Defendant in a sentence

Adaraloye said the defendant, who is a staff member, was caught in the act by the security guard of the company.

As well as the driving ban, magistrates handed the defendant a 12-month community order, with 60 hours of unpaid work.

Alec’s co-defendant Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the western’s rookie armorer, has yet to be cleared of her charges.

Assault would no longer be criminal, when the defendant was guilty only of intentional force application absent consent.

A fitness to plead investigation is concerned with a defendant's capacity to comprehend court proceedings.

Anthony Pettengell, prosecuting, the defendant was arrested after traces of his blood and DNA were recovered from the scene.

Applying for bail, defence lawyer Liam McStay said the defendant had recently lost her long term partner in a road accident.

A resident at that address heard a noise and came out to investigate and saw the defendant briefly return.

A defence lawyer said a "friend" had asked the defendant to damage the car and "very stupidly" he agreed.

After coming round the defendant was checked by paramedics and then breathalysed - he failed the roadside test and was arrested.

Armed police crouched behind vehicles parked in the street as one officer tried to calm the defendant.

As the victim “wriggled” to escape, the defendant put his left arm around his neck and pushed down on the man’s head with his right.

At 3.41am Herbert walked into the room of fellow patient Peter Knight who woke to find the defendant straddling him and strangling him.

Judge Shaun Smith KC asked the defendant: “Do you have £500,000, Mr Zeqiri”, to which the defendant replied: “I wish”.

A central aspect of Trump’s message was the hope that spending cuts could choke off federal investigations where he is a criminal defendant.

In the start of the procedure, there are two hypotheses : "the defendant is not guilty", and : "the defendant is guilty".

And now, today, on August 1, 2023, he is and will be forevermore known as the Defendant.

In the first case, 18% percent found the defendant guilty, but in the second, 72% found the defendant guilty (Loftus 1988).

Mr Kurdy became the defendant's victim because he was on his own, in the street at the time the defendant decided to attack.

The typical scenario involves an incarcerated defendant locating DNA evidence demonstrating the defendant's actual innocence.