How to Use criminal court in a Sentence

criminal court

noun

• To the city’s advantage, the threshold for proof will be lower than in criminal court.
  — Michael Tarm, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
• Proving such charges beyond a reasonable doubt, the burden of proof in a criminal court, will be hard.
  — The Economist, 22 June 2019
• The result swamped federal criminal courts along the border.
  — Dara Lind, Vox, 27 June 2019
• In criminal courts, poor individuals are assigned attorneys to protect their rights.
  — Rachel Dissell, cleveland.com, 16 June 2019
• He was issued a citation for baiting, which, like many hunting violations in Vermont, is handled in criminal court.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
• While Dulos is not expected back in criminal court until Aug. 2 there have been a flurry of motions and counter motions filed in the divorce case.
  — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 25 July 2019
• The goal is to divert up to 230 children from the criminal courts, and it is modeled after a similar program in Alameda County.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 28 June 2019
• The most immediate and noticeable effect would be thinner dockets at federal criminal courts, according to experts.
  — Ana Campoy, Quartz, 28 June 2019
• 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
• In Rock County, south of Madison, a 15-year-old was charged in criminal court.
  — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Ashley's order requires the sheriff to staff two bailiffs in felony criminal courts; one bailiff in family court and misdemeanor court; and staff other courts as needed.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2024
• The Paris Prosecutor’s Office requested in August that the actor stand trial in a criminal court on the charges, and a decision is pending.
  — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024