Court of Session

attorneys can file pretrial motions. A motion is a request to the judge for a particular action. Motions to obtain prosecutorial evidence or suppress evidence are most common. In the case of a jury trial, the members of the jury are sworn in. The court clerk will read the criminal complaint. At this point, the prosecution begins the trial with an opening statement outlining the case. The next step is an opening statement from the defense. A defense attorney is not required to make an opening…

There are steps before and after the trial, but I’m focusing on the steps during the trial. The criminal trial process can be quite lengthy and costly. In fact, the longest criminal and most expensive trial in US history spanned seven years and cost around $15 million (McMartin preschool trial of 1980). During those seven years (and the present) there were multiple stages. The stages during a trial are; opening statements, presenting evidence, closing arguments, jury instructions, and jury…

Corruption in the court system is a real problem. People are prosecuted with little to no help from public lawyers, testimonies are made up and believed, and jurors are lazy and just want to get home. These are all things Reginald Rose is trying to show up in her script 12 Angry Men. She is informing us of the corruption in the court system and all it takes is one person to stand up and it all can change. There is little to no justice because people only think of themselves. People…

the Erie County Court in Buffalo, New York. This internship helped me shape my knowledge in the criminal justice system. In this internship I observed cases and trials and also reviewed legal documentations. Moreover, this internship was helpful because it opened new opportunities for my future in the long run. Throughout this internship I also got to determine what areas I am more interested and would like to pursue in the criminal justice system. Through the centuries, the court system has…

tight for his trial to begin. The story is composed in screenplay organize, because of Steve's energy for filmmaking, alongside Steve's diary composing which he does even in the court. Steve composes along these lines to keep his rational soundness while being in jail amid the trial. Most of the story happens in the court. Steve is there with another litigant, James King, who has his own lawyer. The occasions of the theft unfurl through the records of witnesses, lawyers and the members. The book…

For the second time in less than two months, a US judge declared a mistrial in the case against an Alabama police officer charged with slamming an Indian grandfather to the ground last February and severely injuring him. US District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case against Madison Police Officer Eric Parker, 27, for assaulting Sureshbhai Patel after the jury told her that it was deadlocked despite 'intense discussions', according to Al.com. Parker's first…

A. ARGUMENT I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN EXCLUDING LT. CHEONG’S TESTIMONY REGARDING PERTINENT TRAIT OF CHARACTER OF MR. ASBURY, WHICH WITHIN REASONABLE PROBABILITY AFFECTED THE OUTCOME. The trial court’s decision on excluding evidence is reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard. (Callihan). A court abuses its discretion where its decision is based on untenable ground or for untenable reasons. The trial court erred by excluding testimony regarding Mr. Asbury’s reputation for lack of…

Dr Laurentia Truter specialises in non-discriminatory law. Her doctoral dissertation was based on 'Disability, discrimination and equal opportunities – A comparative legal study’. On a local and multinational platform, she represents both the private and public sectors, on matters such as: employment contracts, human resource policies and procedures, employee relations’ procedures, as well as dispute resolution. Six Reasons Why Disability Equity Programmes Fail So, why do workplace programmes…

Nuremberg Trials Day 201: Generalfeldmarschall Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt regally walked to the trial stand, his brass buttons glistening in the light. He was there to put his former colleagues behind bars, or worse. He was there as a witness not as a defendant, mainly due to his age and failing health. While Rundstedt was charged he was never actually taken to trial. He was given a pair of headphones with a microphone, and then he sat. Before anything, Rundstedt composed himself. His goal…

information about Robert .L. Dear. The second article of analysis is called, “Colorado Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect Declares, “I’m Guilty”; written by Thomson Reuters of the CBC News. This article discussed the outbursts of Robert Dear during his court trial. Finally, the last article of analysis is called, “Attacks on Abortion Clinics Should…