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Recent Examples of public defender
Richter will play Norman Montana, a well-meaning but deeply insecure and jittery small-town public defender.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 May 2025
His only hope is a steadfast public defender determined to unearth the truth.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
But Dominguez’s defense attorney, Yolo County deputy public defender Daniel Hutchinson, depicted a man devastated by mental disease — treated, involuntarily at times, by antipsychotic medication since his arrest in the violent attacks.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2025
Sinatra Jordan outside his public defender's office in Jackson, about three weeks after his release.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 2 May 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 May 2025
His only hope is a steadfast public defender determined to unearth the truth.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
But Dominguez’s defense attorney, Yolo County deputy public defender Daniel Hutchinson, depicted a man devastated by mental disease — treated, involuntarily at times, by antipsychotic medication since his arrest in the violent attacks.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2025
Sinatra Jordan outside his public defender's office in Jackson, about three weeks after his release.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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The district attorney’s office on Tuesday said that the decision to dismiss the indictment was connected to the opinion of a use-of-force expert.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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The Santa Fe district attorney abandoned an appeal of that ruling in December, after the state attorney general declined to pursue it.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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Participants were not allowed to ask questions directly, so the 69-year-old trial lawyer submitted three questions in writing: one about Elon Musk’s critical comments about Social Security and two about Perry’s lack of public access.—
Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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There's no guarantee that consumers' costs would fall if tort reform passes, Darren Penn, an Atlanta trial lawyer, told Axios.—
Thomas Wheatley,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
16 Oct. 2024
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Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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The imprisonment of Judge Carmichael and prosecuting attorney Powell had nothing to do with treason but was simply to protect a political ally of the president and to display the power of the federal government.—
Paul Callahan,
Baltimore Sun,
29 May 2025
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Deputy prosecuting attorneys Jonathan Dixon and Madison McEver litigated the case on behalf of the state of Arkansas.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
29 Apr. 2025
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Security footage from the gas station captured the shooter running with a distinctive stride, prosecutors said during the trial.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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Groves was recently convicted of second-degree murder and faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
21 May 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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