Crown attorney

noun

1. a lawyer who acts for the Crown, esp as prosecutor in a criminal court

Example Sentences

In opening arguments, Crown attorney Heather Donkers warned the jury that the case would be unconventional and might challenge preconceptions about consent and assault.

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In the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday, Crown attorney Ana Serban accused Mr Nygard of using his status as a "wealthy fashion designer to lure and sexually assault young women".

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“Five months ago I would have told you ‘I’m a future Crown attorney.’

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In 2000, Ms. Wilson-Raybould followed her father’s footsteps into law and became a crown attorney in Vancouver’s gritty downtown east side, where Indigenous women were regularly disappearing, some into the hands of serial killer Robert Pickton, with little police response.

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In submissions to the judge, assistant crown attorney Craig Harper said the term “serial killer” was “woefully inadequate to describe his moral blameworthiness … and heinousness of the offences”.

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