Sentence examples for put forward a defence from inspiring English sources

Because the defendant cannot put forward a defence, there can be no verdict of guilty and the court cannot pass sentence.

He therefore put forward a defence of their instrumentalist interpretation of the quantum theory.

However, the imposition of defence counsel on an unwilling accused in an adversarial system would effectively deprive that accused of putting forward a defence, because in adversarial systems it was the responsibility of the parties to put forward the case and for the court to judge (Prosecutor v. Milošević 4 April 2003, para. 24).

Earlier, Jamie Murray put forward a heartfelt defence of doubles, after he and the Australian John Peers – the Scot's most consistent partner among 43 since 2006 – took Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares to a champion's tie-break in the final, the Austrian and the Brazilian winning 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-6 anter an hour and 37 minutes of superb close-quarter tennis.

Most responses to the green paper were critical - including Guardian News and Media's - though Sir Malcolm Rifkind has put forward an energetic defence of the plans.

The judge, Col Denise Lund, in the end sentenced Manning to a spell in prison closer to the term worked for by his defence lawyers, who had put forward a request for 25 years.

Labor put forward a censure motion as soon as the House of Representatives sat on Wednesday, as pressure mounted on Tony Abbott to dump Johnston from the defence portfolio.

Prosecutors never put forward a case.

And he put forward a reasoned argument for his position.

We also put forward a secure certificateless aggregate signature scheme.

The staff then put forward a written audit report.