How to Use prosecutor in a Sentence
prosecutor
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The boy went to Deleon’s house just once and slept on the couch, prosecutors said.
— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023 -
The young teen’s friends who were with him that night also used the LSD and were high, the prosecutor said.
— oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2022 -
While Wang was lying on the ground injured, Cruz shot him in the head four times, the prosecutor said.
— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2022 -
Michael said police and prosecutors told him his case was linked to the same group being charged in the two men’s deaths.
— Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2023 -
But the judge ruled those claims were hearsay and barred prosecutors from discussing them.
— Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023 -
The prosecutor agreed to stop pushing for the death penalty and drop the charges in exchange for the admission.
— Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Cuadrado then pulled a knife on the three supervisors and stabbed one of them in the back of the head, according to prosecutors.
— Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023 -
Last week, one of the 19 defendants in the case became the first to accept such an offer from prosecutors.
— Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023 -
He’s dressed in a black mask and robe, holding what the prosecutors suspect was the shotgun used in the double shooting.
— oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023 -
The prosecutor’s office said no deals were made ahead of Monday’s plea.
— Corey Williams and Mike Householder, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2022 -
None of Mizuhara's bets were placed on baseball games, prosecutors say.
— Becky Sullivan, NPR, 4 June 2024 -
In another, prosecutors said that a New York man used locks and glue to prevent the opening of a clinic’s gate.
— Angelo Fichera, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023 -
During that meeting, the 15-year-old suspect had a gun in his backpack, the prosecutor said.
— Holly Yan, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022 -
Wilson grabbed a gun from his brother's hip and chased the group out of the mall, where an exchange of gunfire occurred, prosecutors said.
— The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024 -
Again, the prosecutor wrote, the gang members did nothing.
— Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2023 -
Both the officers on trial had recently been trained on the carotid hold, the prosecutor said.
— Andi Babineau, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023 -
Manhattan prosecutors are set to retry the case in 2025.
— Chloe Melas, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024 -
The day prosecutors say Genco planned to carry out his plan fell on the anniversary of Rodger’s attack.
— Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 29 Feb. 2024 -
The chief also said it was not immediately known if prosecutors plan to charge the boy as an adult.
— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023 -
All but two of the counts in his indictment will be dismissed at his plea and sentencing in April, prosecutors said.
— Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024 -
At the time of the theft, the slippers were insured for $1 million, but prosecutors said the current market value is about $3.5 million.
— Shania Russell and Oliver Gettell, EW.com, 18 May 2023 -
When Wilson did not, prosecutors said Bagshaw fired once, striking Wilson in the face.
— Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 14 July 2023 -
After the court was given a glimpse of some police lapel footage of the Rust scene, the prosecutors demanded a quick chat with the judge, clearly upset.
— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 July 2024 -
The prosecutor and the judge agreed, although the judge noted that the prevalence of tear gas and loud alarms is evidence that the rioters were not welcome.
— Chris Joyner, ajc, 5 Dec. 2022 -
The clerk was unable to do that, prosecutors say, so Harrington removed the cash from the registers.
— Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 2 May 2023 -
Roman is asking for the prosecutors to be disqualified and for the charges against him to be dismissed.
— Holly Bailey and Amy Gardner The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2024 -
Once there, it was revealed that Malam had been stealing from her, according to the prosecutor.
— Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022 -
Five years later, a man the former prosecutor had tried for murder was about to be put to death by lethal injection.
— Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022 -
In total, 10 weights were found inside the walleyes -- eight weighing 12 ounces and two weighing eight ounces, the prosecutor's office said.
— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2022 -
The girl ended up sending Rosenthal naked pictures of herself, prosecutors said.
— Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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