"defendant" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In Detroit overcrowding forced the city to release 2,700 pretrial felony defendants and sentenced felons in 1987.
- However, he said, the initial program in Manhattan would include all felony defendants over the age of 16.
- Before arraignment, all felony defendants in the city now are interviewed by personnel from a nonprofit private group, the Criminal Justice Agency.
- The cases included evidence that justices stole money, abused their powers and - without notifying prosecutors - released felony defendants without bail.
- Each year the nation's jails have 20 million admissions and exits, with more than 600,000 inmates in residence each day, including many felony defendants awaiting trial.
- Utah, for example, has long provided that any felony defendant 14 or older could be sent to adult court by a juvenile court judge.
- The jail serves as a detention center for pre-trial felony defendants and those convicted of misdemeanor offenses in county or town courts.
- Most felony defendants are repeat offenders; yet, most felony defendants are sentenced not to prison but to probation.
- At the initial appearance, the court informs a felony defendant that he or she is entitled to a preliminary examination before the criminal case may go forward.
- Under the law, the court must appoint a lawyer for any felony defendant who is too poor to pay for one.
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