How to Use state's attorney in a Sentence

state's attorney

noun
  • Towne launched the unit and fund in 2011 during his tenure as the state's attorney.
    Ann O'Neill, CNN, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Matt Bevin did with Beshear, the state's attorney general at the time.
    Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 18 June 2020
  • The state's attorney has not said anything to suggest the parents were aware of their son's plans.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 12 July 2022
  • The Innocence Project groups brought Morris' case to the state's attorney in 2018.
    NBC News, 5 Nov. 2021
  • First elected in 2016, Kim Foxx now serves as state's attorney for the region.
    Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The case has been transitioned to the state's attorney's office.
    Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 27 May 2021
  • The state's attorneys put the estimate at $50 million to $60 million a year.
    Dion Lefler, Hunter Woodall, Katy Bergen and Suzanne Tobias, kansascity, 25 June 2018
  • Benson was allowed to intervene in the case against the county with the help of the state's attorney general.
    Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The state's attorney general last year filed a civil complaint with the board.
    Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Rutledge of Maumelle has served as the state's attorney general since 2015.
    Rachel Herzog, Arkansas Online, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Our state's attorney right now celebrates the catch and release process.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2020
  • According to the state's attorney's office, six shots were fired.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The case will be submitted to the state's Attorney's Office for review, Mina said.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2019
  • But an even worse idea would be to allow the governor to appoint the state's attorney general.
    Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The character is described as a tough-on-crime state's attorney who goes up against the underdog legal team that is at the center of the series.
    Joe Otterson, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • Murphy was placed on leave in April but has since returned to his assignment, the state's attorney's office said in a statement.
    Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 5 May 2021
  • The next day, police announced the man was identified and a detective would be filing a report with the state's attorney.
    Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Eight days ago, a continuance was granted at the request of a state's attorney and the first court proceeding was pushed to Thursday.
    Matt Erickson and Danny Segura, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The state's attorney general says HEA 1123 is in line with Indiana law.
    Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2021
  • At Friday's sentencing hearing, the judge withdrew one of the rape convictions, the state's attorney said.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The Cook County state's attorney will review the case when it is completed, but the process is expected to take months, Swoboda said.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The 17-year-old will be prosecuted in juvenile court, said Robert Foley, a spokesman for the state's attorney's office.
    Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2018
  • The land is currently owned by Lewis Button, who works for the state's attorney general's office.
    Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 1 Feb. 2018
  • In comparison, Cornyn was the state's attorney general and a judge.
    Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The state's attorney general, of course, is Andy Beshear, the Democratic nominee in the race for governor.
    Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 13 Sep. 2019
  • According to the Cook County state's attorney's office, the teen allegedly tossed a gun behind a fence right before he was shot.
    Briana Stewart, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Judge Nicholas Ford passed judgment on assistant state's attorney Nick Ford.
    Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 25 May 2018
  • Bullock was the state's attorney general before that as well.
    Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 8 July 2020
  • The state police and Grand Isle state's attorney's office are investigating Giroux's death.
    CBS News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Prosecutors from the Baltimore City state's attorney's office began to review the case in 2021.
    Theara Coleman, The Week, 3 Apr. 2023

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