How to Use federal case in a Sentence

federal case

noun
Definition of federal casenext
  • The McMichaels and Bryan have all pleaded not guilty in the federal case.
    — Russ Bynum, ajc, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Court records indicate the federal case is still pending.
    — Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The girl at the center of the federal case is an international high school student.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Chauvin pleaded guilty to the federal case in December.
    — Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
  • If all of this seems confounding, nothing about Rivera’s federal case has been conventional.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024
  • Chauvin, who is serving a 22½-year state sentence, is awaiting sentencing in the federal case.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Meanwhile, the state process is playing out parallel to a federal case that could render the the redistricting commission’s work on new state maps moot.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Emails included in the federal case exhibits show what information Lawless was after.
    — Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Chauvin pleaded guilty in the federal case in December, months after he was convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges.
    — Fox News, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The federal case hinges on whether the men were motivated specifically because Arbery was Black.
    — Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering Floyd last April, was initially charged in this federal case, but ended up pleading guilty as part of a plea deal.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Chauvin, currently serving a 22½-year state sentence, is awaiting sentencing in the federal case.
    — Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022
  • McClain, 74, of Quincy, is currently on bond in his other federal case and will also be arraigned later on the new charges.
    — Ray Long, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2022
  • In the federal case, the defendants face up to life in prison, meaning guilty verdicts could have practical ramifications if their state convictions are overturned on appeal.
    — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The status of the federal case is unclear; no charges have been filed.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Chaudry faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count in the federal case.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The new federal case is only the latest gun charge for Lil Zay.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The judge in the other federal case, Tanya Chutkan, received death threats.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Fox and Croft are among six defendants charged in the federal case.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Lane and Kueng are both serving 2 1/2-year prison sentences in the federal case.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 May 2023
  • With the federal case against Crusius over, attention turns to the state charges.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • The pardon only applied to the federal case and does not preclude the state charges.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Online court records do not list attorneys for the men in the federal case.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2022
  • By then, the brothers had pleaded guilty in their federal case.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Goines has also pleaded not guilty in the federal case.
    — Andrea Salcedo, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Erie, based in the Pennsylvania city of the same name, had sought a trial by jury in the federal case.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Sayfullo Saipov could face the death penalty in the federal case.
    — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Cohen entered a guilty plea to tax evasion in 2018 in the federal case, and is now the key witness against Trump in the New York case.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Both McMichaels received life prison sentences in the federal case, while Bryan was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
    — Russ Bynum, ajc, 11 Mar. 2023
  • In the first of two federal cases, Golubski is accused of assaulting two victims starting in the late 1990s.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024

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