trial court

Example Sentences

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Even though Kuhlman was being chosen for a trial court in Kansas, President Trump phoned him directly to deliver the news.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

It sounded to Jackson as though the trial court was cutting counsel off, perhaps mistakenly saying the work had already been done.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Pitchford’s narrative is that the trial court conducted only the first two steps of Batson and skipped the third.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

For 16 years, she fought a legal battle to bring her perpetrators to justice before a trial court acquitted them in December.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Once I was preparing to do a hearing in a trial court in the Midwest and was sitting at counsel table in an empty courtroom before the hearing.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson