defendant
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It is not fair, the court held, to force a defendant to accept the assistance of counsel that they do not want.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Cases are decided based on written evidence alone, with no prosecutor present to see the mitigation and other correspondence sent in by the defendant.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
“There was no medical negligence,” Leopoldo Luque, Maradona’s personal doctor and the most prominent defendant, told journalists shortly after the striker’s death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The appeals court found “the trial court’s handling of the note deprived defendant of his constitutional right to counsel at a critical stage of his trial.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Your Honor, the defendant sneaked into the kitchen and stole Rachel’s recipe.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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