criminal court

noun

|Updated on: 20 Jun 2018

Definition of criminal court

: a court that has jurisdiction to try and punish offenders against criminal law

Recent Examples of criminal court from the Web

At the same time, a strategy emerges in criminal court: Five of the 10 former Whiting workers who have been charged with cruelty to persons, a felony, have applied for accelerated rehabilitation.

— josh kovner, courant.com, "At Scandalized Whiting Forensic Hospital, A Pivotal Hearing: What You Need To Know," 1 June 2018
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminal court, refused an appeal related to another witness who disputed his own trial testimony against Castillo.

— crimesider staff, CBS News, "San Antonio lovers’ lane killer scheduled to die Wednesday," 16 May 2018
Marisa Gerber Marisa Gerber covers Los Angeles County’s criminal courts.

— marisa gerber, latimes.com, "Prosecutors say Durst murdered his best friend to cover his tracks for killing another woman: His wife.," 16 Apr. 2018
The turnpike commission’s chief executive, Mark Compton, wondered if officials could also use criminal courts, according to Ray Morrow, the turnpike’s chief of compliance.

— scott calvert, WSJ, "Toll Roads So Tough, Naughty Drivers Are Felons," 6 Apr. 2018
Bond companies fall into a sort of regulatory gulf between criminal courts and state insurance departments, which are supposed to regulate them but seldom impose sanctions.

— Anchorage Daily News, "When freedom feels like extortion: Bail bondsmen accused of exploiting poor clients," 31 Mar. 2018
When the cases went to trial, eight Jefferson County criminal court judges declined to preside over the cases and recused themselves in joint orders.

— ivana hrynkiw, AL.com, "Men guilty of lesser charges in 2014 slaying of man who tried to stop robbery," 23 Mar. 2018
But Texas’s highest criminal court took the rare step of rejecting the judge’s ruling.

— barbara bradley hagerty, The Atlantic, "Radio Atlantic: How Innocence Becomes Irrelevant," 23 Feb. 2018
Costs of demolishing the building and relocating criminal court services during construction boost total spending on the project to an estimate of between $341 million and $367 million, Wisconsin Policy Forum President Rob Henken said.

— don behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee County will need state's help for $367 million criminal courthouse project, report says," 8 May 2018

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