How to Use court appearance in a Sentence

court appearance

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Definition of court appearancenext
  • He is set to make his first court appearance in that case Tuesday.
    — Devlin Barrett, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Once, at a court appearance, a guard locked her wrists together and then chained the lock to her own wrist.
    — J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • He is scheduled to make his first court appearance in late March.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Cosey’s next court appearance will be a bail hearing on April 4.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Bart Jansen: Trump's first court appearance in New York is expected to draw a crowd.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Havens is scheduled for a court appearance on Sept. 18.
    — Tom Sissom, arkansasonline.com, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Online jail records show a court appearance is pending but did not list a date.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 July 2023
  • William has not yet had his first court appearance, and is being held without bail, court records show.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The parent failed to appear for an initial court appearance in mid-April.
    — Zoe Takaki, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
  • Huang, who’s yet to make a court appearance and is believed to be in China, is a fugitive from justice.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The father’s initial court appearance is set for Friday, while the son has a court hearing set for March 25.
    — Brian Arola, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
  • This courtroom sketch shows Jack Teixeira at a court appearance in April.
    — Sadie Gurman, WSJ, 17 July 2023
  • The initial court appearance to hear the charges against him has been postponed twice since December.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Stines has been charged with murder and is expected to make his first court appearance this week.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • He is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Monday.
    — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • He is set to appear before a judge for his first court appearance on Monday, the agency said.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • He has since been released on bail pending a court appearance.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Williams' next court appearance has been scheduled for Jan. 3.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • He was denied a motion to move the trial up to June in a December court appearance.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The outlet reported the teen's next court appearance is Nov. 1.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The suspect's next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 6.
    — Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
  • He is scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Porter was not required to enter a plea during his brief court appearance.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Givens is scheduled to make his first court appearance July 12.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
  • Halls on Thursday also pleaded not guilty and waived his first court appearance, records showed.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Her first court appearance and arraignment are set for Dec. 7.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, made his first court appearance on Monday.
    — Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Bethany is slated for his first court appearance Thursday, Aug. 8, per Tate.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Ormond was charged with two counts of child abuse and has court appearance on Sept. 21 for further proceedings.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • His next court appearance has been scheduled for Wednesday.
    — Chloe Atkins, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024

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