prove a case
Example Sentences
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In a criminal court, prosecutors must prove a case beyond reasonable doubt.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
“Let’s say, for example, Harvey Weinstein: It was very difficult to prove a case when there was only one person because there was a tendency to turn it into a so-called ‘he-said, she-said’ situation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
You don’t have to prove a case before you bring it.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2024
That this case did not result in a mistrial or a hung jury tells me that the failure to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt was not even close.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2018
It doesn't require an entire computer system and ten thousand disks to prove a case in court.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce