Judge Case Summary and Issues Following a jury trial‚ Jerry White was found guilty of attempted murder‚ a Class A felony; and eight counts of confinement‚ four as Class B felonies‚ two as Class C felonies‚ and two as Class D felonies. The trial court sentenced White to an aggregate sentence of eighty years. White raises the issues of whether sufficient evidence supports his conviction of attempted murder and two of his convictions of confinement as Class B felonies and whether his sentence
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full wrath of an alien white world would be turned loose upon them; in short‚ it would be a symbolic challenge of the white world’s rule over them; a challenge they yearned to make” (Wright‚ 14). The fear of how the white society would react to the robbery caused doubt in the minds of the friends. The white world seemed to exist on another planet in the eyes of Bigger and his friends; however‚ white society still had a vast control over them. Bigger longed to be able to do the things white men and women
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girlfriend. The employee of the graveyard shift feels uneasy as the main character enters the store. The employee thinks he is going to get robbed. The main character notices the employee reaction and so attempts to mess with him by simulating a robbery scenario. The excerpt talks about the main character trying to find peace. Peace that is unachievable at the moment due to a fight with his girlfriend; the uncertainty of what he is going to do with his life forces him to drive away in order to reevaluate
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Natural Crime and Legal Crime Antoine Brown Axia College of the University of Phoenix Foundations of Criminal Justice CJA/ 303 Matthew Smith November 10‚ 2008 What are Natural Crime and Legal Crime? A natural crime is an act in which the ethics of society finds a particular action to be offensive. This nature of crime is associated with Malum in se; a term that signifies crime that is considered wrong in and of it self (MojoLaw.com‚ 2008). Legal crime is an act that violates criminal
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exculpatory or impeaching information and evidence that is material to the guilt or innocence or to the punishment of a defendant. a the supreme court they decided this … at the … they decided this …. Facts : Thompson has been convicted for attempted armed robbery. Prosecutors failed to disclose crime lab report. A month before his schedued execution‚ the crime lab report was discovered. Issue : where it’s written « HELD ». the question they try to figure out‚ to determine. Can a prosecutor’s office
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man who was uneducated‚ had a low self-esteem‚ and he worked on the plantation since he was a child. One day he was at the wrong place at the wrong time and was found guilty for the actions of his friends that had attempted to rob a store. Both of his friends were killed in this robbery as well as the store owner. During the court hearing‚ his own lawyer compared him to being no better than a hog. This statement was the eye-opening statement
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CRIME TYPOLOGIES VIOLENT CRIME Forcible rape – defined in common law as “the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.” * Population density influences the rape rate. Metropolitan areas today have rape rates significantly higher than rural areas * Rape is a warm-weather crime with most incidents occurring during July and August and the lowest rates occurring during December‚ January‚ and February. * Rape is frequently underreported * Fail to report
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(limited to the main ballistic evidence)‚ that was presented in the criminal trials and the forensic evidence that was introduced by the prosecution. Background Coulston was caught by police not for the murders in Burwood but for an armed robbery that occurred several months after the murders in July. Coulston had approached a couple who were returning to their car parked near the National Gallery in St Kilda Road. Coulston was wearing a balaclava and carrying a .22 calibre rifle when he approached
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essentially the story of Kumalo’s newfound concern for the fate of South Africa and its inhabitants. James Jarvis He is a wealthy white man in South Africa whose son‚ Arthur Jarvis‚ is a renowned social reformer murdered by Absalom Kumalo during a robbery. When he visits Johannesburg for the funeral for his son and the trial of Absalom‚ James Jarvis learns more about the social work that Jarvis did on behalf of South Africa and eventually devotes himself to promoting social justice in South Africa
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According to Egunjobi (2007)‚ many social problems such as prostitution‚ robbery‚ alcoholism‚ domestic violence‚ social‚ religious and civil unrest and suicide to mention but few‚ become more severe in times of high Unemployment. In addition‚ there is a linkage between unemployment‚ poverty and crime‚ when people cannot earn an
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