Sentence examples for which defendant from inspiring English sources

The evidence does not make clear which defendant may have inflicted the fatal injury.

"The act of which defendant is accused," the court said, "does not constitute a crime".

The Sheriff has offices in the Hall of Records Cases he tries are largely those of imcompetency and damage assessment in which defendant does not appear.

Prosecutors have offered contradictory theories about which defendant stabbed someone with a knife, or chopped a woman's skull with a hatchet, or held a man's head underwater.

"Defendant caused the animal to growl and lunge at the officers while being restrained only by a leash, which defendant held and could release at any time," the court said.

But in the courtroom, it was obvious that the process hadn't been smooth: In several cases, arresting officers could not confirm which items belonged to which defendant.

He gets to decide which defendants to sue".

Judges, not prosecutors, must be allowed to determine which defendants are eligible for alternatives to incarceration.

It would also prohibit plaintiffs from bringing lawsuits in state courts, which defendants often believe are more sympathetic to victims.

The marshals concluded that the courthouse on Foley Square was by far the safest option; it has underground tunnels through which defendants can be transported from the adjacent Metropolitan Correctional Center.

Judge Lippman also called for legislation that would essentially raise the age at which defendants in nonviolent cases are considered adults, to 18 from 16.