How to Use district attorney in a Sentence

district attorney

noun
  • The Le family of eight lived at the home, and the grandparents were the ones who called 911, the district attorney said Wednesday.
    Danny Freeman, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Later, as the group prepared to go to the dumpsite, the district attorney says Harris fatally shot Mahogany in the back of the head.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The two have not yet been charged by the Los Angeles County district attorney.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Yu could face up to eight years and eight months in prison if she is convicted on all counts, the district attorney's office said.
    Julianne McShane, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • No trial date has been set in the Georgia case, but Willis, the district attorney, had sought to begin by August.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Gun culture is to blame for her death no matter who was or wasn’t charged by the Tuscaloosa County district attorney.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The court denied a request to modify the bond, the district attorney's office said.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, footage released by the district attorney — who charged the officer with murder — shows that the man was sitting in his own car.
    Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The man’s charges were later dismissed by the district attorney’s office.
    Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The district attorney’s office opted not to proceed with the case three months later.
    Debra Kamin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The district attorney's office has not announced any charges against her.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The district attorney’s office plans to present Sanchez’s case to a grand jury soon, according to a spokesperson.
    oregonlive, 29 June 2023
  • The district attorney’s office filed the waiver on Monday.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2024
  • On Tuesday, the day of his swearing in, Park walked into a conference room of the district attorney’s office around 3:30 p.m.
    Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Police are pushing for the district attorney’s office to charge the teens as adults, Johansson said.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Vega drew his weapon and gave chase, ordering Guardado to drop the firearm, according to the district attorney’s memo.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The police have not yet handed the case over to the district attorney’s office, so indictments have not been filed, according to Brown.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
  • He was arraigned Thursday and pleaded not guilty to all charges, according to the district attorney’s office.
    Rene Ray De La Cruz, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The district attorney has said in court that Jordan punched the custodial officer who was trying to do their job.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The order does not prevent Trump from criticizing the judge and the district attorney directly.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This year, the district attorney’s office has so far seized 17 items from the museum, reports Artnet’s Sarah Cascone.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The district attorney’s office for Ascension Parish couldn’t be reached for comment.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The maximum sentence for the misdemeanor is six months in jail, according to the district attorney’s office.
    Taylor Romine, CNN, 29 Apr. 2023
  • After the trial, a sheriff’s deputy told the district attorney’s office Soderstrom had been seen using her phone throughout the trial.
    Macie Goldfarb, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Trump has also been charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office in a case centering around hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election.
    Analisa Novak, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, flatly rebuffed his request last week in blunt terms.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Since its creation, the county has seen the recidivism rate for high-risk defendants drop from 60% to 32%, according to the district attorney’s office.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Prosecutors also sought to bolster Willis' testimony that Wade was not the district attorney's first choice to lead the case against Trump.
    Kate Brumback, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Each check was processed by the Trump Organization and the records produced were false, according to the district attorney’s statement.
    Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The lawsuit was settled for $8 million, but the district attorney’s office declined to prosecute either of the deputies involved.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024

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