How to Use criminal court in a Sentence

criminal court

noun
  • Russell is free on bail as the case works its way through criminal court.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020
  • If there are no charges, you are not required to present yourself in criminal court.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The software is not being used in the criminal courts.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The state wants the case to be decided by a criminal court, not a civil one.
    — Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Others are sent to a unit in Cranston by order of a criminal court.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2021
  • Legal sources said the suspects would now be referred to a criminal court to be tried.
    — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Watson was not charged in criminal court and settled with all but one of his accusers.
    — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • If the physician is found guilty in a criminal court, they could be ordered to pay fines or sent to jail or prison.
    — Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In criminal court, this is viewed as a violation of due process.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2021
  • And if the case goes to criminal court, there won't be a non-disclosure agreement.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • He was released after a night in jail but will have to appear at the city’s criminal court next month.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 1 July 2022
  • In criminal court, Tufono has yet to enter a plea.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The next year, the state’s top criminal court found their original pay rate broke local rules and state law.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Fox said a no-contest plea is treated the same as a guilty plea for sentencing in criminal court.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Evans oversees one of the largest civil and criminal court systems in the country.
    — Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • To the city’s advantage, the threshold for proof will be lower than in criminal court.
    — Michael Tarm, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
  • Aside from being fired, Dages was charged in criminal court with lying in the report.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Gross also held a good job, clerk of Baltimore’s criminal court, for decades.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 21 Sep. 2019
  • No jury trials were in process as of Friday, and the criminal courts planned to take this week off for spring break.
    — Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Indiana is one of the few states that allows the public to search its civil and criminal court records for free.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Proving such charges beyond a reasonable doubt, the burden of proof in a criminal court, will be hard.
    — The Economist, 22 June 2019
  • There was a third incident, according to statements in criminal court, though charges were not pressed at the time.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2025
  • The criminal courts failed to find White mobsters guilty of assault, arson and murder.
    — Suzette Malveaux, Washington Post, 19 June 2023
  • But Texas’s highest criminal court took the rare step of rejecting the judge’s ruling.
    — Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Afanador, 39, was expected to be arraigned at a criminal court in Queens.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2020
  • His trial will be the first of a churchman with his rank in Vatican City’s criminal court.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 3 July 2021
  • The other thirteen were released with criminal court summons.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • As in the Simpson case, the families, having lost in criminal court, turned to civil court.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Hearings and the trial that determines the outcome of Franke’s felony charges will take place in criminal court.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But if the boss is the one taking money from the employee, they are almost never dealt with by police or criminal courts.
    — Emily Galvin Almanza, Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026

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