Stella Liebeck‚ was a 79-year-old woman who was severely burned by McDonald coffee that she spilled in her lap in 1992. This was a frivolous litigation in the public eye. However‚ the facts of the case tell a different story. The coffee that burned her was very hot. So hot‚ that it caused third degree burns through clothes‚ in three seconds. Her skin was burned away to the layers muscle and fat. She was hospitalized for eight days‚ with multiple skin grafts‚ followed by other necessary procedures
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children but then his attorney announced that Federline asked to cancel the court appearance without further explanation was given. Spears left the rehabilitation centre on March 20 according to her manager‚ who said she was released after as the legal battle over the custody of their children continued‚ successfully completing their program. In September 2007‚ the official findings in Spears custody battle were announced by the court. She ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol tests and to attend parenting
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abundant amount of punishments starting with two years of probation‚ two hundred and fifty hours of community service‚ a $4‚000 fine‚ and 30 days of home confinement. In 2015 Barry Bond’s Conviction was overturned with a 10-1 vote in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Even though many people disagree with Bond’s decisions some still try and vote him into the Hall of Fame. Based off the most recent voting in 2015 only 36.2% of people want him put into the Hall of Fame and you need
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Roe vs. Wade Roe vs. Wade is a very well-known court case about abortion in the United States. It broke the news in 1969 when a divorced‚ poverty stricken‚ high school dropout‚ Norma McCorvey‚ desired for an abortion.1 In the state of Texas during this time‚ abortion was prohibited unless it jeopardized a woman’s health. So‚ Norma decided to have her child and set the child up for adoption. Then‚ she met Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee. Dictating on whether Texas’ Law was constitutional‚ the
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African American community was the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court
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Various states have their own court hierarchies. Washington D.C. is not a state‚ but nonetheless has its own court hierarchy. Initial criminal and civil complaints are filed at D.C. Superior Court. Unlike other states‚ Washington‚ D.C. has a smaller jurisdiction‚ and if a case is appealed it is brought to the D.C. Court of Appeals. Other jurisdictions usually have two levels of appellate courts. The case I observed at D.C. Superior Court was‚ 2016 DVM 1603‚ US v Dominguez. It was a criminal sentencing
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The definition of an appeal according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appeal‚ n.d.)‚ is a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court. The appeals process is very important to the legal system‚ and it includes many different factors and steps to the appeals process this helps the judge make the right decision. One of the main steps to the process starts with the losing side having to apply
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CNN Bill Cosby has been accused for multiple sexual assault accusation. He faces 3 charges of aggravated indecent assault in the case. On Wednesday as he walked into the courtroom he appeared to have difficulty seeing. They did sentence him to jail with a bail of 1 million dollars he paid it and walked away from jail. According to CNN the past July after the case was settled‚ the judge decided to unseal the deportation. In it Cosby admitted that
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Legal Studies Assessment Case Study Identify the correct legal citation of the case Citation: R v CAMPBELL (2010) NSWSC 995 Judgement date: 3 September 2010 Parties: Regina‚ Desmond Campbell- offender Judgement of: J Latham Counsel: M Tedeschi QC/ S Herbert- (Regina)‚ S Hughes- (offender) Solicitors: S Kavanagh- Solicitor for public Prosecutions- (Regina)‚ M Bowe Solicitors (Offender) Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: R v Coulter (2005) NSWSC
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American courts have carefully expanded mandatory disclosure by the prosecutor‚ especially with respect to disclosures of exculpatory evidence and impeachment material. Exculpatory evidence is any evidence that might exonerate the defendant at trial by either tending to cast doubt on defendant’s guilt or by tending to mitigate the defendant’s culpability‚ thereby potentially reducing the defendant’s sentence (David W. Neubauer & Henry F. Fradella). In Brady v. Maryland‚ he U.S Supreme Court held that
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