Sentence examples for put on a defense from inspiring English sources

In the courtroom, before Judge Scheindlin, the city is attempting to put on a defense.

"I did all I could but I wasn't allowed to put on a defense".

(It didn't help that the companies didn't put on a defense, so sure were they of victory).

"I don't see that the licensee has had an opportunity to put on a defense here," Judge Gould said.

The directive was the latest here to raise questions about whether legal ethics rules allow lawyers to put on a defense for detainees who say explicitly they want to boycott the proceedings.

The case came to trial in front of a politically connected judge who dismissed the case without even requiring that the charged officials put on a defense.

"The decision to not put on a substantive defense is a calculated risk aimed at signaling to the jury that the defense believes that prosecutors do not have a strong case," DealBook's Peter Lattman writes.

The decision to not put on a substantive defense is a calculated risk aimed at signaling to the jury that the defense believes that prosecutors do not have a strong case.

The states were not interested in breaking up Microsoft, even though the antitrust trial was almost over and it was clear that Microsoft had put on a miserable defense in court.

Mr. Willingham was unfortunate in that his lawyers did not believe he was innocent, and did not put on an effective defense.

The man accused of killing three relatives of the Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson did not take the stand, and his lawyers put on a mere 30-minute defense on Tuesday, calling two detectives in a bid to suggest they botched the 2008 investigation.