The phrase "pass sentence on" is not correct or usable in written English.
If you want to use the verb "sentence," you would generally use the phrase "pass sentence" or "hand down a sentence." For example, "The judge passed sentence on the defendant, sentencing them to one year in prison."
A small courtyard reached via a low alley, it's dominated by a smart Georgian townhouse, which between 1720 and 1806 hosted Britain's most senior judges before they set out to York Castle to pass sentence on serious criminal cases – including one Judge William Chapple, who in 1739 convicted the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin for horse-stealing.
"It is not my job to make the laws or pass sentence on players.
He recently announced, along with Judge Whitman Knapp, that he would refuse to pass sentence on minor drug offenders.
The judge said that despite the prosecution case that the amounts stolen were part of a larger theft, he could only pass sentence on counts on which Nadir had been convicted.
He is not obliged to pass sentence on anyone and his conclusions on the events leading to Kelly's death may point the finger of blame at someone, at everyone involved, or indeed at no one in particular.
The best of them is a scene in which, after Abel's conviction, Donovan departs from legal ethics — and maybe even from the law — in paying a visit to the judge in the case, Mortimer Byers (Dakin Matthews), who is soon to pass sentence on Abel.
After the judge passes sentence on September 9th, they will appeal.
We sit in the Gods passing sentence on the criminal fraternity".
Who passed sentence on the dolphin or the orca, the primate or the elephant?
The Football Association on Tuesday passed sentence on Luis Suárez, a Uruguayan forward playing for Liverpool who stands accused of having insulted Manchester United's French defender, Patrice Evra.
Passing sentence on the county council today, Mr Justice MacDuff was critical of aspects of the Crown's case against the three incident commanders.
