How to Use criminal court in a Sentence

criminal court

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  • Russell is free on bail as the case works its way through criminal court.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The case is winding its way through Tarrant County criminal court.
    — Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2024
  • Days later, a criminal court judge, Franklin Bynum, dismissed the case for lack of probable cause.
    — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2021
  • The sentence, handed down on Tuesday by a criminal court in Bangkok, was more than 43 years in prison.
    — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
  • During a long legal odyssey, Hathloul was first tried in a criminal court before her case was transferred to a special court that hears terrorism cases last month.
    — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Petty’s work continued despite an unequivocal ruling from Texas’ top criminal court about such conflicts of interest.
    — Jessica Priest, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2021
  • Consultants said on Thursday said that such declarations will carry penalty of perjury and landlords may not challenge them unless pursued in criminal court.
    — Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2020
  • She will be tried by a criminal court in Brest on Oct. 14.
    — New York Times, 1 July 2021
  • The state wants the case to be decided by a criminal court, not a civil one.
    — Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Others are sent to a unit in Cranston by order of a criminal court.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2021
  • If the physician is found guilty in a criminal court, they could be ordered to pay fines or sent to jail or prison.
    — Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2023
  • And if the case goes to criminal court, there won't be a non-disclosure agreement.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • He was released after a night in jail but will have to appear at the city’s criminal court next month.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 1 July 2022
  • The next year, the state’s top criminal court found their original pay rate broke local rules and state law.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The process is handled in civil court, not criminal court.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
  • The criminal court is no longer involved in their treatment.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Aside from being fired, Dages was charged in criminal court with lying in the report.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022
  • No New Orleans judge in criminal court had lost a re-election bid since the early 1970s.
    — New York Times, 30 June 2021
  • Watson was not charged in criminal court and settled with all but one of his accusers.
    — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • His trial will be the first of a churchman with his rank in Vatican City’s criminal court.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 3 July 2021
  • Fox said a no-contest plea is treated the same as a guilty plea for sentencing in criminal court.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Hearings and the trial that determines the outcome of Franke’s felony charges will take place in criminal court.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The city has never sought to prosecute Bushwick Holdings in criminal court, and the gaps around the doors remain.
    — Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The criminal courts failed to find White mobsters guilty of assault, arson and murder.
    — Suzette Malveaux, Washington Post, 19 June 2023
  • In criminal court, this is viewed as a violation of due process.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Merchan, born in Colombia, will be in the hot seat in what could be the biggest case ever tried in the Manhattan criminal court.
    — Patricia Hurtado, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Justice, here and there In Manhattan criminal court, Trump got the best lawyer his millions could buy.
    — Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
  • Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in a New York criminal court.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
  • After the death of her father, the unnamed narrator leaves New York to work as an interpreter at a criminal court in The Hague.
    — The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2021
  • But a criminal court ruled that the general would need to be charged in the Special Peace Jurisdiction.
    — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023

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