State court

Dietrich was tried in Victorian County Court on three counts, one of which was importing into Australia more than a trafficable quantity of heroin. The trial lasted approx. 40 days, and throughout these days, he was unable to afford legal representation and was made to go to trial without counsel…

People Big World Abstract: Should juveniles ever be tried as an adult? That seems to be the question of the day at this time in society. This paper helps unfold the facts about trying juveniles either way, and the legal information as to what certain states hold laws about it. It also discusses the pros and cons and what the end result is of the individual after it is all said and done in certain situations. No matter your opinion, if you want to grasp a better one about this, then reading this…

Sarah Johnson, at the Allegany County Circuit Court at the address of 30 Washington Street, Cumberland MD, 21502. The judge for that morning was W. Timothy Finan. Upon entering the front door, you had to put all of your stuff in tubs that they ran through the security scanner; while they were doing that, you walked through a scanner as well. On the other side you reclaimed your items. The security officer then directed us upstairs to the second court room. Upstairs we met the bailiff who…

Westgate” and the article “Why Our Memory Fails Us” by Christopher F. Chabris and Daniel J. Simons, the topic of memories are discussed in both of the works. Unreliable memories can affect our court system and the people involved in the trials. In our society, criminals are tried in court more often than not and the courts require eyewitness testimony from people at to scene of the crime to help convict the person being tried. However, most trials don’t happen immediately after the crime and…

On Thursday, November 12th, I visited the Fredericksburg General District Court of the 15th Judicial District of Virginia to observe cases beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Virginia General District Court is the lowest level of the Virginia court system and is the most common court citizens of Virginia have contact with. The General District Court is a limited jurisdiction trial court that conducts trials involving traffic infractions and other criminal misdemeanor offenses…

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…

In this following paper I will discuss my court visits on September 30th and October 19th at the Lancaster Court House. The first hearing I saw was an estate hearing in courtroom six on the third floor with Judge Jay J Hoberg. The hearing was only an about an hour long but to me it was very informative. As I mentioned earlier it was an estate hearing for a petition to have will moved to New Jersey, there was a jurisdiction error. There was no defendant, the party in contradiction of a claim that…

right to file a petition or bring a lawsuit before the court of law to obtain a legal remedy. The standing doctrine concept derived from Article III § 2 of the U.S. Constitution that limits the jurisdiction of federal courts to hear cases involving controversy matters. Daniel E. Hall, Administrative Law: Bureaucracy in a Democracy, 251-252 (6th ed. 2015). On the subject of how does an individual has standings in certain actions, the courts have ruled that a citizen who has not suffered a…

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…

I will be discussing Japan’s criminal justice system. I will be addressing the law enforcement, courts, and correction workings of their criminal justice system. I chose Japan because I believed that it would be interesting to learn more about how their criminal justice system works. It is important to look at other countries criminal justice systems so that we can compare them to our own to see if we need to make improvements or if we can help to improve others. Japan 's legal system is based…