How to Use public defender in a Sentence

public defender

noun

• He has been assigned a public defender, who was not named in court records.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
• Dan agrees to return, but this time as a public defender.
  — Joshua Alston, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
• Blankenship’s public defender has yet to respond to a phone call and email from The Enquirer.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2024
• Blair was hired by the Orange County public defender's office in 2017.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
• His public defender has yet to respond to a phone call from The Enquirer seeking comment.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2024
• Jacque Wilson, a San Francisco public defender for the last 20 years, took on his brother’s case.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• An email seeking comment from him was sent to his federal public defender, and a voicemail was left.
  — Mark Pratt, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023
• Dawn Butorac, the county’s chief public defender, declined to comment on Juares’s case.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• The sitcom brings back John Larroquette three decades later as a public defender.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 15 Jan. 2023
• In an order Monday, McAfee agreed to appoint a public defender to represent Floyd for the time being.
  — Chris Joyner, ajc, 28 Aug. 2023
• Although prosecutors filed hate crime charges, Shirley was alarmed to learn a judge dismissed the case in 2022 because of a public defender shortage.
  — Agreen, oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2023
• His public defender in those cases could not be reached Tuesday for comment.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
• Seefried's public defenders did not respond to CBS News' request for comment.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Mingo was denied a public defender, according to KARE 11, and his bond was set at $5 million.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
• His public defender has yet to respond to a message from The Enquirer seeking comment.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 July 2023
• In truth, each of the Munns were provided free legal counsel from the federal public defender’s office.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 8 Dec. 2022
• The public defender, however, does not respond to his phone calls, Mashallah Karami said.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2022
• Jones was represented at the hearing by a public defender.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2022
• Unlike in juvenile court, there is no option for a public defender.
  — Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 10 Aug. 2023
• He is represented by a public defender, who did not respond to a request for comment.
  — Ryan W. Briggs, Max Marin and William Bender, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2023
• Four weeks before Hamas attacked Israel, a group of public defenders packed a bright, airy room in the Bronx for mandatory antisemitism training.
  — Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The Missouri public defender’s office did not respond to requests for comment on the Blanchard and Godejohn cases.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• He was referred for screening to be represented by a public defender, though court records did not list an attorney assigned to the case as of Monday evening.
  — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
• Mingo made his first court appearance on Monday and was denied a public defender.
  — Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
• His case was assigned to the county public defender’s office, but no attorney is listed.
  — cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
• Wade is a deputy public defender and senior attorney in Pinal County.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2023
• For over a decade, Chutkan worked for the Washington, D.C., public defender and tried over 30 cases, according to her biography on the court's website.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2023
• At his first court appearance Sunday, he was ordered to be held without bond and appointed a public defender.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2023
• Koch is also charged with two misdemeanors, for which her public defender entered a not guilty plea on her behalf in court, according to online court records.
  — Andy Rose, CNN, 20 July 2023
• Mohanty’s court records did not list an attorney, and the federal public defender’s office in Boston would not comment on the case.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024