How to Use criminal court in a Sentence

criminal court

noun

• No jury trials were in process as of Friday, and the criminal courts planned to take this week off for spring break.
  — Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2020
• But so far the Weinstein case is the only #MeToo case to be brought before a jury in a criminal court.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2020
• Minors charged with intentional murder can be tried as adults, which is why Weaver’s case is proceeding through criminal court.
  — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2020
• Adler's next criminal court date is scheduled for Wednesday at 46th District Court.
  — Omar Abdel-Baqui, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2020
• Under most bail-reform law, criminal courts are prohibited from setting cash bail in most misdemeanor cases and some non-violent felony cases.
  — Fox News, 23 Feb. 2020
• However, police advised that the matter should be settled in civil court, not criminal court, due to past differences between the two companies.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2020
• These initiatives go deeper into foundational questions of how criminal courts are treating defendants.
  — Nick Pinto, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2020
• Harvey Weinstein is far from the only person who felt a sudden pain in his chest upon being convicted of a felony in Manhattan’s criminal court.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2020
• Earlier Friday, Trump was in a courtroom just a block from the Manhattan criminal court where Merchan presides.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024
• She will be tried by a criminal court in Brest on Oct. 14.
  — New York Times, 1 July 2021
• Russell is free on bail as the case works its way through criminal court.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020
• 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
• Legal sources said the suspects would now be referred to a criminal court to be tried.
  — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
• 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 sentence, handed down on Tuesday by a criminal court in Bangkok, was more than 43 years in prison.
  — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
• 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
• The company also sued Lynch in U.S. criminal court, where he was found not guilty in June.
  — Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024