stand trial

idiom

: to be on trial in a court of law

Examples of stand trial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If extradited from London, Assange would stand trial in Alexandria, Virginia, and could face up to 175 years in an American maximum security prison if convicted. Landon Mion, Fox News, 21 May 2024 The Mariemont High School student charged in a plot to attack his school was ruled competent to stand trial Tuesday. Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 14 May 2024 The ruling paves the way for Biden to stand trial in the case, which is set to begin on June 3, according to an order issued Thursday by Maryellen Norieka, the district judge overseeing his case. Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 9 May 2024 According to Smith, two-thirds of children aged 10 to 12 are deemed incompetent to stand trial and languish under inadequate supervision without access to rehabilitative services. Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024 Those men whose court records The Times was able to review either pleaded guilty to a lesser charge or were deemed mentally unfit to stand trial. Jennifer Valentino-Devries, New York Times, 13 May 2024 McCraney, who was a minister while also working as a truck driver at the time of his arrest, would, eventually, stand trial for capital murder and rape. Marcus Mewborn, ABC News, 10 May 2024 Campbell’s inability to understand his situation was confirmed by court documents that show that he was found incompetent to stand trial. Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2024 Search continues for ‘fair and impartial’ jurors in Trump’s historic trial Donald Trump made history yesterday as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges — and quickly put in stark relief the polarizing impact on the public. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024

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“Stand trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20trial. Accessed 30 May. 2024.

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