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  • Unlike the other three defendants, Wes had decided to take his case to trial.  (source)
    defendants = people legally accused of a crime
  • Her father saw it, and the defendant has testified as to his remarks.  (source)
    defendant = a person or institution legally accused or sued in court
  • "There's a long-distance call for you," he continued in the tone of the judge performing the disagreeable duty of telling the defendant his right.  (source)
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  • the defendant's motive for committing murder  (source)
    defendant = the person accused of a crime in court
  • In the weeks preceding that date the defense attorneys frequently consulted the defendants.  (source)
    defendants = people legally accused of a crime
  • What did the defendant do?  (source)
    defendant = person legally accused of a crime
  • I find in favor of the defendants, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Lewis, and Mr. Smith.†  (source)
    defendants = people (or institutions) legally accused or sued in court
  • Later she tells cops that she thought it could have been either the defendant or the other guy.  (source)
    defendant = person legally accused of a crime
  • An officer left the War Department and delivered death warrants to the defendants Mary Surratt, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Lewis Powell.†  (source)
    defendants = people (or institutions) legally accused or sued in court
  • 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.  (source)
    defendant = person legally accused in court
  • Judges remand young defendants to his authority.†  (source)
    defendants = people (or institutions) legally accused or sued in court
  • Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we're just gambling on probabilities.  (source)
    defendant = a person legally accused in court
  • As I sat in court, though, and listened to the testimonies of the witnesses and the speeches of the prosecutors and the arguments of the defense attorneys and the statements of the defendants, I became a lot less sure of myself.†  (source)
    defendants = people (or institutions) legally accused or sued in court
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