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Steve Harmon Case
In the case of The State of New York vs. Steve Harmon the examination of flashbacks, journal entries, and tried testimony’s proves that Steve Harmon is guilty in the robbery and felony murder of Mr. Nesbitt. During the testimony of Sawicki, the prosecutor asks him if Steve attended film club on the afternoon of December 22nd Sawicki responds with, “No, he did not”. Steve not going to film club on the day of the robbery brings up suspicion, the Jury can imply that he goes to film club all the time and he just “happened” to not be there on the day of the robbery. The Unknown is where was he, that is the Jury’s decision on where he “was”. While Steve was in his cell, in his journal he writes, ”I thought about writing about what happened in the …show more content…
After steve writes about Mrs. O’Brien thinking he is guilty he contemplates with himself of being guilty and writes, “Its growing. First i was scared of being hit or raped. That being scared was like a little ball in the pit of my stomach. Now that ball is growing when i think about the kind of time i can get.” Steve saying he is completely innocent previously and then when he's alone writing in his journal he contemplates and think about the time he can get for his crime. For this reason, Steve steve is guilty. Steve writes in his journal 5 months after he was found not guilty and thinks about why Mrs. O’Brien didn't give him a hug after they won and when she just walked away, as he writes, “When Miss O’Brien looked at me, after we had won the case, what did she see that caused her to turn away? What did she see?“ O'Brien viewed Steve as guilty despite his innocent verdict in court, and felt that she had freed a guilty person. It is implied that steve is wondering how did she know he was guilty, how did she know, what did she she that lead her to believe that he's guilty. as a result of the State of New York vs Steve harmon the jury should have clearly decided that steve harmon is guilty in the burglary and felony murder of

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