Sentence examples for defendant on from inspiring English sources

The tally now reads 69 people charged since October 2009, 63 convictions achieved, five cases pending and one remaining defendant on the run.It has been a stunning streak that largely, though not entirely, rests on the 2009 arrest of Raj Rajaratnam, the head of the once-prominent Galleon Group, who is currently serving a 11-year sentence.

It's like putting a defendant on the stand.

"But there's always the chance the court will release a defendant on bail".

In this case, however, the government did not have either defendant on wiretap.

The jury trial continued, with Schwarz as the only defendant on the sexual-assault charges.

Placing a defendant on the stand is always fraught with risk.

You must try this defendant on the evidence heard in this courtroom, not anything else.

A fourth defendant on the criminal property charge, Valujevs' stepfather, Laimonas Belka, was acquitted.

He had testified to seeing the defendant on the victim's couch that night.

The whole purpose of putting a defendant on the stand is to influence the jury in his favor.

But few lawyers would put a defendant on the witness stand who could be confronted with a prior perjury conviction.