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then charged with burglary. Mempa’s probation was revoked, due to the burglary charge, and during the revocation process, Mempa had no counsel to represent him, was not offered the option of having counsel to represent him, nor asked of his previous court-appointed counsel. He plead guilty to the burglary charges and was sentenced to 10 years maximum, in compliance to Washington State Law ("Mempa v. Rhay 389 U.S. 128 (1967)", 2017). Within six years, Mempa sought a writ of Habeas Corpus because…

the Supreme Court held that the woman is subject to the proclivities of the husband’s behavior. Therefore, the court wrote, “every man must govern his household, and if by reason of an unruly temper, or an unbridled tongue, the wife persistently treats her husband with disrespect, and he submits to it, he not only loses all sense of self-respect, but loses the respect of the other members of his family, without which he cannot expect to govern them” (Joyner v. Joyner, 1862). The court reasoned…

representation. For example, the transcript of the Rule 11 hearing shows that the Court never asked whether the brothers understood effective versus ineffective assistance of counsel; whether they understood reasonable diligence in legal representation; whether they understood the actual work expected of attorneys in CCE and money laundering cases and against…

Pat Wilson asked: "Why are the drug charges always dropped when it gets to the JP?" ☀ I have seen some that have been dropped at the magistrates office. Numerous situations can be part of this, plea bargains, charges on hold if the defendant agrees to treatment, first time offenders, etc. I've also seen where it doesn't get the magistrates office at all. Examples: ☛ I've seen drug charges never make the magistrates office. ☛ A person overdosed at least 8 times and "NEVER" got ONE "constructive…

Defendant seeks summary judgment from this Court, despite its claim to the contrary. Under the Maryland rules, when a defendant files a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, and matters outside the pleadings are presented to and considered by the court, “the motion shall be treated as one for summary judgment and disposed of as provided in Rule 2-501.” MD. RULE 2-322(c) (emphasis added). The reason for this rule is that with a motion to dismiss the court considers only the allegations…

On Friday, April 6, I attended the District of Columbia Superior Court in order to witness the criminal justice system at hand rather than in the classroom or by reading a textbook. I witnessed cases that involved prostitution and cases that involved knives. Moreover, I noticed that the judges were either a man or woman, sitting front and center of the courtroom as they were clothed with an official black robe. I was greeted at the courthouse by security and walked through a metal detector,…

six and twelve individuals are chosen from a jury pool. Then the selection process begins. The first step is a random selection from a jury pool. The second step is the jury selection, known as voir dire. Voire Dire is a jury procedure, which the court and the attorneys narrow the pool of jurors. This process is done by the judge randomly selecting people in the juror pool to be excused and/or the attorneys questioning potential jurors to screen out individuals the attorneys think might be…

to distribute one hundred kilograms marijuana in the United State District Court of Eastern District of Missouri. Mr. Gonzalez-Lopez’s family hired defense attorney John Fahle to represent him in court. But, Gonzalez-Lopez decided to hire an out of state defense attorney from California by the name of Joseph Low. The understanding of Gonzalez-Lopez was that John Fahle and Joseph Low would work together. The District Court had initially let the two defense attorneys work together on the case…

1. Discuss the importance of Mose Wright in the trail and his testimony. Why is his testimony so important and also so frustrating to the outcome of the trial? It was important because even though he was threatened, to be killed by the murders, he still told the jury what happened that night. It is frustrating because even though they had more than enough evidence and with Mose Wright's testimony, to put them in jail for life but they got off home free. Example on page 18, the first sentence,…

Paul took the ball from Frank’s car and put it in his pocket. Another attendant say what happened and left a note on Frank’s windshield explaining what had happened. Frank files a conversion complaint against Paul. Issue How should the court rule on Frank’s conversion complaint? Rules In Spickler v. Lombardo, 1977 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec, 3 Pa. D. & C.3d 591 (Pa. County Ct. 1977) the found that, “A conversion may be defined as an intentional exercise of dominion or control…