prosecuting attorney
noun
: an attorney who conducts proceedings in a court on behalf of the government : district attorney
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It's run by supervising assistant prosecuting attorney Mary Weston.
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July 13, CBS News, 13 July 2025
So how that has evolved for me is becoming an assistant prosecuting attorney back in 2014.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2025
Michael Doss, who resigned as Milford's city manager in August, was convicted of importuning, a fifth-degree felony, in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on June 4, according to the county's assistant prosecuting attorney Komal Hans.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 June 2025
Detectives presented the case to the prosecuting attorney's office and concurred that no applicable charges were warranted in this case.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2025
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July 13, CBS News, 13 July 2025
So how that has evolved for me is becoming an assistant prosecuting attorney back in 2014.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2025
Michael Doss, who resigned as Milford's city manager in August, was convicted of importuning, a fifth-degree felony, in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on June 4, according to the county's assistant prosecuting attorney Komal Hans.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 June 2025
Detectives presented the case to the prosecuting attorney's office and concurred that no applicable charges were warranted in this case.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2025
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