Trials And Verdicts
Trials and Verdicts
Brandy Bledsoe
May 31, 2015
CRJ 100
Week 8 Assignment 2
Professor Jamie Smith
Trials and Verdicts The constitution is the basis of all criminal law as well as trials and their verdicts. The constitution and the state and federal court systems have been in effect since the nineteenth century. Each and every court case has their own unique processes related to the different courts and how the case made it to any specific one, taking a plea bargain as an alternative to facing trial and what happens to the wrongfully accused will help understand a little more about the ins and outs of trials and verdicts. Former NFL star Darren Sharper, 39 has pleaded guilty to federal charges of drugging and raping three women in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had previously pleaded guilty to similar charges distributing drugs with the intent to commit rape in Nevada, Arizona, and California. This case started in the Louisiana state courts but has moved on to federal court. The United States Supreme Court will hear this case due to the fact that he has plead guilty in more than one state to drugging and raping women. This case actually has multi-jurisdiction, but in March a resolved all charges in all jurisdictions. He was sentenced to nine years in Arizona for sexual assault, he is expected to do a nine year sentence in California, an eight year sentence in Las Vegas, Nevada. He will serve 10 years total in prison instead of the multi-state sentences. Darren Sharper played football for the green bay packers, the Vikings and the Saints, he starred in the super bowl one as a rookie with the packers and 2010 victory with the Vikings. Rapper/Singer Chris Brown, 26 has accepted a plea deal for misdemeanor charges for simple assault that happened in October 2013. Apparently Chris Brown punched one or two men who tried to “photobomb” his picture on the streets of Washington D.C. Brown had previously pleaded guilty on felony assault charges in 2009
Brandy Bledsoe
May 31, 2015
CRJ 100
Week 8 Assignment 2
Professor Jamie Smith
Trials and Verdicts The constitution is the basis of all criminal law as well as trials and their verdicts. The constitution and the state and federal court systems have been in effect since the nineteenth century. Each and every court case has their own unique processes related to the different courts and how the case made it to any specific one, taking a plea bargain as an alternative to facing trial and what happens to the wrongfully accused will help understand a little more about the ins and outs of trials and verdicts. Former NFL star Darren Sharper, 39 has pleaded guilty to federal charges of drugging and raping three women in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had previously pleaded guilty to similar charges distributing drugs with the intent to commit rape in Nevada, Arizona, and California. This case started in the Louisiana state courts but has moved on to federal court. The United States Supreme Court will hear this case due to the fact that he has plead guilty in more than one state to drugging and raping women. This case actually has multi-jurisdiction, but in March a resolved all charges in all jurisdictions. He was sentenced to nine years in Arizona for sexual assault, he is expected to do a nine year sentence in California, an eight year sentence in Las Vegas, Nevada. He will serve 10 years total in prison instead of the multi-state sentences. Darren Sharper played football for the green bay packers, the Vikings and the Saints, he starred in the super bowl one as a rookie with the packers and 2010 victory with the Vikings. Rapper/Singer Chris Brown, 26 has accepted a plea deal for misdemeanor charges for simple assault that happened in October 2013. Apparently Chris Brown punched one or two men who tried to “photobomb” his picture on the streets of Washington D.C. Brown had previously pleaded guilty on felony assault charges in 2009
References: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/randb-singer-chris-brown-in-plea-talks-with-dc-prosecutors-in-assault-case-source-says/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/va-gov-exonerates-sex-offender-in-prison-29-years-in-mistaken-id-case/2015/05/13/45615998-f59a-11e4-84a6-6d7c67c50db0_story.html http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/05/29/darren-sharper-pleads-guilty-drug-rape-charges