How to Use common pleas in a Sentence

common pleas

plural noun
  • He will not be arraigned in the common pleas court until that happens.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Ke'von Smith, 20, faces a murder charge in common pleas court.
    — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The justices sent the case back to common pleas court for another trial.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 21 July 2021
  • Ohio law requires the state to pay a base salary for most judges, including those on common pleas court judge benches.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The case against Murray, who is 20 years old, was boundover to common pleas court.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 31 July 2020
  • Seven of the 29 lawsuits filed in common pleas or federal court are over jail deaths.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 9 May 2021
  • After allegations of a common pleas judge drunk on the bench, the state will review his cases.
    — Liz Dufour, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
  • Both cases began in juvenile court before being transferred to common pleas court.
    — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Of those delinquent courts, 15 were common pleas courts, which handle the state's most serious offenses.
    — Chrissie Thompson, Cincinnati.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Only the state legislature can increase or decrease the number of judges assigned to a county common pleas court.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Defendants facing felonies would have their cases transferred from municipal court to common pleas court.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Stanton said the idea would work if the prosecutor’s office is willing to re-negotiate bonds and if the common pleas judges come on board.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Others were concerned that the housing court would be in common pleas court rather than in municipal court, where a part-time housing docket already exists.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The positive test comes as both municipal court and common pleas court are beginning jury trials Monday.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 9 July 2020
  • Most municipal and common pleas courts have searchable, online information.
    — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The judges contend that Ohio law says that a county’s clerk of courts is under the direction of the common pleas court, and, therefore, Andrews must follow their orders.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 4 May 2022
  • Other Ohio housing courts that have been created in Franklin and Cuyahoga counties are based in municipal court, not common pleas.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Challenging an arbitrator’s ruling— by filing a lawsuit in common pleas court— is typically an uphill battle.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 19 July 2022
  • But the courthouse, home to 29 municipal and common pleas judges, is considered an essential government service.
    — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 11 Mar. 2020
  • McDonnell said the county’s common pleas court judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys could have worked to lower bonds for inmates to try to get them out of jail, but Mills could not.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The county's common pleas judges, who along with the state legislature must approve the creation of a specialized court for housing, rejected the proposal in a 14-2 vote.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Hanwell shared that there are not many other projects like this in the state, as such an effort requires that a city council, municipal and common pleas court judges, city administrators and county commissioners all agree to the project.
    — Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2020
  • That's according to John Russo, administrative judge for the common pleas court and leader of an ongoing pretrial justice review in the county.
    — Staff, cleveland.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Hein’s pay is capped at just under $161,000 a year, the annual salary of Ohio common pleas court judges, per guidelines from the Supreme Court related to visiting judges.
    — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Essential functions like plea hearings and sentencings for defendants already in custody have been going forward, although two common pleas courtrooms now have equipment and software to conduct those hearings via videoconferencing.
    — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The Pretrial Justice Institute conducted separate interviews with three municipal court judges and three common pleas judges.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The suit, filed May 28 in common pleas court, says the officers acted recklessly and with wanton disregard as the chase reached speeds of more than 80 mph while children walked home from school in East Cleveland.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The jail, common pleas courthouse, prosecutor’s office, and other justice services are all currently housed in the downtown Justice Center on Lakeside Avenue.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 19 July 2021
  • The return-to-the-office order does not apply to employees in the independent prosecutor’s office or common pleas court, but does apply to workers in departments related to health and human services, public works and the fiscal office, among others.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The website features a flow chart of the hierarchy of courts in Ohio, the dates of the primary and general elections, videos explaining municipal, common pleas, juvenile, appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court.
    — cleveland, 9 May 2022

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