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a person or institution legally accused or sued in court- The defendant is confident she will be found innocent.
defendant = a person (or institution) legally accused or sued in court
- The jury did not know the defendant had a long criminal history.
- In the weeks preceding that date the defense attorneys frequently consulted the defendants.Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
- The defendant is not guilty, but somebody in this courtroom is.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Unlike the other three defendants, Wes had decided to take his case to trial.Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
- I said nothing, on my face I registered the bleak look of a defendant who knows the court will never be swayed by all the favorable evidence he has.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- All right, we know from her own drawings that the defendant, Miss Clark, climbed the fire tower with Chase at least once; we know she gave the shell necklace to him.Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing
- Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we're just gambling on probabilities.Reginald Rose -- Twelve Angry Men
- What did the defendant do?Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
- Not a single innocent defendant in so many cases?Franz Kafka -- The Trial
- Later she tells cops that she thought it could have been either the defendant or the other guy.Alice Sebold -- Lucky
- the defendant's motive for committing murderDavid Guterson -- Snow Falling on Cedars
- It is important to the concept of the play that the town is visible always, looming there, as much on trial as the individual defendant.Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Inherit the Wind
- Would the defendant please rise for the reading of the verdict.Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing
- You can and must find that the defendant is guilty of first-degree murder.Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing
- It's easier for a jury to convict an absent defendant.Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing
- Now he was in court seeing her at the defendant's table, charged with murder.Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing
- On October 28 of last year, did you see the defendant, Miss Catherine Clark, waiting at the bus stop at 2:30 P.M.?Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing
- Andrews, would you please explain what you see in this picture painted by the defendant, Miss Clark.Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing
- Did you see the defendant, Miss Clark, on the 2:30 A.M. bus from Barkley Cove to Greenville in the early morning of October 30, 1969?Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing
defendant = person accused of a crime in court
defendants = people legally accused of a crime
defendant = person legally accused
defendants = people legally accused of a crime
defendant = someone legally accused of a crime
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
defendant = a person legally accused in court
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
defendant = someone legally accused in court
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
defendant = the person accused of a crime in court
defendant = person legally accused in court
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
defendant = person legally accused of a crime
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