The phrase "asserted a conviction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone is expressing a strong belief or opinion about something, often in a formal or legal context.
Example: "During the trial, the defendant asserted a conviction that he was innocent of all charges."
Alternatives: "declared a belief" or "maintained a stance".
He believes that an "actual-innocence claim" asserted by a "dead man walking" should be treated no differently from any other claim that asserts a conviction was wrongfully obtained because of, for example, a minor procedural error.
But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice is we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union.
But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice if we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union.
But I have asserted a firm conviction a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice if we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union.
He appeared to assert that a conviction of McDonnell would criminalize normal interactions between citizens and government officials.
Many asserted an academic benefit. .
He refused to defend Nutt, and asserted his conviction that ecstasy was as harmful as heroin and crack cocaine.
In this sense, to assert a state of affairs is to mean it with the concomitant conviction that it subsists.
His animal vitrines asserted with real conviction that you can make art with anything and be a genius because of ideas, not skill.
In these cases, one often sees Voltaire defending less a carefully reasoned position on a complex philosophical problem than adopting a political position designed to assert his conviction that liberty of speech, no matter what the topic, is sacred and cannot be violated.
