trial court

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court had earlier cancelled her anticipatory bail, finding that a trial court had ignored key evidence and witness testimony.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

"Both the State and Murdaugh's defense skillfully presented their cases to the jury as the trial court deftly presided over this complicated and high-profile matter," the justices wrote.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

These were the questions a trial court asked in October 2025 in rejecting the state’s motion to dismiss and reasoning that the amendment didn’t clarify much of anything.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

The trial court, he argued, “grasped and conducted just two of Batson’s three steps.”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Once I was preparing to do a hearing in a trial court in the Midwest and was sitting at counsel table in an empty courtroom before the hearing.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson