How to Use trial court in a Sentence

trial court

noun
  • The grandson won the case in the trial court and the appeals court.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • The Supreme Court threw out the conviction and sent the case back to the trial court.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Supreme Court is the name of New York's top trial court.
    Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Supreme Court is the name of New York's main trial court.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The trial court determined the state needs the taint team.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2022
  • But just because the trial court got it wrong doesn’t mean the fight is over.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Supreme Court is the name of New York state's highest trial court.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 3 July 2023
  • The minimum was argued the first time in the trial court.
    Washington Post, 23 June 2021
  • The case now goes back to the trial court for a ruling on what records can be released.
    Travis Loller The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • At first, Tafoya lost at the trial court, but won in the appellate court.
    Nick Sibilla, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The justices kept the law on hold but sent the case back to the trial court to examine the ban further.
    CBS News, 5 July 2024
  • The trial court agreed with ABC, but the appellate court did not.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The trial court, which first heard the case, decided not.
    Joshua Stein, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The appeals court sent that issue back to the trial court to decide.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 20 July 2022
  • The motion would be heard in the trial court where they were convicted.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 11 May 2023
  • The trial court ruled that the messages could not be used, but that was reversed on appeal.
    Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Casteel filed an appeal with the Court of Appeals, who brought the case back to the trial court to hear his request.
    Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Lucio and her team had raised nine claims with the appeals court, four of which were remanded to the trial court.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Fisher urged the justices to send the case back to the trial court for resentencing on that count alone.
    Steve Karnowski, Star Tribune, 9 June 2021
  • The idea is that the trial court is entitled to deference.
    Steve Vladeck, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The case remains in the trial court, where Parlux is asking the judge to set aside the verdict and order a new trial.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2022
  • In fact, the trial court found that the reason for the delay in bringing charges was partly Trump’s own doing.
    Barbara McQuade, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • DeWine served as a trial court judge and appellate judge before winning a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court in 2016.
    Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Valdiglesias LaValle was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the conviction, which will now be sent back to trial court.
    CBS News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The justices gave trial courts 60 days to prepare for the new rules, with cash bail to be eliminated Sept. 18.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • The case can now return to the trial court for evidence and arguments based on the Supreme Court’s opinion.
    Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s ruling in its entirety.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024
  • Childs has served on the federal bench since 2010 and was a state trial court judge on the South Carolina Circuit Court.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Keenan said a potential stay by the trial court could remain in place until the case is resolved.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The 7th Circuit sent the case back to the trial court to determine whether the ordinance is also punitive.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022

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