Sentence examples for base their defense on from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bonds's lawyers are trying to base their defense on Mr. Novitzky and his methods.

The question of Mr. Kaczynski's competence arose on Thursday after he sought to represent himself and dismiss his lawyers, who wanted to base their defense on the assertion that he was mentally ill, a contention which he denies.

Even though Zimmerman's attorneys did not base their defense on Florida's "stand your ground" law, the judge's instructions to the jury had to take that into account.

Tax deniers often make the government's case rather easy, as many base their defenses on the legally unsound arguments that got them in trouble in the first place.

"In over 95percentt of the cases that go to trial against tax defiers," he says, using the term that the Justice Department now prefers for tax deniers, "the government has convicted these folks". Tax deniers often make the government's case rather easy, as many base their defenses on the legally unsound arguments that got them in trouble in the first place.

Sleepwalkers have been acquitted of criminal felony charges by basing their defense on the concept of "noninsane automatism".

Mr. Ríos Montt's lawyers have based their defense on the military's longstanding argument that the massacres were excesses ordered by field commanders.

But today, as a lawyer, he counsels his clients to base their defense not on the rightness of their beliefs but rather on the fact that they are sincere in them.

It was primarily a pass play, but because Gronkowski was one of two tight ends in the huddle before each snap, the Rams had to defend the threat of a rushing attempt by leaving their base defense on the field.

The Angels put only one more runner on base and their defense worsened. .

Harrison had the Steelers' secretaries type up wristbands of play calls and his responsibilities — base defense on one arm, substitution packages on the other — to help him learn the defense.