Definition of prosecuting attorney
: an attorney who conducts proceedings in a court on behalf of the government : district attorney
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At the time, Vanlith was released on bond, despite the prosecuting attorney's opposition.
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Mike McAlexander, chief deputy prosecuting attorney for Allen County, attended Sessions' address Thursday in Fort Wayne.
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Last week, both prosecuting attorneys and lawyers for the governor’s former lover expressed opposition to allowing cameras in the courtroom during the trial.
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McGregor and friend Cian Cowley, both charged in the April 5 attack, made a roughly 90-second court appearance Thursday morning, in which a prosecuting attorney mentioned that the pair and their attorneys are in plea negotiations with prosecutors.
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In a response, the prosecuting attorney asked the court to increase Parks' bond from $300,000 to $600,000.
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The defense and prosecuting attorneys have rested their cases in the murder trial of a San Antonio man accused in a gruesome killing in 2014 of a man who was beaten, suffocated, dismembered and his limbs cooked on a barbecue grill.
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According to charging documents filed by Daniel Satterberg, prosecuting attorney for King County, Lay has been charged with first-degree rape after authorities said his DNA was connected to a March 2007 kidnapping and rape of the woman in Seattle.
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Both defense and prosecuting attorneys said that right before the shooting, Woodridge knocked on the door of the upstairs apartment and asked if the men could move their motorcycles.
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First Known Use of prosecuting attorney
1820
Law Dictionary
prosecuting attorney
legal Definition of prosecuting attorney
: an attorney who represents the government in instituting and proceeding with criminal actions : district attorney
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