Jury trial

material we have learned in the course involving before, during, and after a trial. At the beginning of the film, a young man serves the summons and complaint to the defendants. The complaint was served personally to the various defendants, at the place of work. Serving the defendants the lawsuit paperwork notifies them that there has been a complaint filed against them. Another tactic that is seen in the film for pre-trial is how they are using the tools of discovery to find evidence against…

guidelines from the time a police officer suspects a crime all the way to the day the offender is released from prison. The steps for an individual to be convicted of a crime must start with the arrest, and fallow the process in order to the pre-trial, trial, and appeals. There are different guidelines that apply to state and federal cases. To effectively understand the criminal justice process a person must start at the bottom and follow the progression of the charge. The beginning of any…

This court observation was my first time ever stepping into a court house let alone watching an actual trial take place. Like a lot of people, I assumed it would be just like the shows about criminal justice on TV such as Law and Order. I would come to find out that though there were multiple similarities between the two, there were also many differences and things I did not expect as well. Through this court observation I was better able to understand how the official court system works in…

The jury system came to Canada by the British settlers in the mid-1700s and is composed of 12 representatives of the community to provide judgment by peers (v+n). “The purpose of a trial is to answer the question of who did what to whom and whether such conduct is legal” (v+n). The jury acts as adjudicators and are called triers of facts that serve the purpose of listening to evidence and facts presented in court in order to decide who did what to whom and if such conduct was legal, out of the…

the trial, Scout occupied herself…

if the evidence is credible in court. The rules of evidence ultimately dictate what can and what cannot be presented to the judge and jury. Motion to suppress evidence is occasionally used by certain parties to dismiss evidence that is believed to be unlawfully obtained. As for the criminal court process, there are a series of stages that lead to a criminal trial. In regards to a misdemeanor case, a criminal complaint is usually filled. The Judicial figure thus proceeds to examine the complaint…

discriminated someone because they were unlike you? The article, “The Supreme Court Didn’t Fix Racist Jury Selection”, by Kami Chavis, shares a common theme with the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee. One common theme between the two passages is, everyone deserves equal rights even if they seem different. One example of the theme shown in the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, is when Jem blames the jury for Tom’s conviction of being guilty, for Jem believes that Tom is innocent. Atticus…

an illustration of McDonald assembly line, which has been renamed as "McJustice," according to Bohm (Bohm, 2014). The main agenda is to get this case in a file and stamp it with the word close. However, if the suspect has the right to ask to go to trial. If this happens the assembly line will slow down until the…

the sole dissenter, agreed with the Court of Appeal that the trial judge misled the jury to assess the responsibilities of pedestrians rather than those of drivers (para. 14). Another contested point was that the trial judge had questioned whether there were “circumstances that would indicate to the driver that he was in an area where children were likely to be present” (para. 9). Marshall argued that this comment suggested to the jury that, since the incident did not occur in a place with…

Brecht v. Abrahamson, 113 S.Ct. at 1722 (1993). In Brecht, great weight was given to the inconsistent and unconvincing testimony of witnesses in finding that other factors, besides the error, led the jury to convict. Id. Similarly, the testimony of Brittany and Petitioner’s other witnesses were unconvincing and inconsistent. Brittany’s testimony in particular was drawn into question when she was unable to adequately describe even the most basic aspects…