Sentence examples for defendants down from inspiring English sources

"I have just about stripped the defendants down to the bares of due process," Judge Sauls told Mr. Gore's lawyers on Tuesday, explaining why he could not agree to begin counting ballots without hearing arguments on both sides, and giving the defendants a chance to write and submit legal briefs.

Normally the defendants back down and try to get out with as little loss as they can, but it's great to see someone standing up to these big jerks.

The city claims that the defendants "cut down one or more trees and destroyed vegetation".

When Mr. Souffrant declared Mr. Rodriguez not guilty of murder, the defendant looked down.

At that moment, the defendant crouched down and jumped up and struck Officer Bovell".

A plaintiff files suit, the plaintiff and defendant sit down at the bargaining table, and the suit ends.

Shortly thereafter, "a moment of clarity came into [his] head," and the defendant climbed down from the tree and walked back home.

Shortly thereafter, ''a moment of clarity came into [his] head,'' and the defendant climbed down from the tree and walked back home.

But the defense may gamble that the image of a frightened and disoriented mentally ill defendant breaking down on the witness stand is their best hope.

Sandusky's defence team, led by Joseph Amendola, sought to poke holes in the prosecution case by suggesting that the victims had financial motives for seeing the defendant brought down.

The list of possible defendants was whittled down to thirty.