How to Use empanel in a Sentence

empanel

verb
  • Kaplan would then have to empanel a new jury to restart the case.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Bryant tried to empanel a jury last fall, but gave up in November.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 May 2021
  • In 2022, a special purpose grand jury was empaneled in the case.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 17 July 2023
  • That's going to be empaneled in January.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And the only good news about that is that her decisions can’t kill off this case until after a jury is empaneled and then jeopardy has attached.
    — ABC News, 18 June 2023
  • Garcia-Gutierrez is set to remain in jail until a grand jury is empaneled to weigh the evidence against him.
    — The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Florida has empaneled only 22 statewide grand juries in over 40 years.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Sandy's attorneys confirm a grand jury was empaneled and has issued subpoenas.
    — Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Twelve jurors and four alternates were empaneled Tuesday for the trial in Sante Fe.
    — Josh Campbell, CNN, 10 July 2024
  • Two juries were empaneled this week, one to decide the fate of Hernandez, the other to reach a verdict in the case against Zuazo.
    — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Because the board was not lawfully empaneled, it was decided that the matter must be rescheduled for another two-day hearing.
    — Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 13 Mar. 2026
  • All 12 jurors and six alternates were empaneled Tuesday, clearing the way for opening statements.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • There was also a federal grand jury empaneled in the case, and one of the jurors pleaded guilty to leaking secret information earlier this week.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
  • The new state’s attorney general empaneled a special grand jury to investigate the assaults.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • After they were empaneled on Monday, jurors viewed the emotional footage while Vásquez Lasso’s wife bowed her head, turning away from the video screen.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
  • That’s the claim in an indictment issued late Tuesday by a federal grand jury empaneled by special counsel Jack Smith.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Each of our 58 counties empanels a jury of ordinary citizens to serve for one year under the auspices of the state Superior Court.
    — Peter Magnani, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Attorneys look to empanel a group of 64 people before each side begins their strikes, whittling the pool to 12 jurors and four alternates ahead of opening arguments.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Gwynn has also empaneled a special grand jury in April to continue to investigate any security lapses that contributed to the shooting.
    — Jim Morrison and Justin Jouvenal, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
  • For example, prosecutors would not be able to appeal if Cannon decided to throw the case out after the jury is empaneled, Mariotti says.
    — Brian Bennett, Time, 13 June 2023
  • So the only way to empanel the Independent Redistricting Commission is by court order, which brings us to Pearlman, who went for the bait.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The panel was lawfully created and there is precedent for a commission empaneled by a mayor to have its recommendations placed before the voters during the subsequent mayoral tenure.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • As one of his first actions in office, Youngkin authorized an investigation, and Miyares empaneled the special grand jury that indicted Byard.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • The final examination of prospective jurors to empanel a jury will not occur until November 29, Nathan said.
    — Sonia Moghe, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021
  • At the military commissions, where they were charged, a judge accepts the plea, but a military jury must be empaneled to hear evidence, including testimony from victims of the attacks, and deliver a sentence.
    — Carol Rosenberg, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
  • Testimony began on April 22 – after three weeks of jury selection empaneled 12 jurors and six alternates.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
  • In spite of the hi-tech logistics, there is no guarantee that prospective jurors - after suffering through months of warnings against congregating indoors - will respond to summonses in sufficient numbers to to empanel a jury.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 4 May 2021
  • Prominent Boise defense attorney Edwina Elcox said in January that it could be announced at any moment once a grand jury had been empaneled behind closed doors and convinced that the charges should stand.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 May 2023
  • And on the day that a clearly frustrated judge had scheduled yet another hearing in another effort to empanel reluctant jurors, the courthouse was closed just as it was gaveled into session because a court security officer tested positive.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 23 Nov. 2020
  • In the earlier decision, Engelmayer wrote that the grand jury in Maxwell's case was not empaneled as part of the investigation – but afterward – and as a result there was no firsthand witness testimony.
    — Michael Ruiz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025

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