31.   A trial judge rejected the claim.

32.   A Superior Court judge rejected the ABC plan this summer, but then-Gov. Fife Symington appealed to the Supreme Court.

33.   Afran said the trial judge rejected his request to make such a determination and explain how it figured in his decision.

34.   After the judge rejected his plea for a lesser sentence, McGuire said his client had withdrawn his objections to allowing bombing victims to speak at the sentencing hearing.

35.   But the judge rejected a defense motion to meld a hearing on the admissibility of DNA evidence into the trial itself.

36.   But the judge rejected defense efforts to suppress any of the vital evidence seized under the warrant.

37.   But the judge rejected the argument.

38.   But the judge rejected the request, which effectively set Woodward free.

39.   But the judge rejected that request.

40.   But the judge rejected his application, noting an IRS report that found he was underestimating his income and assets.