But he said that prosecutors didn't have a slam-dunk case, either.

"I wouldn't want to say we have a slam-dunk case because anything can happen," one Yankee executive said.

They seem like slam-dunk cases, but none of the three suspects have been arrested.

I'd say you better have a slam-dunk case with every i dotted and t crossed.

Because he knew for sure he had a solid gold slam-dunk case.

"The first thing you learn if you've tried cases for a living is there's no such thing as a slam-dunk case," he said.

Not that we weren't assured that this was a slam-dunk case.

He saw slam-dunk cases through to successful adjudication and did not understand why the murders occurred.

"This wasn't a slam-dunk case," she said, citing the lack of forensic evidence.

Michael Gove says there is a 'slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children aged five'.

So, while he has acted very strangely and there are some unusual circumstances, this is certainly not a slam-dunk case."

That may sound like a slam-dunk case for spiral CT screening, but it isn’t.

It seemed like a slam-dunk case.

American officials have said that they have what one called a "slam-dunk case" against Mr. Arellano.

"It looks like a slam-dunk case, but we find out that we really haven't looked at all the evidence," said Mr. Caruso.

In addition, he added, it was coupled with the remark about Mr. Flamm's desire for slam-dunk cases.

Reporter: A slam-dunk case?

But it’s not a slam-dunk case: Local leaders as well as federal officials need to monitor whether this tolling concept blooms where it’s planted.

People who have a slam-dunk case, or some money to put up front, can go to a lawyer (try the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association).

But veterans of espionage investigations, including former and current intelligence and law enforcement officials, say slam-dunk cases like Mr. Wispelaere's are the exception.

One of the strangest scenes in the book describes Tenet jumping up out of his seat with his arms raised, yelling "It's a slam-dunk case!"

Chaffetz’s MSNBC comments suggest he has a slam-dunk case proving a cover-up against the Obama administration.

CNN Legal Analyst Sunny Hostin: "This wasn't a slam-dunk case"

"They were gearing it up in the media that they had a slam-dunk case, and I was confident that Kobe was going to be put away.

Then Tenet, a Georgetown basketball fan, threw his arms in the air and said (in words that Joe Public would understand), "It's a slam-dunk case!"