Florida Vs Frantz Court Case Analysis

For class, I watched the court case the State of Florida vs Frantz. The case involved the defendant being accused of rape with the possible lesser charge of assault. I only watched the second half of the court case. I will divide this essay of my observations into 4 sections: the overall procedures, the behavior of parties directly involved, parties indirectly involved and the physical environment of the courthouse to the contrast between reality and courtroom dramas. The overall procedures of the courtroom were similar to what was presented in the textbook but very different than what is seen on television. The court case was incredibly dull for 75% of the time that I attended with new information only being presented 25% of the time. The …show more content…
I would not be surprised to find the two lawyers on opposing sides getting drinks with one another after the case ended. The lawyers also seemed to be unattached to the verdict of the case. While I am not accusing them of failure to complete their job duties, I have seen more emotionally charged arguments in my model united nations in arguments in favor for child soldiers, and slavery. This could be due to an excess amount of cases to be dealt with by all parties involved. The defendant was either telling the truth or wanted to make us seem as if he was by portraying excessive head nodding that would correspond to the truth. The questioning of the defendant seemed tedious and pedantic. Although, I understand this is due to the importance of getting the details down for the record. In truth, the jurors were not paying enough attention to actually catch the entire precise details of the questions. The repetitiveness of the questions was reminiscent of a peak scene in the courtroom drama "Legally Blond". Although, in the drama the questioning was about a perm, and in reality it was about the exact words in a call, they seemed to hold the same feeling of being the key to delivering a guilty