Sentence examples for formal verdicts from inspiring English sources

During the first hour they had nothing to do but give formal verdicts in two cases where no evidence was forthcoming, to listen to the sentence on a remanded case, and to listen to the evidence in a bigamy case in which the man had pleaded guilty.

It was unclear when a formal verdict or sentence would be announced.

After the prosecution offered no evidence, the judge, the Recorder of London Michael Hyam, recorded a formal verdict of not guilty.

The formal verdict may well not be made public until tomorrow morning, in line with established FIA custom.

A formal verdict will be delivered at a later date, a court official said, recounting details of the closed-door hearing.

"We're living hand to mouth". No formal verdict of suicide has been issued in this case; the police describe the deaths (pending toxicology tests) as "unexplained".

The judge entered a formal verdict of not guilty and ordered that Begg be set free immediately from Belmarsh high security prison.

No formal verdict of suicide has been issued in this case; the police describe the deaths (pending toxicology tests) as "unexplained".

The lack of a settlement was old news by Monday morning; the formal verdict by the judge delivered Monday afternoon contained few surprises, and anyway had been fully digested by yesterday morning.

Slobodan Milosevic, the murderous former Yugoslav leader, played similar games with the war crimes court for four years, only to die of a heart attack before a formal verdict was rendered.

If, on the other hand, the formal verdict matches the shadow one, people wonder whether judge and jury have been unduly swayed.And yet it would be wrong to dismiss scepticism of the legal system as inevitable, a reflection of the general scepticism of institutions engendered by the information glut.