Case Brief Funk vs. United States Supreme Court of the United States 290 U.S. 371‚ 54 S. Ct. 212 (1933) Facts: Funk was tried twice and convicted both times in Federal District Court for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. In the first appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals the decision of the Federal District Court was reversed due to issues not applicable here. 46 F.2d 417. In both trials the defendant called upon his wife to testify on his behalf and she was excluded
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conclusion. The case Heien v. North Carolina came about on April 29‚ 2010 when an officer started “following a suspicious vehicle‚ Sergeant Matt Darisse noticed that only one of the vehicle’s brake lights was working and pulled the driver over. While issuing a warning ticket for the broken brake light‚ Darisse became suspicious of the actions of the two occupants and their answers to his questions. Petitioner Nicholas Brady Heien‚ the car’s owner‚ gave Darisse consent to search the vehicle. Darisse
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What is the difference between lawful trickery and unlawful coercion according to the 1990 Supreme Court decision in Illinois v. Perkins? The case in brief involved a murder investigation (Stephenson murder) in November 1984‚ located in East St. Louis‚ Illinois. The investigation went unsolved until 1986‚ when an inmate at the Graham Correctional Facility‚ told officials he had learn information related to the homicide from a fellow inmate‚ Lloyd Perkins. The inmate detailed certain information
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Georgia v. Troy Davis Georgia v. Troy Davis Two days following Davis’s conviction on charges of the murder of Officer Mark MacPhail‚ jury recommended the death penalty and Davis was sentenced to death. Officer MacPhail’s family wasn’t allowed to testify but Davis comment with; “Spare my life‚ just give me a second chance. That’s all I ask. I was convicted for offenses that I didn’t commit.” If the victim was still alive to testify‚ he could have confirmed Davis’s statement or better yet identify
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person is required to received in the workplace. The code has the ability to allow and disallow certain charges based on discrimination due to the nature of the job. As these following cases will illustrate‚ the Human Rights Code is not a piece of legislation that favors neither the individual nor the employer. These cases show how the Human Rights code is used to protect against discrimination in relation the health and safety‚ with special consideration on who is and is not eligible for compensation
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I believe Stogner v. California (2003) favors the offender’s rights because the offender escaped justice due to passage of time. In some cases‚ I believe passage of time could be acceptable‚ but in cases of serious personal and psychological injury‚ I do not believe passage of time should be such a factor. When the law regarding sexual assault was written‚ these types of crimes did not carry the penalties and time limitations that they do now. I venture to say‚ it was not viewed as serious as it
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Briefing a Case Case Name: Traine Smith‚ Appellant v. Friends Hospital‚ Dewight Magwood‚ Benjamin Messina‚ Ronald Potter‚ Robert Anthony and Dewayne Thomas‚ Appellees • Who is the plaintiff? The defendant? The plaintiff is Traine Smith. The plaintiffs are Friends Hospital‚ Dewight Magwood‚ Benjamin Messina‚ Ronald Potter‚ Robert Anthony‚ and Dewayne Thomas • What is the issue? The plaintiff sued the defendants‚ claiming that she was sexually assaulted and beaten by hospital employees while
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1. How did Philips become the leading consumer electronics company in the world in the postwar era? What distinctive competence did they build? What distinctive incompetencies? In anticipation of the impending war in the late 1930s‚ Philips transferred its overseas assets to two trusts‚ British Philips and the North American Philips Corporation. It moved most of its vital research laboratories to England and its top management to the United States. Isolated from their parents and supported
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Mr. Chung estimated that he started his lease at 1361 Newton Street‚ Los Angeles‚ CA somewhere in either in 2009 or 2010 from the Smith and Company and dealt specifically with the leases Representative Bill or AKA: William Weiss. He said he rented out a small storage space which was a 12’x12’ storage space where he stored props and extra vases at the extra storage space‚ which he rented out for space for cash at $50.00 per month and with a check for $25.00 month and would give him $25.00 in cash
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1. Can you (or Mr. Yourprop’s supervisor) search Yourprop’s personal vehicle currently parked in the Company parking lot for digital evidence? Support your answer. a. Pursuant to the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution‚ Mr. Yourprop and all other employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy which would prevent me and his supervisor from freely searching his vehicle. The easiest and most efficient way that would prevent questions of immiscibility in court and protect the company from legal
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