The vehicle was observed travelling eastbound on Oak Street crossing Main Street. The vehicle was stopped on the 100 block of East Oak Street. The operator was identified as Joseph S. ZENDROSKY. ZENDROSKY related he struck the sign while attempting to park the van.…
Whether helping customers to fill out government forms is an act of engaging in unauthorized practice of law for paralegals?…
FACTS: The Second Bank of the United States was chartered in 1816, amid much opposition from the states. However, following many financial disasters throughout the nation, eight states, including Maryland, passed statutes restricting the “activities of the Bank or imposing heavy burdens on it.” The state of Maryland impeded the operations of the Bank by imposing a significant paper tax on all notes not chartered by the state. McCulloch, the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Bank brought the case to the trial court which decided against him. The Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed this decision.…
Target for Lite (1970): 21-34 year old males with blue-collar occupations, who were the heavy users of the beer category…
Florida v. Bostick was a felony drug trafficking case which set precedence to the legality of random police searches of passengers aboard public buses and trains pertaining to said passenger’s fourth amendment rights. Shortly after boarding a bus departing from Miami headed for Atlanta, Terrance Bostick was approached by members of the Broward County Sheriffs department acting as part of a drug interception task force and without particularly suspicion was questioned by officers. Broward county sheriff officers advised Mr. Bostick of his right to not consent to a search of his personal belongings and then asked his permission to carry out the search. Terrance Bostick granted sheriffs officers request by consenting to the search which revealed a felonious amount…
2. The petitioner, Timothy Hurst, was convicted of first degree murder and the jury recommended the death penalty to the judge in Florida, who then sentenced Hurst to death. Hurst appealed to the Florida Supreme Court and was granted resentencing. The Florida Supreme Court rejected Hurst’s argument and reaffirmed his sentence. The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari.…
In many ways, the opinion in this case represents a final step in the creation of…
On may 24, 2011 Casey Anthony was brought to trial for the murder of her daughter Caylee Anthony. Casey Anthony’s was charged with First-degree murder, Aggravated child abuse, and providing false information to law enforcement. The prosecutor in this case was Linda Drane Burdick, who said that Casey wanted nothing more to live the single woman’s life of partying with her boyfriend, and going to clubs. She hadn’t had a job in years, but lied to her family about going to work. The prosecution argued that Caylee was becoming too old, and would soon be able to speak and tell on her, though it was a shocking theory.…
Is a person's sudden flight from identifiable police officer, patrolling a high crime area, suspicious to justify the officer's stop and frisk of that person? This was the question that the justices of the Supreme Court were asking themselves when they heard the case of Illinois v. Wardlow on the date of November 2, 1999.…
Evan Miller was 14 years old when he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder. Miller and his friend went to his neighbor’s trailer, Cole Cannon, while he was not there to look for drugs, they didn’t find any but they stole Cannon’s baseball cards and went back home. Later on Miller returned to Cannon’s trailer, Miller found him unconscious due to drugs and alcohol so he decided to steal his wallet. While Miller was grabbing the wallet, Cannon became conscious and attacked Miller. Miller then punched and beat Cannon with a bat. Afterwards Miller set the trailer on fire while Cannon was still in there alive.…
The Appellee’s lawyers in this case, believe that Mrs. White was injured and her husband, Bruno White was killed when the vehicle driven by her ex-fiancée, Edward Hard, crashed into their vehicle. They believe the…
The ARA does not violate the constitution because it is content and viewpoint neutral. It is content and viewpoint neutral because it does not restrict speech. The ARA was passed to stop unwelcome communications that stop others from practicing their own rights. The ARA never mentioned that a person could not voice their opinions, only that they can not impose their ideas or make another person go along with their ideas.…
Individuals break crimes all the time but some cases take America by storm with the mass amount of media coverage. The Scott Peterson trail is a prime example of a criminal case that took the nation by storm. What makes the Scott Peterson trail special is the fact that for the first time in California an individual was sentenced to death based solely on circumstantial evidence. In this paper I will be discussing the Scott Peterson case in three key areas background/summary, evidence, and finally crime elements.…
Similar fact evidence is circumstantial evidence because it is not direct. Direct evidence is a testimony of an eyewitness. Since the person stating the evidence is not a eyewitness, the evidence is circumstantial.…
This case involves suspect Hayk Arakelyan DOB 03/21/88, entering the Subway located at 1739 E. Washington Blvd during business hours. Once Arakelyan was inside of the Subway, he walked to the office door that had an "Employees only" sign on it, opened the door, and entered the office. Arakelyan stole $753 US Currency (Various Denominations) that was left on the counter in the office and left the store on foot, traveling west on Washington Blvd. Arakelyan was apprehened and found to be in possesion of the stolen money. Arakelyan was arrested for PC 459 – Burglary and tranposted to The Pasadena City Jail, where he was booked for the listed charge.…