on appeal

idiom

—when the judgment of a lower court on a case is reviewed by a higher court

Her conviction was reversed on appeal.

Examples of on appeal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Brooks’ accomplice, Woody Loudres, also received a death sentence for the murder, but it was reduced as part of a plea deal after the conviction was tossed on appeal. —Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 6 Dec. 2025

The dismissal effectively closes one route through which Bondi’s team had attempted to challenge Reyes’ handling of the underlying case, which remains pending on appeal. —Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025

That verdict was upheld on appeal last year, and he was sentenced to one year in jail, with six months suspended. —Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025

Entertainers are paid directly by customers-not by the Clubs-meaning the payroll records for entertainers Denver Labor is limited to seeking and which are the basis of the two Denver County District Court proceedings on appeal as of Friday, do not exist and never did. —Austen Erblat, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025

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