the decision about whether to testify many months ago.

Ben Andreozzi, a lawyer for one of the accusers, said his client had been anguished for weeks about having to testify, and was shocked by the development.

He still seethes about being called to testify before Congress in January about the safety of the Chevrolet Volt, which experienced battery fires after government crash tests.

The judge also said repeatedly that Mr. Abebe's pretrial testimony about his decision to testify lacked credibility.

For his part, Mr. Nunez did not want to talk about his choice to testify.