Sentence examples for defendant force from inspiring English sources

Nutter and his crew wreck PCs, burrow through software code and tear layers off microchips, rooting through the rubble for evidence of stolen designs or anything that might strengthen a plaintiff's case or help a defendant force an acquittal or a lower settlement.

Another alleged victim had a flashback to the defendant forcing a tablet into her mouth.

A defendant, forced to choose between a thirty-year sentence if convicted of using a gun in a crime and pleading to a lesser drug offense, is bound to cop to the latter.

Lengthy testimony by eyewitnesses to the shooting and family and friends of the defendant forced the judge Wednesday evening to postpone a decision until the next hearing set for Friday.

A constitutional objection, raised by the lawyer for one of Mr Chirac's co-defendants, forced the judge to adjourn the long-awaited trial until at least June.

Every seat in the courtroom was filled with the families of the defendants, forcing some to stand for the more than two-hour arraignment.

The principle of fair justice is being undermined by the growing number of criminal defendants forced to represent themselves in court, magistrates from across the country warn in a survey to be released today.

"Following the nonpayment, defendants engaged in a series of sham settlements and deceptive maneuvers designed to force the gallery into spending tremendous capital to cover shortfalls, to cloud the title of artworks defendants forced the gallery into accepting as barter," the suit charges.

"Throughout the years... the defendants forced the victim to labor in their home for long hours without pay," the Justice Department said in an April 26 press release.

The Supreme Court's answer in Batson was to allow a defendant to force the prosecution to explain a strike if it seems to be racially motivated.

Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14 (1967), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court decided that the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution (guaranteeing the right of a criminal defendant to force the attendance of witnesses for their side) is applicable in state courts as well as federal courts.