How to Use common pleas in a Sentence

common pleas

plural noun

• Ke'von Smith, 20, faces a murder charge in common pleas court.
  — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• The case against Murray, who is 20 years old, was boundover to common pleas court.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 31 July 2020
• The justices sent the case back to common pleas court for another trial.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 21 July 2021
• Ohio law requires the state to pay a base salary for most judges, including those on common pleas court judge benches.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 24 Apr. 2020
• Seven of the 29 lawsuits filed in common pleas or federal court are over jail deaths.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 9 May 2021
• In addition, Wigle was indicted on three counts of forgery in May and is set to stand trial in common pleas court on Jan. 21.
  — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 12 Nov. 2019
• After allegations of a common pleas judge drunk on the bench, the state will review his cases.
  — Liz Dufour, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
• The judges contend that Ohio law says that a county’s clerk of courts is under the direction of the common pleas court, and, therefore, Andrews must follow their orders.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 4 May 2022
• Stanton said the idea would work if the prosecutor’s office is willing to re-negotiate bonds and if the common pleas judges come on board.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• Of those delinquent courts, 15 were common pleas courts, which handle the state's most serious offenses.
  — Chrissie Thompson, Cincinnati.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• Only the state legislature can increase or decrease the number of judges assigned to a county common pleas court.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2021
• The suit, filed May 28 in common pleas court, says the officers acted recklessly and with wanton disregard as the chase reached speeds of more than 80 mph while children walked home from school in East Cleveland.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2020
• The county's common pleas judges, who along with the state legislature must approve the creation of a specialized court for housing, rejected the proposal in a 14-2 vote.
  — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2021
• Others were concerned that the housing court would be in common pleas court rather than in municipal court, where a part-time housing docket already exists.
  — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2021
• McDonnell said the county’s common pleas court judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys could have worked to lower bonds for inmates to try to get them out of jail, but Mills could not.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2021
• Both cases began in juvenile court before being transferred to common pleas court.
  — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• Defendants facing felonies would have their cases transferred from municipal court to common pleas court.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• The positive test comes as both municipal court and common pleas court are beginning jury trials Monday.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 9 July 2020
• Hanwell shared that there are not many other projects like this in the state, as such an effort requires that a city council, municipal and common pleas court judges, city administrators and county commissioners all agree to the project.
  — Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2020
• That's according to John Russo, administrative judge for the common pleas court and leader of an ongoing pretrial justice review in the county.
  — Staff, cleveland.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• But the courthouse, home to 29 municipal and common pleas judges, is considered an essential government service.
  — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 11 Mar. 2020
• The jail, common pleas courthouse, prosecutor’s office, and other justice services are all currently housed in the downtown Justice Center on Lakeside Avenue.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 19 July 2021
• Jury trials in Hamilton County's common pleas court and municipal court can resume beginning Aug. 3, after more than four months without any because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 29 July 2020
• The return-to-the-office order does not apply to employees in the independent prosecutor’s office or common pleas court, but does apply to workers in departments related to health and human services, public works and the fiscal office, among others.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2021
• Most municipal and common pleas courts have searchable, online information.
  — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• Challenging an arbitrator’s ruling— by filing a lawsuit in common pleas court— is typically an uphill battle.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 19 July 2022
• The county solicited qualifications from potential owner’s representatives in late 2017 to develop plans for the aging Justice Center complex, which includes the jail and common pleas court.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 14 June 2021
• The Pretrial Justice Institute conducted separate interviews with three municipal court judges and three common pleas judges.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Essential functions like plea hearings and sentencings for defendants already in custody have been going forward, although two common pleas courtrooms now have equipment and software to conduct those hearings via videoconferencing.
  — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• Separately, 14 other fraternity members are awaiting trial after some charges against them were previously forwarded to common pleas court for trial after a pair of marathon preliminary hearings before a different judge in the same courthouse.
  — Washington Post, 2 May 2018

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