Drug court

United States courts have seven key types of jurisdiction. The first type of jurisdiction is personal jurisdiction. Personal Jurisdiction is the authority the court has over the person. The second type of jurisdiction is subject matter jurisdiction. Subject Matter Jurisdiction is the authority granted upon a court to hear a particular type of case. The third type of jurisdiction is geographical jurisdiction. Geographical jurisdiction is the authority the court has to hear cases that arise…

Angela M. Blythe, lawyer, 51, Oakland, Maryland, was sentenced by a government jury of plotting to confer bank extortion, bank misrepresentation and two checks of putting forth a false expression to a bank. Blythe was a lawyer authorized to practice in Maryland and West Virginia, with an office in Oakland, Maryland. She was a settlement lawyer in land exchanges. As indicated by proof displayed at the nine day trial, from 2000 to 2006, Blythe arranged deeds, home loans and notes utilizing false…

Well let’s see, there is this one mistake that always has me on my toes. The mistake I made was, I was being trained on a new program for our courthouse. I am advanced with technology and computers. Anyways we were told by our supervisors that our procedures or the citations have not changed, but the steps on how we process it have. Well I thought I knew it since I had received an award for diversity and professionalism, because I actually wrote the procedures that were in play for our policies.…

The court held that Mr Shafron is an officer under the section 9(b)(i) as he was closely involved in forming decisions, irrespective of being the ultimate decision maker. The Court stated that Mr Shafron was an employee and not an external advisor of the company (High court of Australia, 2012). Arguments of the parties and analysis Based on the section 180(1) of the act, the court stated that it is not possible that Mr Shafron could perform some duties as a company secretary and others as a…

Benekos, & Champion, 2017). At Jones’s hearing the courts determined that Jones needed to be tried as an adult as well. Jones did not agree with the courts and petition for habeas corpus. Jones complained that the criminal trial would then put him in double jeopardy (Oyez, 2017). Double jeopardy is when an offender is prosecuted for the same offense after conviction was made and given multiple punishments for the same offence at different degrees. The courts denied his writ and the case then…

PLAINTIFF’S TRIAL BRIEF REGARDING ADMISSIBILITY OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: NOW COMES Plaintiff Lauren Coon, who makes and files this Trial Brief regarding the admissibility of Stanley’s criminal convictions, and will respectfully show the court the following: 1. Under rule 404 of the Texas Rules of evidence, “a party accused of conduct involving moral turpitude may offer evidence of the party’s pertinent trait, and if the evidence is admitted, the accusing…

The supreme court of Illinois ruled in favor of Rosewood Care Center, meaning that Caterpillar was held liable to cover the costs of Betty Jo Cooks care at treatment while she was recovering. The appellate court held that a promise to pay the debt of another is subject to the statute of frauds, because the employer promised to pay for the employee's care before the debt came into existence, the employer's promise to pay was not subject to the statute of frauds and that the health care provider's…

At this time, and in light of The District’s aforementioned jurisdictional objections, the District will only generally respond to the 6 specific allegations and the single proposed resolutions contained in the Complaint. By not offering a response to each and every factual allegation made in Petitioner’s Complaint, the District in no way are waiving its right to contest any relevant factual allegations in the due process hearing in this matter. A review of Petitioner’s educational records…

William Morgan EN100-27 October 9th, 2015 Dr. Bloom Just Justice: Is a fair trial really fair? In the article, 5 Ways America's Justice System is designed to Screw You posted to Cracked.com on January 28, 2015, by Talia Jane states that there are several ways that the American justice system is set up to fail you. Ms. Jane, a professional writer along with an anonymous expert source, that she claims is a former public defender who wished to go unnamed, says that without proper representation…

Judge a case in criminal justice has never been a simple yes/no question, or Not Guilty/Guilty answers without justification according to the facts. Even though some jurors do so. That been said, twelve men, member of the jury, truly got angry while they were trying to stand together to deliberate a verdict after an murder trial. This happened in the movies “12 Angry men” published in 1957 in New York City. The eight years old went to a trial for stabling his father to death. So after the trial…