Court systems

testified that he was embarrassed and hurt emotionally by the actions of the manager. Procedural History The jury of the trial court ruled in favor of Fisher. The trial court set aside the verdict and found in favor of Carrousel Motor Hotel. The court of Civil Appeals affirmed the decision of the trial court that no assault took place. Fisher appealed, escalating to the Supreme Court. Issue Was there a battery committed? Is the corporate business responsible for the employee? Holding…

decisions of jury members. Other students of class class agreed with me that we all felt bad for Ronald Cotton. He missed his prime years of his life because of what happened. Clayton, I also thought about DNA, we live in a different time where the legal system did not have the things they have now. DNA was a newer concept at the time of the trials for Cotton. He only learned from it because of the OJ Simpson trial. Thank you for the link Dr. Peterson, I know have a source to tell me more about…

The Right to Counsel Whenever a person is charged with a crime they have the right to have an attorney represent them during all phases of their trial. In a case where the defendant cannot afford an attorney, there will almost always be someone appointed to take on the case. When this happens there will not be any costs incurred by the client. These rights discussed so far are derived from the sixth amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Specifically that amendment states “In all criminal…

Have you ever wonder what it was like to see the inside of a court room? Or to defend a client? I wonder the same things for a while to . So for my job shadow experience I chose Troy, Civil Court Center. I went with my mother to meet a nice young lady named Julie Dufrane. Mrs. Julie was one of the courts Civil Attorney. She had told me that we would be sitting in on a couple of her cases at the court that day. Mrs. Julie deals with only city case like , drug abuse or tickets things of that…

Atticus states that there was “[s]seventeen bullet holes in him.” (Lee 315). What this shows is that the officers wanted no chance of survival. That however, is not the only time racism is expressed in this southern town. It is also shown that in the court case when the judge was touring the jury, they were racist as well. From the POV of scout, she experiences this saddened. “I closed my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury. “Guilty…Guilty…Guilty…Guilty…”” (Lee 282). This shows the division…

The appeal case of Mutual Life and Citizens’ Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt (1971) AC 793 (Mutual Life) was allowed on the basis of three issues including if the appellant had the competency to give this advice, if innocent misrepresentation is negligent and if there was an element of reliance by the respondent on this information. The interpretation of these factors determined the appellant owed no duty of care and was not liable for the respondent’s monetary loss. The first issue was if the…

Packard v. Packard 18 January 1864, the jury reached its verdict. “We, the undersigned, Jurors in the case of Mrs. Elizabeth P. W. Packard, alleged to be insane, having heard the evidence… are satisfied that she is sane.” Judge Starr ordered, “… that Mrs. Elizabeth P. W. Packard be relieved of all restraints incompatible with her condition as a sane woman.” (Packard v. Packard, pg. 40) Neither the judge nor jury addressed the question of whether, had Mrs. Packard been found insane, Mr. Packard…

The civil and criminal justice system in America relies heavily on juries in deciding a person’s guilt, innocence, or even determining whether a specific party should be held negligent for a particular action or inaction. Jurors are summoned to serve on a jury in the community which they live. Lawyers want citizens to serve on a jury who can listen to facts and come to a conclusion based on the facts put on at trial. Jurors are supposed to be unbiased in a case; however, that is not always the…

Sidhu v Van Dyke This High Court of Australia decision revolved around a building, Oaks Cottage, situated on a 32 hectare rural property in New South Wales known as Burra Station. The appellant, Mr Sidhu, lived in the main homestead on Burra Station. The respondent, Ms Van Dyke, and her husband lived in Oaks Cottage, approximately 100 metres away. Ms Van Dyke and her husband paid rent to Mr Sidhu’s wife in respect of Oaks Cottage. Both the main homestead and Oaks Cottage were located on an…

was sent to jail. While there was more evidence to be seen and others to be questioned threw the trial. This is why Adnan Syed deserves an appeal because the jury was biased, the cops singled in on him, and his lawyer was not thorough. During court the jury is not supposed to be biased to either side and give a fair trial. From jury selection, when one potential juror confessed that he couldn't be fair to a Muslim defendant because a “Muslim friend of his mistreats his wife, to a bail…