defense lawyer
Example Sentences
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The defense lawyer cast Davis’ memoir as fiction and said there was no evidence his client was in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
D4vd's defense lawyer Blair Berk said "there was no evidence of deliberate intention to kill."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The latest count, according to a Lexis search a defense lawyer ran for me, is more than 21,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Some jurors recalled that during the trial, a defense lawyer said that criminal counts the brothers faced each carried a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
During the trial, the appointed defense lawyer presented no evidence about Herbert’s background, his military service, his trauma from the war, his relationship with the victim, his obsession with the girlfriend—nothing.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
