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Recent Examples of public defender
Agreeing with a public defender’s motion detailing the jail’s conditions and a technicality about an old offense that shouldn’t count towards McClure’s record, Cullen reduced the sentence from 57 to 71 months in prison to 48 months.
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Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Davis was represented by the state public defender’s office, which does not comment on criminal cases.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
That attorney, Noel Erinjeri, an assistant public defender in the county, had no comment after the arraignment.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Aram James, a former public defender and co-chair of CJA, at the protest asked that the county increase the transparency surrounding the use of Tasers, including releasing the video footage and medical records of the Taser deployments.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Davis was represented by the state public defender’s office, which does not comment on criminal cases.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
That attorney, Noel Erinjeri, an assistant public defender in the county, had no comment after the arraignment.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Aram James, a former public defender and co-chair of CJA, at the protest asked that the county increase the transparency surrounding the use of Tasers, including releasing the video footage and medical records of the Taser deployments.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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Elsewhere in the state, the Democrats retained their Supreme Court seats and the Democrats won the Pittsburgh mayoral race, the Philadelphia district attorney election and other key races.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Billboard has reached out to the Ventura County Police Department, the district attorney’s office and Madden.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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Perczak has over 30 years of experience representing homeowners and homeowner associations in construction defect claims and litigation across a 40-year career as a trial lawyer.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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For decades, trial lawyer ads have been a staple of late-night television.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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As a new three-month excavation begins at the temple and underwater site, Martínez, a criminal lawyer from the Dominican Republic who has turned to diplomacy and archaeology, believes the find is a promising next step in her 20-year search for the tomb of Queen Cleopatra VII.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Martinez has a degree in archaeology but initially became a criminal lawyer.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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Nimish Ganatra, senior assistant prosecuting attorney in Washtenaw County, alleges Savit suspended him and placed him under investigation for filing a Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission complaint against an unnamed Washtenaw assistant prosecutor Ganatra supervised.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Minor pleaded guilty Monday to DWI and was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 89 days suspended and credit for one day jail time served, fined $500 and assessed $360 in court fees, according to deputy prosecuting attorney Charles Duell.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Oct. 2025
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Sherrill, also a former federal prosecutor and attorney, entered politics less than a decade ago when she was elected to Congress in 2018.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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Sherrill, 53, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor who was elected to Congress in the Democratic wave of 2018, emerged victorious after a bruising campaign that tested her reputation as a moderate in a state that has shifted towards Republicans in recent years.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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