The phrase "defense statement" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts, when a defendant or their lawyer presents a statement to defend their actions or position. Example: In her defense statement, the defendant argued that she was acting in self-defense and had no intent to harm the victim. The court will now consider this statement as evidence in the trial.
It resembles a defense statement in a trial.
He said he would submit a written defense statement to the court by Monday.
The Tories charged that the Govt. sneaked this important defense statement in as part of the budget proceedings & they were enraged.
In his first formal defense statement, Mr. Karadzic said his people's cause was "just and holy" as they fought against Muslim neighbors determined to create an Islamic state.
The only information about why the defense called Colonel Banks and a second witness, Lt. Col. G. John Taylor, was provided by a defense statement.
"The rules of the court specifically say I have to provide my defense statement prior to seeing evidence," he lectured the judge.
The justice, Charles H. Solomon, denied the request for an evaluation, saying he believed that previous exams and defense statements suggested that when Mr. Tarloff was properly medicated, he was competent.
Mr. Fitzgerald also ridiculed defense statements that Mr. El-Hage was treated unfairly, by being taken before the grand jury after he was up for hours on a long flight to New York on his way back from Africa.
The case will commence with a reading out of the indictment and opening defense statements, and they expect for the presiding judge to decide whether to release the defendants on bail by Friday.
Mr. Cosby's wife of more than 50 years, Camille, who had not been in court for the first two weeks of the retrial, joined him for the defense statements on Tuesday.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer and a Department of Defense statement denied that the airfield was operational.
