defendant
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District Judge Froso Christodoulidou said in October: "The window did not appear to carry markings that would necessarily have alerted the defendant to the fact that one section was open."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
At the opening session, Attalah's defence team requested the judge's recusal, arguing that he had "already formed a conviction in mind against the defendant", Mada Masr cited its lawyer Hassan al-Azhar as saying, external.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority that securities fraud resembles a traditional common law claim by an injured party against a defendant for damages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a defendant in the case, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
“The defendant wasn’t no friend of my son’s. Isn’t that obvious? They were enemies.”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
The defendants visited addresses linked to their targets, took photos and videos and used platforms such as ChatGPT to research them online.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The complaint also accuses the defendants of giving a second porch video of Belichick to journalist Pablo Torre, who aired it on his podcast that same month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Two potential defendants sought to remove James, arguing her social-media comments expressing solidarity with the accuser showed prejudgment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Why, then, did the government charge the defendants in the way it did?
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
These were grave assertions, reflecting upon the integrity of two respected lawyers and a distinguished district judge, but if even partially true, then the constitutional rights of the defendants had been abused.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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