How to Use district attorney in a Sentence

district attorney

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  • The word had come to the district attorney that evening.
    — Andrew Meier, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The case was dropped on Oct. 18, per the district attorney's office.
    — Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The district attorney has not filed charges against Liu.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The Le family of eight lived at the home, and the grandparents were the ones who called 911, the district attorney said Wednesday.
    — Danny Freeman, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The district attorney has not yet announced any action on the case.
    — Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
  • He was sentenced to more than nine years in prison, the district attorney’s office said.
    — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Later, as the group prepared to go to the dumpsite, the district attorney says Harris fatally shot Mahogany in the back of the head.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The two have not yet been charged by the Los Angeles County district attorney.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Yu could face up to eight years and eight months in prison if she is convicted on all counts, the district attorney's office said.
    — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • No trial date has been set in the Georgia case, but Willis, the district attorney, had sought to begin by August.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Gun culture is to blame for her death no matter who was or wasn’t charged by the Tuscaloosa County district attorney.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The court denied a request to modify the bond, the district attorney's office said.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, footage released by the district attorney — who charged the officer with murder — shows that the man was sitting in his own car.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The man’s charges were later dismissed by the district attorney’s office.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The charges were dropped after the district attorney learned how the evidence was obtained.
    — CBS News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The district attorney’s office opted not to proceed with the case three months later.
    — Debra Kamin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The district attorney's office has not announced any charges against her.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The district attorney’s office plans to present Sanchez’s case to a grand jury soon, according to a spokesperson.
    — oregonlive, 29 June 2023
  • The mayor and police chief even took issue with the district attorney for bringing charges and then the jury for its guilty verdict.
    — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The district attorney’s office filed the waiver on Monday.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2024
  • On Tuesday, the day of his swearing in, Park walked into a conference room of the district attorney’s office around 3:30 p.m.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The district attorney described the case as having the elements of a true crime novel but with missing parts.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • He was charged with possessing a firearm on school grounds, according to the district attorney.
    — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Police are pushing for the district attorney’s office to charge the teens as adults, Johansson said.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • In court, Musk's attorney said that the $1 million a day was not a lottery, as the district attorney had claimed, and that the winners were chosen in advance.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Nope, that honor goes to the fact that Leslie, the woman who has been all up in Lydia’s business for the past few days, is a prosecutor for the district attorney.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The case will be submitted to the district attorney for possible charges.
    — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Vega drew his weapon and gave chase, ordering Guardado to drop the firearm, according to the district attorney’s memo.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • For months, Trump and his allies have appealed that ruling to the Georgia Court of Appeals, insisting the district attorney should not be allowed to move forward.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The district attorney’s office did not detail those inconsistencies in their statement.
    — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024

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