defendant
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“You’ll hear that in 2024, defendant was lonely with no real friends,” O’Brien said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
A defendant representing himself who called his own father as a character witness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
He cited a psychiatric expert who diagnosed the defendant with a narcissistic personality disorder.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
She said it was accepted that what had started in 2019 as a "misguided wish" on the part of the defendant to help friends and family then "snowballed" into something far larger.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
These were boys from the internment camps, enlistees headed for the European theater, and among them, Sergeant Maples recalled, was the defendant, Kabuo Miyamoto.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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