trial court

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A court dismissed the suit, but a state appeals court revived the case recently, sending it back to a trial court for further litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

"Both the State and Murdaugh's defense skillfully presented their cases to the jury as the trial court deftly presided over this complicated and high-profile matter," the justices wrote.

From BBC • May 13, 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

The Justice Department cited similar reasoning in a motion filed with the trial court earlier this year seeking to dismiss the charges against Bannon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The trial court sentenced Mrs. Colbey to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and a short while later she found herself shackled in a prison van heading to the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson