MAGISTRATES COURT The Magistrates’ Courts have jurisdiction to hear both criminal and civil cases. Magistrates are entrusted with the job of regulating many aspects of social life‚ ranging from keeping the peace (hence the other term for magistrate – Justice of the Peace or JP) to dealing with those accused of breaking the criminal law. Civil A First Class Magistrate has the jurisdiction to hear all actions and suits of a civil nature where the amount in dispute or value of the subject matter does
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Following a brief investigation of the court listings for the 21st November 2013‚ I viewed the Court & Tribunal Services website that can be seen at the following URL‚ http://www.courts.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/courtlists/default.aspx Upon review of the daily listings‚ discussions with Court personnel and review of the proceedings in progress at the time of my visit to the District Court of Western Australia (500 Hay Street‚ Perth 6000)‚ I attended the following Criminal Proceedings which is
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I attended a court session at Troy City Court‚ which is the 3rd Judicial District of NY State Courts. The public defender attorney present at court was Christopher T. Maier. I had the opportunity to go in ahead of everyone else and sit up in the jury stands where I was able to clearly see and hear everything that was going on once the court session began. I went to court on Tuesday‚ September 3rd‚ the day after Labor Day‚ which meant that court was closed the previous day. Due to the closure‚
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I have got a chance to visit court on 2‚ January 2014 with my group members Biagio Mauri for our law assignment. This is the first time of my life visiting to court and we went to magistrate court around 1pm. That court is located in 363 George Street Brisbane QLD 4001‚ opening and closing hours is 8:30-4:30. When we arrived infront of the court I feel alittle nervous because I have never been to any court. My group members asked me to turn off all of my electronic devices. In entrance there are
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Observation of the Court Proceedings in Litigated Cases at District Court Report 20 Submitted to Pubanchal University Chakraworti HaBi College of Law For the Partial Fulfillment as Clinical Works Submitted by Sambal Chaulagain Role No:23 BALLB 1st years Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Objectives and Timeframe of Observation 3. Methods and Limitation 4. Observed Findings 1. Lodging
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Rahul Baboo Dr. Kurt Stanberry Court Report Court Observation Paper For my court observation report I chose to join a jury hearing on a capital murder case on March 4‚ 2015. The name of the case was the State of Texas vs. Joseph Facundo and the case number is 1344346. The judge name was Price and the case involved a man who is being accused for capital murder and robbery in Katy Texas. Amber Thorne was arrested and charged with capital murder and aggravated robbery on December 29‚ 2011. She was
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Court System Paper Ronnie Allen Survey of Justice and Security/AJS/502 Version 1 June 10‚ 2013 Mr. Joseph Laronge This paper is about a court case‚ different types of federal and state courts‚ and new technology used in court cases. In everyday life all over the world there are law enforcement officers‚ lawyers‚ judges ’‚ government officials and even accused criminals that are looking forward to some type of reprieve from the United States Court System at some
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Summary: Johal‚ Johal‚ and Deo are the defendants in this case who are being charge with kidnapping with the intent to transport a person against his/her will. The defendants later extorted the victim and the victim’s family. The issue before the court today is whether the charge of kidnapping subsumes the charge of extortion or if the charge of extortion is an independent act from that of kidnapping. Were the proceedings cooperative or adversarial? The cooperative nature of the trial was characterized
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Court Unification Court Unification is defined as the proposal that seeks to centralize and integrate the diverse functions of all courts of general‚ concurrent‚ and exclusive jurisdiction into a more simplified and uncomplicated scheme. Pros and Cons of Court Unification The New York State Legislature and the voters of New York have an opportunity this year to play important roles in unifying our court system. Last year‚ the Legislature took the first step required to enact an amendment
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The first court I decided to visit was at 393 University Av. on September 11th after my classes and got there on time for a court session at 12:00 pm. The security was very strict. They looked through my backpack and made me take everything out of my pockets. After the security check we started looking for courtrooms with trials going on and I discovered that not much was happening at that time. A very nice woman told me that there was an interesting case happening in room 702 so I headed down to
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