How to Use public defender in a Sentence

public defender

noun

• The lawyer, a public defender, said the teen had not slept well the night before.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2024
• He has been assigned a public defender, who was not named in court records.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
• Dan agrees to return, but this time as a public defender.
  — Joshua Alston, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
• Akopyan slapped her across the face, said Palomares, who is now 29 and a public defender in Colorado.
  — Molly Hensley-Clancy, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• Blankenship’s public defender has yet to respond to a phone call and email from The Enquirer.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2024
• Alan Schott had the right to challenge the state’s neglect case in court and was given a public defender to represent him.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2022
• Newsweek reached out via email to Routh's lead public defender on Tuesday for comment.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
• Jackson will be the first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
• None of her achievements, from her Harvard degrees to her time as a federal public defender and a judge, is news to them.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2022
• Jackson shares the Ivy League background of most justices, but will be the first former federal public defender to join the high court.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022
• His public defender did not return a call or email late Wednesday.
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
• Blair was hired by the Orange County public defender's office in 2017.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
• His public defender has yet to respond to a phone call from The Enquirer seeking comment.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2024
• Jacque Wilson, a San Francisco public defender for the last 20 years, took on his brother’s case.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• The judge delayed the case after assistant public defender Melisa McNeill failed to show up for court.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 May 2022
• In his run-ins with the law, that has meant using a public defender or representing himself.
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
• The office of the alternate public defender did not respond to a request for comment.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
• The stint as a public defender gave Judge Mehta a wealth of courtroom experience — good training for a future judge.
  — Steve Lohr, New York Times, 2 May 2024
• An email seeking comment from him was sent to his federal public defender, and a voicemail was left.
  — Mark Pratt, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023
• Court records show he has been appointed a public defender.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
• The public defender has not commented publicly on specifics of the charges against Henderson.
  — Adrian Sainz, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022
• Dawn Butorac, the county’s chief public defender, declined to comment on Juares’s case.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• The sitcom brings back John Larroquette three decades later as a public defender.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 15 Jan. 2023
• In an order Monday, McAfee agreed to appoint a public defender to represent Floyd for the time being.
  — Chris Joyner, ajc, 28 Aug. 2023
• Although prosecutors filed hate crime charges, Shirley was alarmed to learn a judge dismissed the case in 2022 because of a public defender shortage.
  — Agreen, oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2023
• He will be represented by a public defender, but one has not yet been assigned.
  — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2022
• His public defender in those cases could not be reached Tuesday for comment.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
• Seefried's public defenders did not respond to CBS News' request for comment.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2023
• The former public defender was ousted after less than three years in office.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
• Last week, two assistant public defenders who represent Routh asserted in a motion that several factors prompted them to seek the removal of Cannon.
  — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024