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Recent Examples of trial lawyer
Crumbley’s team claims that if the defense knew about the agreement, her trial lawyer could have questioned the two school employees in cross-examination.
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
The two alleged accomplices presented alibis that clemency lawyers for Nelson have argued were not fully contested by Nelson's trial lawyers.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump’s trial lawyers urged Judge Juan Merchan to delay his sentencing until after the November election.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Bowman’s lawyers asked the state Supreme Court to delay his execution to allow a hearing on his last-ditch appeal arguing that his trial lawyer was not prepared and had too much sympathy for the white victim and not his black client.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
The two alleged accomplices presented alibis that clemency lawyers for Nelson have argued were not fully contested by Nelson's trial lawyers.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump’s trial lawyers urged Judge Juan Merchan to delay his sentencing until after the November election.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Bowman’s lawyers asked the state Supreme Court to delay his execution to allow a hearing on his last-ditch appeal arguing that his trial lawyer was not prepared and had too much sympathy for the white victim and not his black client.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial lawyer
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Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Dec. 2024
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Jiang, 65, was recently appointed a public defender.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2025
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Jay Logsdon, North Idaho’s state public defender and co-counsel for the case’s defense, will be replaced for Kohberger’s capital murder trial, a Thursday court order said.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Feb. 2025
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The city’s prosecuting attorney’s office moved to dismiss a citation for battery against Borrenpohl.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek reached out for comment to the prosecuting attorney's office in Latah County, Idaho, via email on Thursday night.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The district attorney’s office shared some of the footage on Facebook and in its release.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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Manuel Monsanto will never fully recover from his injuries, according to the district attorney’s findings.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Irvin, an Army veteran and former prosecutor, has been the mayor of Aurora since 2017, and in 2022, ran unsuccessfully for governor of Illinois, losing in the Republican primary.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Federal prosecutors said the Afghan national took steps to carry out an attack in the U.S., including by trying to sell his family home, relocate family abroad and stockpile firearms and ammunition.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2025
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