The phrase "an offense committed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts or discussions about wrongdoing to refer to an act that has violated a law or rule.
Example: "The defendant was found guilty of an offense committed last year."
Alternatives: "a crime committed" or "an infraction committed".
The dissent contends that § 924(c)(1) must be read to impose the enhanced sentence only for an offense committed after a previous sentence has become final.
If an accused is charged with an offense committed while free on bail, if the arrested person requires police protection, or if evidence reasonably establishes that he committed murder or treason, bail may be denied.
At common law, extortion was an offense committed by a public official who took "by colour of his office" 4 money that was not due to him for the performance of his official duties.
Mexico's understanding is that "[t]he extradition treaty governs comprehensively the delivery of all persons for trial in the requesting state 'for an offense committed outside the territory of the requesting Party.' " Brief for United Mexican States as Amicus Curiae, O.T.1991, No. 91-670, p. 6.
For one thing, Pius ruled out a polygenic origin for the human race, signifying that Original Sin, as defined by the Catholic Church, could only be understood in terms of an offense committed by a founding couple, and passed on to all of humanity.
Because participants in a conspiracy can be held responsible for an offense committed by a co-conspirator, the defendants were all charged with breaking the windows of a Bank of America branch, a McDonald's restaurant, a café, and two separate Starbucks stores.
B.C. is the first to suffer from a new N.C.A.A. rule: if an offense commits a penalty with less than a minute remaining in the game, it will suffer a 10-second runoff on the clock.
Mukhtar Mai became a global hero after she was gang-raped in 2002 on the orders of a village council, as punishment for an alleged offense committed by her brother.
The committee had asked for a removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act that gives the armed forces immunity from prosecution and proposed that the senior police or army officer would be held responsible for a sexual offense committed by a junior officer.
Was a sexual offense committed, too?
PARIS — Last month in Britain, a former government minister went to prison for making his wife take penalty points on her driver's license in 2003 for a speeding offense committed by him.
