All 16 Uses
defendant
in
Where the Crawdads Sing
(Edited)
- It's that 'un there, the defendant.
p. 269.1defendant = person legally accused of a crime
- Horn, the defendant's name is Miss Clark.
p. 269.2
- So, Rodney, no matter whether certain behavior was consensual or not between the two of them, is it accurate to say that the defendant, Miss Clark, was extremely mad at the deceased, Chase Andrews?
p. 270.8
- There has been testimony that the defendant knew Chase Andrews for four years prior to his death.
p. 298.3
- So all things considered, would you say that it's likely that the skinny man on the 11:50 P.M. bus traveling from Greenville to Barkley Cove on the night of October 29 of last year was in fact the defendant Miss Clark?
p. 314.4
- What you've told us is this: one, there was no woman who looked like the defendant on the bus from Greenville to Barkley Cove on the night of October 29, 1969; two, there was a tall, thin man on the bus, but at the time, even though you saw his face very close, you didn't think of him as a woman in disguise; three, this idea of disguise only came to you when the sheriff suggested it.
p. 314.6
- He testified that the defendant, Miss Clark, was not on the bus, but there was an older lady, "…. tall like Miss Clark, who had gray hair, short with curls, like a permanent wave."
p. 315.4
- Looking at the defendant, Mr. King, is it possible that if Miss Clark had disguised herself as an older lady, she would have looked similar to the woman on the bus?
p. 315.6
- 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?
p. 315.8
- Andrews, would you please explain what you see in this picture painted by the defendant, Miss Clark.
p. 318.5
- 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.
p. 319.7 *
- On October 28 of last year, did you see the defendant, Miss Catherine Clark, waiting at the bus stop at 2:30 P.M.?
p. 325.1
- Now he was in court seeing her at the defendant's table, charged with murder.
p. 329.4
- It's easier for a jury to convict an absent defendant.
p. 334.5
- You can and must find that the defendant is guilty of first-degree murder.
p. 339.9
- Would the defendant please rise for the reading of the verdict.
p. 346.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(defendant) a person (or institution) legally accused or sued in court
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)