Most cases go no further than the trial court: for example, the criminal defendant is convicted (by a trial or a guilty plea) and sentenced by the court and the case ends.

大多数案件只在初审阶段进行：例如，刑事被告被定罪（通过审判或认罪）并由法庭判决，案件就结束了。

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The case never came to trial.

这个案件从未开庭审理。

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They had to endure a long wait before the case came to trial.

在此案审理前他们只得忍受长时间的等待。

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Jurors are not supposed to discuss a case with anyone else during a trial.

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He said murder is murder, and so the case went to trial.

他认为谋杀就是谋杀，所以此案被送上法庭。

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My first book was on the trial of John Peter Zenger, 5 which was the first famous case in America in 1735 relating to freedom of speech.

我首本书写的就是John，Peter，Zenger审判，这个案例在1785年的美国家喻户晓5,是言论自由方面的第一个例子。

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It is the trial case for rapid success in a world where there are no businesses but Net-enabled ones.

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Even if Merck wins the next case to go to trial, a death case in U.S. federal court scheduled for Nov. 28, Cooper added, "there is no way we will go away, the documents are too strong" against Merck.

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At least one of my colleagues noted before trial that the case was already old enough to drive.

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