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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1ST SLIDE: Identity theft starts with the misuse of a person’s personally identifying information‚ such as name and Social Security number‚ credit card numbers or other financial account information. For identity thieves‚ this information is as good as gold. 2ND SLIDE: What do thieves do with a stolen identity? Once they have your personal information‚ identity thieves use it in a variety of ways. Credit card fraud: They may open new credit card accounts in their victim’s name. When they
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which had been so ordered by the courts‚ they must be given the right to present their case at a revocation hearing before being incarcerated. In fact the probationer is given dates for two separate hearings; first they are granted a “preliminary hearing”‚ called a "pre-revocation hearing"‚ or “Gagnon I hearing”‚ which determines whether they must be incarcerated while awaiting an actual second hearing‚ which is called the “revocation hearing” or “Gagnon II hearing” (Latessa and Smith 2011). It is
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LAWS1021: Court research report The basic division in the structure of criminal courts is between the lower criminal courts – the local courts‚ Children’s court and Coroner’s court – and the higher criminal courts – the District Court and the Supreme Court. In observing proceedings at the Local‚ District and Supreme Courts over a period of three days a number of aspects of the criminal justice system were made apparent. The administration‚ processes and practices of the criminal trial are extremely
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be taken in order to get Prince out of jail in an expeditious manner. During his Initial Appearance‚ the magistrate will have set a Preliminary Hearing date during the next ten days‚ assuming Prince did not waive this right. I have requested a copy of the Initial Appearance form from the
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Court Report 1. Where is the court situated? Did you find it difficult to reach? The local court that I attended was at Hornsby. It was easy to reach since it was on the main road (Pacific Highway) and was located next to the Council Chambers. I attended the Court on Friday the 2nd of August from 10am to 2pm. 2. How was the work distributed at the Court? Compare the number of matters for hearing and mention‚ eg locate the List Sheets of matters for mention and for hearing and note what types of
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Court Report 1. The name of the case is “Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad Vs. Mobifusion‚ Inc” and case number is 112CV236774. 2. Date and time of the session I attended is February 20th‚ 2014 at 9:00 a.m. 3. Number of department is Dept. 2‚ and the name of the judge is Patricia M. Lucas. 4. John V. Komar is the attorney for the plaintiff (Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad) and Chris Kao is the attorney for the defendant (Mobifusion‚ Inc) 5. Nature of dispute: a) The plaintiff
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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 hierarchy The Local Court is the lowest court in the hierarchy and deals with minor criminal and summary offences. It will also hear minor civil disputes with monetary value up to $60 000. The Local Court holds committal hearings‚ which are preliminary hearings where the magistrate determines if there is sufficient evidence against the defendant to warrant a trial in a higher court. The High Court of Australia is the highest court in Australia and was established in 1901. It deals with appeals
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States Supreme Court issued rulings in Morrissey v. Brewer and Gagnon v. Scarpelli (O’Leary & Hanrahan‚ 1978). These cases set a precedence on how the process for depriving liberty for those on probation or parole (O’Leary & Hanrahan‚ 1978). It ultimately created the two-part hearing process‚ which is know as Gagnon I and Gagnon II hearings (O’Leary & Hanrahan‚ 1978). The Gagnon I hearing is what is commonly known as the preliminary hearing (O’Leary & Hanrahan‚ 1978). A Gagnon I hearing should occur
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