How to Use criminal court in a Sentence

criminal court

noun

• The state wants the case to be decided by a criminal court, not a civil one.
  — Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 3 Jan. 2023
• 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
• Watson was not charged in criminal court and settled with all but one of his accusers.
  — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Eschert, a former second-, third- and fourth-grade teacher, still has a pending case in criminal court.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2023
• The bill was introduced before it was known that Trump would be charged in federal criminal court.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2023
• He was convicted in criminal court of two counts in connection with making false statements to the bar.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• Becciu is the first cardinal to be tried in Vatican City's criminal court by lay judges.
  — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2023
• Altrad’s lawyer, Antoine Vey, said his client will decide in the coming days whether to appeal the Paris criminal court’s verdict.
  — Gaspard Sebag, Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• The Community Outreach Court, the first of its kind in the city, aims to streamline the criminal court process for homeless people and those at-risk of homelessness.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• In a 31-page decision issued Friday, the state’s criminal court of appeals ordered a new trial for the man, Tim Gilbert.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2021
• For weeks, Globe reporters pored through criminal court filings that cover three decades and span Skerritt’s life.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
• One in 12 adults in the state currently have unpaid criminal court debt, which often leads to a loss of their license and the vicious cycle that follows.
  — Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2024
• The 85-year-old Blatter and 66-year-old Platini now face a trial at federal criminal court in Bellinzona.
  — NBC News, 3 Nov. 2021
• All criminal court judges in this country are required to base their decisions on the evidence presented in court and the law.
  — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 17 June 2023
• In a typical week, a Bexar County criminal court judge handles more than 100 cases, most of which are plea bargains, Rangel said.
  — Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2021
• The case will be heard in a civilian criminal court, and Edmundson has denied wrongdoing.
  — Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2022
• The case will be heard in a civilian criminal court, and Mr. Edmundson has denied wrongdoing.
  — New York Times, 30 May 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024