Drug court

The first case viewed was a defendant accused of 6 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. The case went very quick and I didn’t really understand what was happening. I was distracted by the young lady from earlier who re-appeared and sat down right in front of me. She turned around and asked what we were going to school for. I mentioned Social work and she just looked at me and then turned back around. I was not able to really get an understanding from the first case due to being…

Ndeumeni further avers that the trial court erred in denying his motion to exclude the testimony of Kemogne’s witnesses where Kemogne failed to adequately disclose the witnesses and the contents of their testimony in discovery. Maryland Rule 2-433(a) bestows upon the trial court broad discretion in remedying discovery violations. Md. Rule 2-433(a). Critically, Rule 2-433(a) employs a permissive, but not mandatory, “may” where the rule provides that “the court . . . may enter such orders in…

"Acknowledge me, or you'll be in the slammer for five more years" the judge screeched with ferocity. Authority Judy Gailing started yapping "It was bad enough for you to devastate a family living in poverty, don't make it worse by ignoring the judge. Many people were at this shocking case, including C.I.A agent Larry Farmer. "Mr. Farmer can you please stepped forward." the noise broke and then....Silence. "Well..um, indeed we have to be precise on why our thief Mr. John Lainerd…

relates to juvenile courts, the jurisdiction varies based on legislation passed by each state, as the United States has no federal juvenile court system. Typically, once jurisdiction has been established, the juvenile court system takes cases ranging from juvenile status crimes to juvenile delinquents. Jurisdiction Jurisdiction is the power of a court to hear cases and decide their outcome. In regard to the jurisdiction of juvenile courts, there is no federal juvenile court system, so…

Stinney’s court-appointed lawyer, who was a tax attorney by the name of Charles Plowden may have not defended Stinney to the fullest in court because of his future plans to run for a political position. This included not cross-examining witnesses, or asking the prosecution for evidence. The only defence he used was that he was…

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…

I would like to thank everyone for replying to my discussion post. I have received some good points and answers to my questions. Perla, you and I agree with a lot of points from the video. I still do not believe people's opion's should not affect the 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…

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…

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…