crown prosecutor
Noun
Meaning
Crown prosecutor (plural Crown prosecutors)
(Britain, Canada, Australia, law) The state prosecutor; the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual in a criminal trial.
crown prosecutor (plural crown prosecutors)
Alternative form of Crown prosecutor
Synonyms
Examples
A killer's chuckle led to a tense moment of confrontation Wednesday between a Crown prosecutor and a man on trial for slaughtering two people in their Vancouver home.
Crown prosecutor Steve Dickson opposed bail, saying the 19-year-old was involved in a “premeditated group attack” with “significant violence”.
Crown prosecutor Rosalind Greenwood read aloud an agreed statement of facts describing how victims aged 17 to 46 felt confused, embarrassed, numb and angry during appointments with Hoyte.
Crown prosecutor Fraser urged the jury to convict McKnight.
Crown prosecutor Jeff Lubyk is seeking a dangerous offender designation for Stevenson following a rash of violent assaults over an 11-year period.
"It's completely improbable that each of the 12 women who testified misunderstood their night with Mr. McKnight," Crown prosecutor Katherine Fraser told the jury Monday during closing arguments.