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Recent Examples of public defender
Richter will play Norman Montana, a well-meaning but deeply insecure and jittery small-town public defender.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 May 2025
His only hope is a steadfast public defender determined to unearth the truth.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
But Dominguez’s defense attorney, Yolo County deputy public defender Daniel Hutchinson, depicted a man devastated by mental disease — treated, involuntarily at times, by antipsychotic medication since his arrest in the violent attacks.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2025
Sinatra Jordan outside his public defender's office in Jackson, about three weeks after his release.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 2 May 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 May 2025
His only hope is a steadfast public defender determined to unearth the truth.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
But Dominguez’s defense attorney, Yolo County deputy public defender Daniel Hutchinson, depicted a man devastated by mental disease — treated, involuntarily at times, by antipsychotic medication since his arrest in the violent attacks.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2025
Sinatra Jordan outside his public defender's office in Jackson, about three weeks after his release.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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The only categories of crime brought to the district attorney’s office that have fallen are felony burglary, felony motor vehicle theft, and felony narcotics, which decreased by 13%, 10%, and 2%, respectively.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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The district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to an inquiry about that approach.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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According to her website, Shapiro is a trial lawyer who began her career as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Opposing the legislation were Texas trial lawyers and a long line of Texans who had lost family members or suffered grievous injury in accidents on Texas’s increasingly dangerous roads.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
16 Oct. 2024
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Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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The prosecuting attorney and Vallow’s two advisory attorneys did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The other attorneys for the prosecution include Deputy Attorney General Jeff Nye and Ashley Jennings, Thompson’s senior deputy prosecuting attorney in Latah County.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Apr. 2025
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Security footage from the gas station captured the shooter running with a distinctive stride, prosecutors said during the trial.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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Groves was recently convicted of second-degree murder and faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
21 May 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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