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Bailments Another issue for Martin is his car. Martin drove his GTO to a restaurant and upon arriving, handed over his keys to person named Benjamin who identified as the restaurant valet. Upon deciding to leave the restaurant, Martin walked outside and noticed the valet was not present and neither was his car. Martin asked the restaurant hostess for help and she informed him that there was no valet service that day and that Benjamin, who was once employed there, had resigned a day earlier.…

The trial court granted Cochran's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Relevant Facts: Bennett presents three issues that require a review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's verdict. His issues include, there are many evidences that…

If the verdict in a criminal case does not produce the intended results and a defendant still maintains his innocence, one has a legal right to appeal the conviction. Keith S. Hampton, Attorney at Law, has been a criminal attorney in the Austin, Texas, area for more than two decades, and he understands the processes involved in appealing a conviction. It's important to remember that a lower court's verdict doesn't have to be the end of the story. Here, Attorney Hampton offers some legal advice…

Juvenile Disposition Guidelines have stated the age range a juvenile could be tried in juvenile court of jurisdiction, it would be easier for the judge to determine if the person should be sentenced in juvenile or adult court jurisdiction. The confusion of the exact age a person is fully mature and should be consider adult makes it hard for judges under blended sentence to determine the appropriate court of jurisdiction for the juvenile. Following a research in psychology and neurology that…

1) Opinion evidence is anything based around what the testifying witness believes or can infer utilizing the facts that are in dispute. An example of opinion evidence, “A man is seemingly angry because he is yelling and throwing things”. An expert witness is someone that is skilled or knowledgable in a certain area through training, study or experience. Non-expert witnesses or lay witnesses are just your average joe witnesses that testify about the regularly observed human events. Ingram,…

Summary of Facts The Plaintiff and the Defendant had been friends for many years before this incident. They are both musicians and both have helped each other out when it came to their careers. When the Plaintiff stated that if someone needed help on a track then he would ask the Defendant to come and join in. The same instance goes for the Defendant; if he needed help with a track or anything he would go to his then friend the Plaintiff. When the Plaintiff asked for help from the Defendant…

Juries are a key component of the justice system and they exist as the ultimate deciding factor in terms of defining the defendant as guilty or not guilty. In order to be on a jury and occupy one of the twelve spots, a jury consultant digs through the potential juror’s social media networks. Jury Consultants accumulate information about the jurors and check to see if the information they find is “favorable” or “unfavorable”. Jury Consultants have a job of Jury Profiling, which is the…

Good morning ladies and gentleman of the jury. Today, I will be talking about Mrs. Mary Maloney’s case, who is being accused of killing her husband, Mr. Patrick Maloney, a police officer. I am here to plead that Mrs. Maloney is not guilty of first degree murder, under the reason of temporary insanity. After her husband told her that he was leaving her, she went into a state of shock. This state of shock caused Mrs. Maloney to react in an abnormal way, causing her to hit her husband with lamb leg…

because, lo and behold, he did not deliver. If you care to believe me, I did nothing wrong. 2 weeks was the time my lawyer and I were making the necessary preparations for the deciding day. We has stockpiled mountains of evidence that I did nothing. Court day came, and he stabbed me in the back. Brutally, and figuratively. At one point of the trial he even had the audacity to waltz to the prosecutor and...help him. “Is this legal?” I would ask. “All’s legal in law and war.” The trial was…

is because he wanted to show that not all back people are liars. The last question Atticus will be asked is why did he un-button his clothes when he was questioning his witness. I think Attics un-buttoned his clothes because he wanted to show the court he is a man with good intentions even if is defending a black man. He also un-buttoned his clothes to show Tom that this trial will be an “easy” one to win. Epically when Atticus is defending an honest man. I predict that the Ewell’s will lose…