In July of 2000 Curtis Williams was indicted by a grand jury in Williamson County, Texas for aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. While under indictment, Williams traveled to Louisiana from Texas on a Greyhound bus. The bus Williams was traveling on was scheduled to make a stop at the Shreveport Greyhound Bus terminal on September 12,…
On May 22, 1996, two days after the incident, the plaintiff, who was not scheduled to work that day, returned to the restaurant curious to determine whether there was any hostility toward him resulting from his having called the Department of Health. The plaintiff testified that he was summarily ordered by David Badot, the restaurant’s manager, to come into his office and that Badot proceeded to shout at him while inquiring whether he had contacted the Department of Health. The plaintiff testified that he shouted back at Badot and acknowledged that he had indeed called Department of Health. Badot then accused the plaintiff of stealing one of the defendant’s softball team shirts and of taking a work schedule home.…
On Tuesday, 01/03/207, at 1442 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 was dispatched to take a telephone report for a theft. I spoke to the victim, Philip B. Royster (M/W, DOB: 05/04/1961). Royster stated someone stole numerous tools from his shop trailers parked on Boat Dock Rd. I requested to meet Royster in person at the location to take the report, he agreed.…
The speaker of the series was named Brock Wagner. He is the CEO of the craft brewery located in the city of Houston in the section of town called Fifth Ward. Brock Wagner spoke of the path his life had taken and how it lead to him wishing to quit his investment banking job to start the Samuel Adams Brewery with the help of friends and family. The craft brewery landscape in the days that Samuel Adams was started in the mid 90’s was very different than what is like today to sell craft beer in Texas. Laws and regulations existed that prohibited the sale of beer or food at local brewery installations the state. Grass roots organizing and leadership in the Houston community lead to the passing and changing of laws that has made St. Arnolds the go to destination for craft beer that it is today. The CEO Brock Wagner shared his journey of finding the right environment at the time that appealed to him for the site of his brewery.…
In this paper I will discuss the case of Davis v. the Board of County Commissioners of Doña Ana County. In this case Joseph Herrera an employee at the detention center was accused of sexually harassing the female inmates. Herrera’s supervisor at MVH where he was employed, advise Herrera that they will taking actions to discipline him due to the complaints and Herrera resigns. Herrera asks his employers to give him a letter of recommendation for an employer he was applying for and the supervisors give him an outstanding recommendation. His supervisors neglect to tell the prospective employer that at the time of his employment he was under investigation for sexual harassment. Because they did not disclose that information they employed Herrera and he repeated his actions.…
Answer: The hearsay rule prohibits statements made outside of court to be offered as proof, in admitting evidence. However there are exceptions to the hearsay rule, which includes statements made in 1) excitement utterance, this is defined as statements made while the declarant was under stress of excitement which caused it. 2) Present impression, statements made during or right after the declarant perceived it. 3) There are various records rules; such as public records which are marriage, death, and birth if reported to legal office, observations made while on public duty like how many times an officer has had disciplinary actions against him or her while on duty. Cases filed in courts prior…
The respondent Andrews, a British subject permanently resident in Canada. Andrews met all the requirements for the admission to the British Columbia Bar except for Canadian Citizenship, section 42(a) of Barrister and Solicitors Act. He commenced legal action for a declaration that the requirement violated section 15(1) Of the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms; this was dismissed at the trial but allowed on the appeal. The appellants, the Law society of British Columbia and Attorney General of British Columbia, appealed against this declaration that the requirement for Canadian Citizenship infringes the section 15(1) of the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms.…
Mr. McCleskey was a Black man, that was convicted of two counts armed robbery and one count of murder in the Supreme Court of Fulton County, Georgia. His convictions were due to the robbery of a furniture store and the killing of a white police officer while the robbery was occurring. There was evidence presented at trial that proved one of the bullets to be from a .38 caliber Rossi revolver, which fit the description of the gun McCleskey was carrying, and two witnesses who had heard McCleskey had admitted to the shooting.…
In the case of Katz v. United states, 1967, The FBI agents acted on a suspicion that Katz maybe transmitting gambling information over the phone to other people in other states. Katz was using a public phone booth to conduct the transactions of information ("Findlaw's United States Supreme Court Case And Opinions."). The FBI agents then proceeded to attach an eavesdropping device to the outside of the phone booth to record his conversations. With all the recoding that the FBI could get, they charged Katz with an eight - count indictment for the illegal transmission of wagering information to several states and he was convicted of those charges ("Findlaw's United States Supreme Court Case And Opinions.").…
According the Fourth Amendment, “protection applies only to situations where an individual has a subjective expectation of private that society willingly recognizes as reasonable” (Maras, 2015, p. 84). Thanks to the decision in the Katz v. United States case, the “reasonable expectation of privacy” test is used to established when law enforcement are allowed to conduct a search that does not violate one’s privacy (Maras, 2015). Information that is meant to be private and is contained in technology devices can be protected under the Fourth Amendment because the person’s intentions are to keep the information from the public (Maras, 2015). For example, in the Katz case there was a phone conversation that was admitted as evidence, but later found…
In Dred Scott v. Sandford the case started in 1856 and ended in 1857. “The Supreme Court decided that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories. Finally, the Court declared that the rights of slaveowners were constitutionally protected by the Fifth Amendment because slaves were categorized as property.” - Alex McBride (McBride 2006, 411). The verdict was unlawful and absurd.…
A group of African-American youths were on a freight train through Alabama. They got into a fight with some white youths, throwing the white boys from the train. A message was sent, requesting all blacks be removed from the train. Two white girls on the train testified that they had been raped by six different youths in turn. The youths were taken into custody. The community was very hostile, as a mob met the youths. The trial judge appointed “all members of the bar” for the purpose of the arraignment. The defendants themselves were illiterate and “ignorant”. They were all tried separately, each trial lasting a day, convicted, and sentenced to death. Throughout the proceedings, none of the “Scottsboro” boys was allowed to contact their relatives, who lived out of State. On the day of the trial, an out-of-town attorney appeared for the defendants but announced that he could not formally represent them. The trial judge called on all the local lawyers present to assume responsibility for defending the nine young men, but only one agreed. The two lawyers had no opportunity to investigate the case or consult with their “clients.” All nine youths were found guilty by four separate juries, despite testimony from doctors who said they found no evidence of rape upon examining the women. Eight of the nine men received the death penalty. The convictions were appealed through the State courts of Alabama, and failing there, went to the Supreme Court.…
Justices of the United States Supreme Court are strategic actors who strive to secure policy outcomes as close to their preferred outcome as possible. Accomplishing this sometimes requires justices to not always pursue their true policy preferences and sometimes it requires justices to ignore legal and policy questions. In this essay, I will analyze how justices were strategic in a few landmark supreme court cases.…
The financial statement of Adams Limited is ready for a review. I spent about 2 hour making the adjusting entries and preparing the spreadsheet. The transactions of Adams Limited were very straightforward, so I could make the adjusting entries without much difficulties. I did not spend time researching about the adjusting entries. Instead, I used my accounting book as a guide for the financial statement format. Overall, I think I was very comfortable completing this assignment. However, I am sure that I will have to deal with more challenging assignments in the future. If that is the case, I will need to spend some time researching while I am working on each of the assignments. Things I remembered from school are the concept of time value of money, the calculation of the percentage of completion, making journal entries and adjusting entries, the differences between accrual basis of accounting and cash basis of accounting, LIFO&FIFO methods, basic financial statement preparation, and estimating bad debts expense: estimation of sales and estimation of account receivable.…
The first amendment in the Bill of Rights states “Congress shall make no law respecting…