Trial court

It’s easy to forget how important jurors really are to America. Jurors are charged with the responsibility of deciding whether, based on the facts of the case, a person is guilty or not guilty; and therefore, possibly determining if a person is put into jail for life or put on death row. Now if people in this jury don’t even want to be doing jury duty how do we know that these people will give a proper decision. But, if juries are comprised only of people that express an interest or want to…

Reflection The mock trial involved two opposing teams displaying evidence that is included in the information given, eg. police report, police interview and witness recounts. The verdict was decided by a jury and an impartial judge was used to keep order in the court. With this information the members of the two teams allocated certain roles to members of the group. These roles included barristers and witnesses. In the mock trial that I was involved in the role allocated to me was the witness…

The field trip to the Provincial Court of British Columbia to watch real trials was an excellent opportunity to critically examine the individuals in the legal profession, the process, and the overall application of criminal offences. After watching some real trials I acquired a better understanding of the roles of lawyers in the court house; this experience assisted me in stepping away from the fabricated stereotypes of media. Both the crown and defence lawyers were very timid and reserved in…

On 2nd September, I visited the Court of Criminal Appeal, to observe the case proceedings of the final decision passed in the appeal of Campbell v R. The court was presided over by Bathurst CJ, Simpson J and Hidden J. The appellant, Mr. Desmond Campbell was convicted for the murder of Janet Campbell, his wife, on 24th March 2005, in a trial by jury. His appeal rested on the fact that there were multiple miscarriages of justice, first by the trial judge in providing up an alternative scenario…

the full picture of their lesson, which means knowing that they have consequences for every action and slow, knowing that it is not a good look on them. The reason why young minors learned their lesson back then was due to there not being an actual court for young juveniles. Law enforcement has been the hot topic of them all, which contains policeman’s dragging, shooting, and killing young minors for no reason. For instance, the Trayvon Martin case was a hurtful case because a young boy who…

detail about the responsibilities of a sheriff when detaining a prisoner from another county or when jailing a minor. In article 2 it specifies the proceedings of a commitment hearing, such as, bonds, warrants, the witness’s responsibility to appear in court, the time that is given to be prepared for the case, and hearing the evidence provided in a case. Article 3 sets the instructions for indictments and what that means for officers, children and other specific indictments. The 4th section is…

The family of judge Patricia Acioli, murdered in August last year, are wary about a possible presence of municipal guards in the jury trial of the first PM accused of participating in the murder of magistrate, corporal Sergio Costa Júnior. The hearing will be held next Tuesday (4), in Niterói, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. The information comes from the victim's cousin, Humberto birth, which calls for the appointment of the new Secretary of Public Security of the city,…

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…

took Tracy’s life. Trial Judge Wimmer J. found that Mr. Latimer’s Charter rights had not been violated (Supreme Court Judgments, 2016). This is significant because it was Latimer who violated Tracy’s Charter rights and he was receiving the appropriate consequences for his intentional actions. Moreover, I feel this way because Constable Lyons stated, “Certainly the grounds to arrest were present, certainly there were reasonable and probable grounds to arrest him”(Supreme Court Judgments, 2016).…

he talked about court trials and how an officer would testify in and give his testimony on why he pulled someone over. Though among difficult assignments a police officer is going to always testify in a trial. All law enforcement officers will find themselves testifying on the witness stand at some point in their career. Other officers testify on a regular basics. When an officer needs to testify he needs to be confident and prepared when they are called upon to testify in court. Though when…