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Recent Examples of public defender
Aguilar has not yet been assigned a public defender, per court records.
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Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
McKee appeared in an Illinois courtroom Monday and was represented by a public defender who said the physician plans to plead not guilty.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
Following Jackson’s departure, Reiner is being represented by public defender Kimberly Greene, according to TMZ.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
Holt, a Yale Law School graduate, is a former state and federal public defender.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
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Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
McKee appeared in an Illinois courtroom Monday and was represented by a public defender who said the physician plans to plead not guilty.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
Following Jackson’s departure, Reiner is being represented by public defender Kimberly Greene, according to TMZ.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
Holt, a Yale Law School graduate, is a former state and federal public defender.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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In his letter, Seidemann told Carro that the district attorney's office is ready for trial.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Kaul is seeking re-election to the office in 2026 in a race that features a rematch with Republican Eric Toney, the Fond du Lac County district attorney.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Added to this, the Secretary’s ally, an anti-vaccine trial lawyer named Aaron Siri who previously petitioned the FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine, was given a platform to present on the childhood vaccine schedule.—
Dr. Debra Houry,
Time,
5 Dec. 2025
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The conviction was vacated in 2016, after a new legal team argued that Max’s original trial lawyer had a conflict of interest in the case.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
21 Nov. 2025
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Burke’s criminal lawyer has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Rolling Stone.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
24 Nov. 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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According to Victoria Burton-Harris, the chief assistant prosecuting attorney in Washtenaw County, the home invasion charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $2,000 fine.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
12 Dec. 2025
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The prosecution’s case was built from the more than three years of investigative work from over 20 people in the prosecuting attorney’s office and countless law enforcement officers in the Kansas City metro, Thompson said.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Nov. 2025
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Martinez was charged with assault of a federal employee, but prosecutors dropped the charges six weeks later.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Police, prosecutors and the family of Gastonia homicide victim John Luke Moore gathered at police headquarters Wednesday to plead with the public for information in the 2021 case.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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