go to trial

go to trial

To cause a case to be tried in court. Considering the crimes that man's committed, he's definitely going to trial.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go to trial

[for a case] to go into court to be tried. When will this case go to trial? We go to trial next Monday.
See also: go, trial
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bring (someone or something) to trial
  • bring to trial
  • trial
  • out of court
  • stand up in court
  • on trial
  • in the dock
  • in fighting form
  • settle out of court
  • in fighting trim
References in periodicals archive
The first pharmaceutical company to go to trial over the US opioid addiction crisis, which fueled over 70,000 drug overdose deaths in 2017 alone, J&J was accused by the state of "a cynical, deceitful multimillion-dollar brainwashing campaign" to sell opioids as a "magic drug."
'There is no problem, we still go to trial because we have the mandate ...
A 34-year-old man suspected of stabbing two other men on the night of April 9 in Paphos, is to go to trial on charges of attempted murder on May 30, the court ruled on Wednesday.
If it does go to trial, they face traumatic cross-examination and, even then, only just over 50% of cases result in a guilty conviction.
He was originally scheduled to go to trial in September and then No
In "(http://www.spoilersguide.com/the-fosters/season-4-episode-20-until-tomorrow-guide-spring-finale/) Until Tomorrow ," Callie must decide if she would take the plea deal or go to trial for her felony case.
Although Toyota has settled other cases, Uno's is the first to go to trial and may determine whether the automaker will be held liable for the acceleration problem.
With this verdict, Merck said that it has won the second state court case to go to trial in the coordinated New Jersey FOSAMAX litigation.
SINGER Charlotte Church has settled her phone-hacking damages action against News of the World publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) just days before it was to go to trial. Lawyers yesterday confirmed terms had been agreed and that the 25-year-old from Cardiff would attend a hearing at London's High Court on Monday for the reading of a statement.
Since 93.6% take pleas, and 75.6% of the 6.4% that go to trial lose, the overall conviction rate is greater than 98%.
If the mediation fails they will go to trial for four weeks in August.
Summary: Lil Wayne is set to go to trial next month to face criminal gun possession charges.
"The substantial reductions in the number of cases which have to go to trial and the trebling of early guilty pleas means fewer victims, witnesses and jurors are required to attend unnecessarily."
Fewer than 2% of all divorce cases go to trial in the United States.
The district attorney sent the case to a grand jury to determine whether Ricky should go to trial or whether the shooting was justified.