Sentence examples for trial hinged on from inspiring English sources

The trial of Mr. Weberman, which began on Nov. 26, was a difficult one because there was no physical evidence; the trial hinged on the credibility of Mr. Weberman, who is well connected and powerful in his community, and that of a young woman who had been shunned for being a rebellious teen.

Edelin's trial hinged on two questions: Did he abort a fetus, or murder a child?

The trial hinged on a French law that says the interior of a car is a private space.

The trial hinged on the civil rights question of whether California's voters had a right under the US Constitution to make a moral judgment by discriminating against sexual orientation.

One case, the McMartin Preschool trial, hinged on nine young victims' memories of molestation and ritual abuse — memories that they had supposedly forgotten and then, after being interviewed, recovered.

The prosecution of the senior executives in the yearlong trial hinged on the question of whether the executives had held back reserves to improve the company's financial results in later financial quarters.

None of this is, in fact, new: Oscar Wilde's trials hinged on the courts' understanding of natural love and unnatural vice.

Both trials hinged on the dashboard camera video, which shows Van Dyke shoot McDonald within seconds of getting out of his police SUV and then continue shooting the 17-year-old while he is lying on the street and barely moving.

Perennial controversies surrounding initiation and design of early-phase trials hinge on how this question is resolved.

The trial hinged largely on DNA tests that linked Mr. Gaynor to physical evidence found on or near the bodies of the four women.

The trial hinges on the young man's state of mind when he pulled the trigger.