How to Use empanel in a Sentence

empanel

verb
  • Kaplan would then have to empanel a new jury to restart the case.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • In 2022, a special purpose grand jury was empaneled in the case.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 17 July 2023
  • Bryant tried to empanel a jury last fall, but gave up in November.
    Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 May 2021
  • And the only good news about that is that her decisions can’t kill off this case until after a jury is empaneled and then jeopardy has attached.
    ABC News, 18 June 2023
  • Each of our 58 counties empanels a jury of ordinary citizens to serve for one year under the auspices of the state Superior Court.
    Peter Magnani, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Florida has empaneled only 22 statewide grand juries in over 40 years.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2024
  • That’s the claim in an indictment issued late Tuesday by a federal grand jury empaneled by special counsel Jack Smith.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Attorneys look to empanel a group of 64 people before each side begins their strikes, whittling the pool to 12 jurors and four alternates ahead of opening arguments.
    Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Prominent Boise defense attorney Edwina Elcox said in January that it could be announced at any moment once a grand jury had been empaneled behind closed doors and convinced that the charges should stand.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 May 2023
  • Sandy's attorneys confirm a grand jury was empaneled and has issued subpoenas.
    Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • For example, prosecutors would not be able to appeal if Cannon decided to throw the case out after the jury is empaneled, Mariotti says.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 13 June 2023
  • The new state’s attorney general empaneled a special grand jury to investigate the assaults.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • As one of his first actions in office, Youngkin authorized an investigation, and Miyares empaneled the special grand jury that indicted Byard.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • Gwynn has also empaneled a special grand jury in April to continue to investigate any security lapses that contributed to the shooting.
    Jim Morrison and Justin Jouvenal, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
  • The final examination of prospective jurors to empanel a jury will not occur until November 29, Nathan said.
    Sonia Moghe, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021
  • In spite of the hi-tech logistics, there is no guarantee that prospective jurors - after suffering through months of warnings against congregating indoors - will respond to summonses in sufficient numbers to to empanel a jury.
    Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 May 2021
  • And on the day that a clearly frustrated judge had scheduled yet another hearing in another effort to empanel reluctant jurors, the courthouse was closed just as it was gaveled into session because a court security officer tested positive.
    Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 23 Nov. 2020
  • And when a commission Trump empaneled early in his presidency issued a special report including 53 recommendations on how to address the opioid crisis, increasing access to high-quality addiction treatment played a central role.
    Lev Facher, STAT, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Once cases subside and the nation begins to recover, the Biden administration and Congress should empanel a national commission to capture, institutionalize, invest in, and accelerate continued adoption of these innovations.
    Kristine Martin Anderson, STAT, 23 Feb. 2021

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