Eyewitness Identification In the Supreme Court case of Lorenzo Prado Navarette and Jose Prado Navarette‚ Petitioners‚ versus the state of California (argued January 21‚ 2014‚ decided April 22‚ 2014)‚ two men argued that one of their constitutional rights had been violated. In August of 2008‚ a Mendocino County dispatcher received a call from a woman reporting that another vehicle had run her off the road (Navarette v. California‚ 2014). The dispatcher notified the California Highway Patrol (CHP)
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destroying over thirty thousand documents before being subpoenaed by the SEC‚ predictably hindering the investigation. During May of 2002‚ Arthur Andersen LLP was finally indicted on charges of obstruction of justice by the Southern Texas District Court‚ served by Michael Chertoff. The jury believed that Arthur Andersen and its employees were in violation of 18 US Code § 1512‚ a public law which covers “tampering with a witness‚ victim‚ or an informant”5‚ due to the mass destruction of documents in
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C Supreme Court Case Bobby Blankenship CJA/354 July 15th‚ 2013 P.M. Pollock Supreme Court Case Have you ever wondered if there is such a thing as to serious a judgment on a criminal case? In this paper I am bringing to light the case of The People VS. Rodrigo Caballero. In this case Caballero shot at a rival gang‚ in which he injured one individual. While being charged with three counts of willful‚ deliberate and premeditated attempted murder he was given a sentence of 110 years to life
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of all Caribbean states having the CCJ as a finale appellate court? The ongoing debate about the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)‚ and whether or not it would benefit the people of the Caribbean or should be the final appellant court continues. The CCJ was established in 2001 and is based in Trinidad and Tobago. The objective of the CCJ was to provide for the Caribbean community an accessible‚ fair‚ efficient‚ innovative and impartial
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Italian unification l Background l After Napoleon‚ the Italian states were controlled by France. l Effect: l 1. They experienced the unity under the rule of an efficient government. l 2. They felt that they disliked being ruled by foreign countries‚ therefore nationalist feeling was aroused. l After the Congress of Vienna in 1815-16‚ they were divided into 8 states and the northern part of Italy was controlled by Austria-Hungary. l Again‚ they disliked the alien rule and
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Sardinia‚ he involved the kingdom on the British and French side of the Crimean War‚ using the peace conference to give international publicity to the cause of Italian unification. In 1858‚ he formed an alliance with France‚ one that included a pledge of military support if necessary‚ against Austria‚ Italy’s major obstacle to unification. After a planned provocation of Vienna‚ Austria declared war against Sardinia in 1859 and was easily defeated by the French army. The peace‚ signed in November 1959
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Federal Jurisdiction Henry‚ a resident of Nevada‚ sued Adam‚ a resident of Utah in the Federal Court in California. He sought $60‚000 damages for personal injuries arising from an automobile accident that occurred in Los Angeles‚ California. Does the Federal Court have jurisdiction? No the federal court does not have jurisdiction over this case. In order for this case to fall within the guidelines of a federal suit it would have to qualify for diversity of citizenship. Diversity of citizenship exists
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Persuading Courts to Impose Sanctions on Your Adversary by Douglas J. Pepe We’ve all been there. You’re embroiled in a knock-down‚ drag-out fight. Your adversary crosses the line separating forceful advocacy from misconduct. Not once. Not innocently. Not trivially. Sanctions are in order. Yet‚ most judges don’t like them. So‚ how do you persuade the court to impose them? What kinds of sanctions can you ask for? Here are five tips for filing an effective sanctions motion. Tip Number 1:
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International Criminal Court: Effective? Falyn A. Hahn Lynchburg College International Criminal Court: Effective? As our society becomes more and more globalized‚ international relations have become a necessity. However‚ cooperation on an international level‚ between different cultures and countries‚ can be difficult. As a result‚ nowadays we have such organizations as the World Trade Organization (WTO)‚ the United Nations (UN)‚ and other that unite many countries by common goals such
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Explain and evaluate the role of Mazzini in the process of Italian unification to 1850 Giuseppe Mazzini was born in Genoa in June of 1805 into Napoleonic rule. He went on to play a vital role in the unification of Italy up until 1850. Although many of his endeavours failed‚ and he made mistakes that may even have backfired on his goal of Italian unification‚ he did play an important role. This was not so much directly‚ however‚ as through the influence he had‚ and the ideas he brought out of the
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