51.   Mills said he decided to get involved in the case after discussing it with Richard Helfrick, the public defender representing Karr on the weapons charge.

52.   Most lawyers speculated the fraud agency would drop its case after losing in court on its strongest charges.

53.   Newell became involved in the case shortly after the second conviction.

54.   Officials in Sacramento went ahead with the case recently after new technology enabled investigators to tie the four defendants to evidence at the scene.

55.   Others can spring up after an event, which was the case after the Oklahoma bombing.

56.   Patrick reviewed the case after arriving at the civil rights division in April and announced the department would now side with the school board.

57.   Prosecutors filed the charges against him in secret, and law enforcement officials have declined to discuss the case even after its existence was made public last month.

58.   Real-life judges, he noted, hear case after case after case, and look accordingly ground down.

59.   Representatives of the private ambulance companies said Empire had rejected valid case after valid case.

60.   Prosecutors decided to dismiss the case after an appeals court tossed the notion that someone could be identified by their ear.