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    Representatives, and must pass a simple majority of those present and voting. Upon pass being approved, the offender has been impeached. It’s stated in Article II that the President, Vice President, and all public officers of the U.S shall be detached from Office on Impeachment for, and conviction of Bribery, Treason, and or other high misconducts and misbehaviors. 2. Trial courts apply law to the fact of a given case, as to where appellate courts examine whether the law has been applied correctly in a trial court case. Facts of the case are presented and the panel of adjudicators and juries make logic of how proofs recount to law and take both law and example into explanation fall under a trial court. Cases are only overheard for the first time, and only affect the people who are involved in the incident. The two parties’ present indication and eyewitnesses, and either a judge or jury make the judgment founded on the evidence delivered. New facts cannot be introduced and if new facts are available, the case goes back to a trial court and obviously that falls under an appellate court. The appellate court cases can be…

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    Local Trial Courts in Texas There are two types of local trial courts in Texas: Municipal Courts and Justice of Peace Courts. The first type has limited criminal jurisdiction. Municipal Courts are created by Texas Legislature to work at the city level. The amount of courts in each location depends up its population and public needs. “These courts have original and exclusive jurisdiction over violations of city ordinances” (“Trial Courts”). Municipal Courts often hear traffic cases, civil…

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    Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction: This court is in the lowest level of the judicial system. These courts are only authorized to hear specified types of cases such as marriage, divorce, alimony, adoption, emancipation, juvenile offenses, misdemeanors, traffic violations, small claims, inheritance, and estate settlements. This type of court goes by different names such as Justice of the Peace Courts, Municipal Courts, Constitutional County Courts, County Courts at Law, and Statutory Probate…

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    ARGUMENT I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN EXCLUDING LT. CHEONG’S TESTIMONY REGARDING PERTINENT TRAIT OF CHARACTER OF MR. ASBURY, WHICH WITHIN REASONABLE PROBABILITY AFFECTED THE OUTCOME. The trial court’s decision on excluding evidence is reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard. (Callihan). A court abuses its discretion where its decision is based on untenable ground or for untenable reasons. The trial court erred by excluding testimony regarding Mr. Asbury’s reputation for lack of…

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    On the 8th of November I visited Oxford crown court; whilst I had previously attended various levels of courts to witness trials, I had never watched a sentencing. Therefore, intrigued to see the process, I decided to watch the sentencing of Tom Mobey. Immediately upon entering the courtroom I noticed a very different atmosphere to trial, one that was much more private and personal. There was a limited number of people in court: just the two opposing counsel, a clerk, the defendant and his…

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    Facts: Incident took place in a freight train traveling through Alabama with nine African American men, two white females, and seven white males. Throughout the ride, a fight broke out between the men. The two women on the train accused the African American men of sexually assaulting them. It was in Scottsboro that the men pleaded not guilty. On the day of the arraignment they were not appointed counsel. The judge announced he appointed all members of the bar for uses of the prosecutions. On the…

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    did they simply make a mistake in which they didn’t realize a breach existed? In other words, were they breaking the law unwittingly? Answering these questions should greatly help our examination in trying to reasonable determine if Mr. Snowden leaked NSA files with criminal intent or out of sincere concern for the public. The first question is difficult to answer. Did the NSA violate the law? On May 7, 2015 a three judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found the…

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    Argument for Tangible Detriment: The District court improperly granted summary judgment as a reasonable jury could find that Prufrock suffered a tangible detriment when he was denied tutoring and received the worst English grade of his college career after he rejected Crewel 's offer to "take care of things" for him if he was "a good boy".(DEP.) To determine whether plaintiff suffered a tangible detriment, courts consider whether 1) plaintiff suffered a material loss and 2) the loss…

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    a conviction for the offense of conspiracy to commit burglary of the Alkaline Water Company. The State, for its part, avers that Caldwell’s argument is waived because the issue was never presented to the trial court. Caldwell acknowledges that the issue as to whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain his conviction was not raised before the trial court. Nevertheless, Caldwell asserts that we should engage in plain error review and reverse the conviction. Alternatively, Caldwell contends…

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    McKichan v. St. Louis Hockey Club, L.P was a 1998 personal injury case that made its way up to the Missouri Court of Appeals. The incident in question occurred on December 15, 1990 during a minor league hockey game between the Peoria Rivermen and the Milwaukee Admirals in Peoria, Illinois. The Peoria Rivermen is a subsidiary club of the defendant. The injury in question occurred during the third period of said hockey game when the plaintiff, who at the time was a goaltender for the Admirals, was…

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