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Recent Examples of public defender
His public defender did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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Kc Baker, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Gosney’s resume, including work as both a prosecutor and public defender, appealed to the office.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The federal public defender’s office for Utah did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday night.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Dixon is set to be arraigned on Jan. 27, online records show, and is represented by a public defender.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Kc Baker, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Gosney’s resume, including work as both a prosecutor and public defender, appealed to the office.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The federal public defender’s office for Utah did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday night.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Dixon is set to be arraigned on Jan. 27, online records show, and is represented by a public defender.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for public defender
Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
Noun
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Medical records obtained by the district attorney's office showed that both gained 10 pounds over the past eight years.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Eric Kyle Hooper was found guilty of murder Thursday, Jan. 23, by a Cherokee County jury following a weeklong trial, the district attorney’s office said in a Jan. 24 news release.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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People who lost their homes in the Southern California wildfires will likely not be able to sue the city of Los Angeles, a trial lawyer has said.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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Todd Blanche, Trump’s hush money trial lawyer, was tapped as the president-elect’s deputy attorney general.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Dec. 2024
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Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
16 Oct. 2024
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The budget also covers the Health Department, sheriff's office, circuit court divisions, prosecuting attorney, coroner, constables, Office of Emergency Management, museum, Veterans Services and Cooperative Extension.—
Eplunus Colvin,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, Bell ran for and won the position of St. Louis prosecuting attorney, defeating an incumbent who had served in the role for nearly three decades, in a race that voters viewed as a referendum on Brown’s death and the Ferguson protests.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
11 Dec. 2024
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Some [defendants] have even gotten lesser sentences than the prosecutors recommended.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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In fact, McMichael called Johnson from the scene of the shooting, asking her advice, prosecutors revealed in a bond hearing for the McMichaels.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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