County Court Observation Paper

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The county court that i chose is located at 262 Old Country road, Mineola, New York 11501. This court house was erected in 1940, is a three floor building, the outised is painted in old beige color. this building has two entrances one is from the back entrance which is Court House Dr. this is the entrance that most people go through because the parking lot is located at this street. Once, in the building everyone must go through the secuirity checkpoint, placing bags, cell phone and any metal object in a container that goes to an x-ray machine and to walk through the metal detectors as well. once, that i was inside one inside the cort house, i stood up in the middle, i look round, up, front and back of a long corridor that extended from the

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