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Oral arguments in his nearly 20-year-old case were heard Wednesday by the Supreme Court of California, meeting for the first time in five years in Sacramento’s historic appellate courtroom at the Stanley Mosk Library and Courthouse on the Capitol Mall downtown.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
The federal judge ruled Thursday in a Southern California courtroom that Mizuhara should self-surrender March 24.
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David K. Li, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
Prosecutors filed a motion to allow victim witnesses to be in the gallery, which goes against normal courtroom procedure.
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Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
In the minutes after the death penalty verdict was read on the record, Nelson, who lived in Arlington, broke a fire sprinkler in his holding cell and sent black water flooding into the courtroom.
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Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1677, in the meaning defined above
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“Courtroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtroom. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
courtroom
noun
court·room
ˈkō(ə)rt-ˌrüm
ˈkȯ(ə)rt-,
-ˌru̇m
: a room in which a court of law is held
Legal Definition
courtroom
noun
court·room
: a room where court is held
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