How to Use federal case in a Sentence

federal case

noun
  • The McMichaels and Bryan have all pleaded not guilty in the federal case.
    — Russ Bynum, ajc, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The point isn’t to make a federal case about the incident.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The status of the federal case is unclear; no charges have been filed.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Chaudry faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count in the federal case.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Trial dates for both the state case and the new federal case have yet to be announced.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The new federal case is only the latest gun charge for Lil Zay.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The federal case is separate from the state charges for Floyd's death.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The judge in the other federal case, Tanya Chutkan, received death threats.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Fox and Croft are among six defendants charged in the federal case.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Lane and Kueng are both serving 2 1/2-year prison sentences in the federal case.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 May 2023
  • He was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison in the state case and is facing an even stiffer sentence in the federal case.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The federal case was not the last involving the El Monte workers.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2020
  • With the federal case against Crusius over, attention turns to the state charges.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • The pardon only applied to the federal case and does not preclude the state charges.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Online court records do not list attorneys for the men in the federal case.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2022
  • They were not named as parties in the federal case but are defendants in the state case.
    — cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020
  • By then, the brothers had pleaded guilty in their federal case.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Weiser said that the states will move to consolidate the suit with the federal case.
    — David McLaughlin, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Goines has also pleaded not guilty in the federal case.
    — Andrea Salcedo, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Erie, based in the Pennsylvania city of the same name, had sought a trial by jury in the federal case.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Sayfullo Saipov could face the death penalty in the federal case.
    — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Cohen entered a guilty plea to tax evasion in 2018 in the federal case, and is now the key witness against Trump in the New York case.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The defense meanwhile may not want the Chicago federal case to go first.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2019
  • That brings us to the federal case against Julian Omidi.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Both McMichaels received life prison sentences in the federal case, while Bryan was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
    — Russ Bynum, ajc, 11 Mar. 2023
  • What happens to the federal cases if Trump wins the election?
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • In the federal case, as noted, the judge expressed skepticism about the claim.
    — Ian MacDougall, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Bi Chao Chen, who appears in a photo with a defendant in the federal case, has had his own run-ins with the law.
    — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Mangione is charged with murder in his federal case, which can be punishable by death if convicted.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Ricco was initially hired in Sept. 2024, and is one of several lawyers representing Combs in his federal case.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025

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