For my Quick law assignment I was issued the legal term “Circumstantial evidence.” Circumstantial evidence is defined by duhaime.org as‚ “Evidence which may allow a trial judge or jury to deduce or logically infer a certain fact from other established facts‚ which have been proven.” Circumstantial evidence is also known as indirect evidence. It is best explained using the example of an individual walking into a building wet and wearing a raincoat; a person would then assume that it was raining outside
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In Wilson v. Arkansas‚ 514 U.S. 927‚ 934‚ 133 L. Ed. 2d 976‚ 115 S. Ct. 1914 (1195)‚ this court recognized that the “flexible requirement of reasonableness should not be read to mandate a rigid rule of announcement that ignores countervailing law enforcement interests
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On Tuesday‚ June 15th‚ 2016 at approximately 2145 hrs while driving a Midland Police vehicle and wearing a standard MPD issued uniform Officer Jimenez was dispatched to 2300 N A st #1006 in reference to a Burglary of a Habitation. MPD Dispatch advised Officer Jimenez that complainant wanted to report that someone broke into his apartment and took several electronic items without his effective consent. Upon arrival Officer Jimenez made contact with the victim identified as Laython Henley(W/M-DOB05/09/1997)
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Is New York City’s Stop and Frisk law infringing upon Americans rights? In 2011‚ 685‚ 724 people were stopped and frisked by the police. This is a record high by more than 50‚000 stops in New York City‚ 87% of the stops were either black or Latino‚ raising the question of is this morally ethical due to racial profiling (NYCLU‚ 2014). Why should an individual be stopped and frisked without probable cause? Stopping and frisking without probable cause is an act of racism‚ profiling someone due
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Laura Disla English 201 Professor Langrone 04/03/12 Stop and Frisk Stop and frisk is a program that the New York Police Department uses to stop and search anyone who looks suspicious. Police can stop and frisk anyone without a warrant. This topic is causing many controversies because of the excessive numbers of arrest. A disproportionate number of people of color especially African America and Hispanics are unreasonably stopped and searched simply for looking suspicious. They are the one
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Northridge Locksmith Slammed the door of your car and realized you have left the keys inside? Your house was barged in? Misplaced the keys to your safe in the office? Return home from a holiday and find your locks been tampered with? So many times we faced these situations‚ right? But with Northridge Locksmith in town you won’t have to worry anymore. We would be minutes away from you each time you have to deal with such emergency situations. It is quite common for us to err. We are but humans
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Stop and frisk is very beneficial because the law enforcement officers has a reasonable suspicion to stop an individual if a crime has occurred or plan to occur. “Stop and frisk is essential to the probable cause and warrant requirements.” (Hall‚ p. 415‚ 2015). Many times law enforcement officers do not follow the stop and frisk and abuse the law by doing the opposite by following the law. It is important that law enforcement take authority when necessary instead of making citizens feel unsafe and
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Stop and Frisk “NYPD’s controversial Stop and Frisk policy ruled unconstitutional” by Kerry Wills‚ Robert Gearty‚ and Stephen Rex Brown; which was polished January 8th‚ 12013. A major part of “Stop and Frisk’ in New York City is‚ NYPD is that it’s unconstitutional. The community feels that people feel that there is racial issue towards stopping and frisking. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered police to reduce the amounts of trespass and abusing their power to frisk everyone
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Situation Analysis The implications of whether we decide to sponsor Matworks’s sales event or not‚ are manifold and need to be explored from the point of view of various stakeholders of Southwestern Ohio Steel LP (SOSLP). To analyze the situation before us‚ I will look at the industry and major stakeholders in our decision in turn. Analysis of the Industry The steel service industry has two major characteristics; costs of transportation over long distances are prohibitive and suppliers are
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Hilary Barrett April 13‚ 2009 Ohio History Dr. Patrick Thieving Their Way into History In 1919 World War I had come to an end. Ten years later the stock market crashed throwing the United States into a Great Depression. The time period in between was a time that was classified by a boom in the economy and prohibition legalized by the eighteenth amendment. This amendment had lead to an increase of organized crime nationwide. In that time span of these two prominent moments in American history
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