Sentence examples for the prosecution needed from inspiring English sources

In Mr. Alvarez's case, the prosecution needed the officers' testimony to determine whether Mr. Alvarez committed a crime.

The prosecution needed diagrams and flow charts on Wednesday to try to keep the large cast of unsavory characters straight for the jury.

Under that rule, the defense contended, the prosecution needed to prove that Mr. Muhammad had fired the fatal shot at Mr. Meyers.

For a conviction, the prosecution needed to prove that the accuser had shown, by speech or conduct, that she did not freely consent, and that the accused knew or should have known she was not consenting.

In her dissenting opinion, Justice Ginsburg said that in its "expansive new reading" of the ex post facto clause, the majority misconstrued the Texas amendment as changing the amount of evidence the prosecution needed.

But their questions raised the possibility that Mr. Bollier might have been the crucial witness that the prosecution needed, someone to tie together Mr. Megrahi, that bomb and the suitcase.

The prosecution needs to be aggressive.

"You may wonder why the prosecution needs to call 45 witnesses," Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Durham said.

Traditionally, for a murder conviction, the prosecution needs to prove that the principal defendant intended to kill or commit serious injury.

In the recent case of the State Department contractor Stephen Kim, the presiding judge ruled the prosecution "need not show that the information he allegedly leaked could damage US national security or benefit a foreign power, even potentially".

To win on the hate crime charges, the prosecution needs to show that Ravi's actions were because of Clementi's sexual orientation.