Court Observation Paper

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On Friday 17, 2105 I went to the Coconino Court house at 200 N San Francisco Street 10am to watch a court hear in Honorable Joshua Steinlage court room. I stayed for an hour listening to Honorable Joshua Steinlage rule on five different civil cases in dealing with sentencing. One of the main things I was struggling with was hearing what the judge had to say or what the defend was saying to the judge. Even with the one number I managed to write down, there was no court case on record in the Coononico case look up. Without the case number, I can look up what was said The first four cases the deferent were in jail jumpsuits with their hands and feet cuffed together. They did not speak unless they were spoken too and they sat quietly in the chairs. …show more content…
His case was a DUI case and the fines he owed to the court were what he and Honorable Joshua Steinlage talked about. There was no sense of punishment unless he did not complete the require classes and pay the fees he owned. The Honorable Joshua Steinlage, set a next case for six months to see how he was coming along with the payments and the classes he needed to take. The Second case was women might have been in her mid 30s, who was another DUI case and handling the fines she owned. The Honorable Joshua Steinlage said he need her to turn in proof she was taking the required classes needed in the agreement she made in her past cases. Just like the first case the judge sent her to the collection office to handle a payment plan and then gave her 90 days to prove she was working on requirements. The third case was older gentlemen who was had another DUI case. I did not hear how much he owned to the court but he had another fine of over a 1,000 dollars. The Honorable Joshua Steinlage asked about his pervious commitment outline in the court case in August and asked why he had not filled any paper work on the class he had taken plus why he was not making payments. The judge sent him to the collection office to work on a better payment plan and gave him 90 days to prove he was going to work on the requirements outline in his

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