Sentence examples for defendant what from inspiring English sources

You should ask the defendant what the document means, and not put your meaning on it.

Gregory, the prosecutor, asked Ashkenazi, "Do you consider Aron to be a traitor for what he is saying against the defendant?" "What means the word 'traitor'?" Ashkenazi asked.

At that point the court is also required to ask the defendant what he wishes to submit and to rule upon its admissibility.

At one point, the prosecutor, Peter McClosky, asked the defendant: "What should a general do who received those orders?" General Krstic replied, "He should refuse the order".

The appeals judges called on the lower court to determine "as to each defendant, what evidence — if any — the government presented against him that was tainted as to him," and whether that was enough to justify throwing out the charges.

In it, the jury forewoman said, "If we find one defendant guilty/not guilty and can't come to a decision on the other defendant, what happens to the count?" All of a sudden, evil spirits were lurking.

He asked defendants: what do you think is best for you?

The defense has argued that the basement was a morass of pipes and that it was not clear to the defendants what had happened to the standpipe.

Judges can order documents or witness identities held back from the discovery process, which normally obliges prosecutors to tell defendants what they know.

The lack of an independent appeals process drew continued criticism today from human rights groups that otherwise commended the administration for providing defendants what they called fair considerations of due process.

Even if prosecutors offer defendants what is known as an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal — a deal in which the charges are eventually dismissed if the person goes a certain period of time without being rearrested — Mr. Stolar said that "a substantial number of people" would decline the deal and "insist on going to trial and establishing their innocence".