Serena Pang
Professor Karl A. Boedecker
BUS 301
April 6, 2017
I. Court(s) visited:
San Francisco Criminal Divisions of the Superior Court, which is located in 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco.
II. Day(s) and Time(s)
Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.
III. Judge:
I could not hear the name of the Judge.
IV. Plaintiff:
The plaintiff of the case is San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.
V. Defendant:
The defendant of the case is Lee Mason Eigl and his defense attorney is Megan Burns.
VI. Issue(s):
Lee Mason Eigl was accused for six felonies. One of the felonies was attempting to kidnap a thirteen-year-old girl in West Portal of San Francisco, California on March 22, 2017.
VII. Case Details:
This is …show more content…
Observations:
The whole trial process of this case was about 10 minutes. During this process, I could see that the defendant, Lee Mason Eigl was nervous. Most of the time, Lee Mason Eigl faced down. When the judge was not asking him questions, he would not look at the judge.
Megan Burns, as the defence attorney of Lee Mason Eigl, on the other hand, was pretty confidence. She tried her best to speak out the points that she believed would help Lee Mason Eigl. She was very confidence in the whole time. I feel like being attorneys, no matter they were in the defence side or plaintiff's side, they have to be very confidant in order to make the judge, jury and their clients believe in them.
On the other hand, I could not feel too much about the representative of the San Francisco District Attorney Office. She didn’t have any facial expression. I feel like for the DA office, this is a routine job process. They didn’t have any feelings for the defendant or the 13-year-old girl in the case. They just provided what they had to the judge and waited for the next court scheduled.
For the judge, I think he was doing what he could do. Hearing and collecting all the information he needed. Then he used his professional knowledge to put a statement on this …show more content…
First advice is that students need to look at the court calendar two weeks ahead before they go to the courts. In this way, they can choose the case they are interested in. Looking at the calendar ahead can also help them to plan ahead and make sure they can attend to the court. The second advice is that students should not bring too many things when they visit the court. As people known, there is a security check in the court and if people bring too many stuffs, it will bring inconveniences to the security check process. The third advice is that students should pay respect to the court and during the process, students should not talk to others or answer cell phones. Please remember to put the cell phones in silent mode or turn them off. Students should be respectful to the judge and jury. Finally, when students sit in the courtroom, they should try to sit in the front rows if they can. Otherwise, they might not be able to hear what the judge and attorneys say during the
Professor Karl A. Boedecker
BUS 301
April 6, 2017
I. Court(s) visited:
San Francisco Criminal Divisions of the Superior Court, which is located in 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco.
II. Day(s) and Time(s)
Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.
III. Judge:
I could not hear the name of the Judge.
IV. Plaintiff:
The plaintiff of the case is San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.
V. Defendant:
The defendant of the case is Lee Mason Eigl and his defense attorney is Megan Burns.
VI. Issue(s):
Lee Mason Eigl was accused for six felonies. One of the felonies was attempting to kidnap a thirteen-year-old girl in West Portal of San Francisco, California on March 22, 2017.
VII. Case Details:
This is …show more content…
Observations:
The whole trial process of this case was about 10 minutes. During this process, I could see that the defendant, Lee Mason Eigl was nervous. Most of the time, Lee Mason Eigl faced down. When the judge was not asking him questions, he would not look at the judge.
Megan Burns, as the defence attorney of Lee Mason Eigl, on the other hand, was pretty confidence. She tried her best to speak out the points that she believed would help Lee Mason Eigl. She was very confidence in the whole time. I feel like being attorneys, no matter they were in the defence side or plaintiff's side, they have to be very confidant in order to make the judge, jury and their clients believe in them.
On the other hand, I could not feel too much about the representative of the San Francisco District Attorney Office. She didn’t have any facial expression. I feel like for the DA office, this is a routine job process. They didn’t have any feelings for the defendant or the 13-year-old girl in the case. They just provided what they had to the judge and waited for the next court scheduled.
For the judge, I think he was doing what he could do. Hearing and collecting all the information he needed. Then he used his professional knowledge to put a statement on this …show more content…
First advice is that students need to look at the court calendar two weeks ahead before they go to the courts. In this way, they can choose the case they are interested in. Looking at the calendar ahead can also help them to plan ahead and make sure they can attend to the court. The second advice is that students should not bring too many things when they visit the court. As people known, there is a security check in the court and if people bring too many stuffs, it will bring inconveniences to the security check process. The third advice is that students should pay respect to the court and during the process, students should not talk to others or answer cell phones. Please remember to put the cell phones in silent mode or turn them off. Students should be respectful to the judge and jury. Finally, when students sit in the courtroom, they should try to sit in the front rows if they can. Otherwise, they might not be able to hear what the judge and attorneys say during the