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
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
In all my years of covering court cases I've never seen a defendant address journalists during a trial.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“The defendant could have exercised his right to take the case to trial, but he instead requested that our office agree to resolve the case through a diversion agreement,” McEvoy wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
“The defendant has decided to confess. That will happen first.”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The company, which wasn’t charged, said it was a victim in the case and severed its ties to the defendants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 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
Why, then, did the government charge the defendants in the way it did?
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
He and four men have already pleaded guilty to a series of offences, but the trial of nine other defendants who deny all charges has begun at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
As expected, the defendants all claimed immunity for the conduct that had resulted in Walter's wrongful conviction.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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