At that next hearing, not expected for several months, prosecutors must convince the court's judges they have enough evidence to take him to trial.
Under the court's rules, prosecutors must first convince a panel of judges that they have sufficient evidence to merit a full trial.
Will the prosecutors convince a judge or jury that the officers' actions were reckless enough to convict them?
But the prosecutors convinced the judge, Norma Holloway Johnson, that no agreement had been reached.
Under that law, prosecutors must convince a jury that Mr. Malvo pulled the trigger in two killings.
In a preliminary hearing, prosecutors must convince a judge that they have a case worthy of trial.
To obtain a murder conviction under Virginia law, prosecutors must convince jurors that the defendant wielded the murder weapon, in this case a Bushmaster assault rifle.
If the prosecutor can convince a jury that the girl was mentally defective in legal terms, then under the new Supreme Court ruling she could not be found to have given consent.
Even though the prosecutor had already convinced the jury that Lindsey was a cheating spouse, graphic testimony from an eyewitness was bound to change the whole tenor of the trial.
But the detective would be able to sell it to a prosecutor, and the prosecutor would convince at least a few jurors.