October 28‚ 2009 Courts Courtroom Observations On October 8‚ 2009 I attended a general sessions court at the Lexington County Courthouse. At this time the Judge was hearing guilty pleas. There were many people in the rather large courtroom that day. The courtroom was much larger than the one I had visited during drug court here in Spartanburg. Before the day’s session began I could see many defense attorneys going over their cases with their clients‚ some of whom were wearing bright orange
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Courtroom Workgroups Courtroom Workgroups are a group of everyone normally involved in a formal trial working together in a non-formal fashion. Their main goal is to try and avoid any delays and to avoid formal trials as best they can. I think this system works better than the formal system‚ because it speeds things up and‚ like the book says‚ most people who get that far in the system are usually guilty. Some of the Pros to this is‚ like I said‚ it speeds things up with the trial and is more
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Communication in the courtroom Peggy S. Torres Western International University CRB-360-3722-Communication Criminal Justice-03/2010 Professor Raymond November April 5‚ 2010 Communication in the courtroom Introduction Communication influences the way people perceive one another and how facts are interpreted. Information given and received is dependant on how successful the communication is conveyed. Communication in a courtroom involves several participants‚ similar to a theatrical
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Courtroom Observation.doc The 2008 2L Moot Court Tournament at the Liberty University School of Law presented a case which was argued before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana‚ case number 82A04-8876-CV-285‚ Deborah White vs. Patrick Gibbs and Stand Alone Properties‚ L.L.C.‚ d/b/a O’Malley’s Tavern. The courtroom procedure’s purpose is to argue the motion of summary judgment with regards to the case of Deborah White vs. Patrick Gibbs; and Stand Alone Properties
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Bridgeport case involved three white teenagers‚ Michael Kwidzinski‚ Jasas‚ and Caruso that were accused of brutally beating two young black boys who were riding their bikes in the predominantly white neighborhood. The entire summary of the case‚ in Courtroom 302‚ was based around the fact that one of the boys‚ Michael Kwidzinski‚ was most likely innocent. The question then turns to the boy himself‚ Michael Kwidzinski; if he was innocent‚ why did hid then accept a guilty plea bargain? Kwidzinski was dealing
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Samyuktha Patil 1216351 BBA LLB A ! ! THE COURTROOM GENIUS ! SOLI J SORABJEE AND ARVIND P DATAR “That some achieve great success‚ is proof to all that others can achieve it as well” a quote by Abraham Lincoln quoted by the authors at the beginning of the book summaries the experience that reading the book gives. The Courtroom Genius is a book co authored by Soli J. Sorabjee and Arvind P. Datar on the inspiring life of one of the biggest legends in the field of law Nanabhoy Ardeshir
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Courtroom Observation Liberty University presented a case of White v. Gibbs which is about Mrs. Debbie White and Patrick Gibbs under the civil provisions of Indiana’s Dram Shop Act‚ Indiana Code 7.1-5-10-15.5. In this case Mrs. Debbie White sued Patrick Gibbs and O’Malley’s Tavern. Because White and Gibbs do not live in the same states‚ the suit was brought in diversity in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. However‚ the suit will be decided under Indiana state
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Courtroom Seeing the inside of a criminal courtroom can be intimidating upon entering it and can lead a person in asking the question does a criminal courtroom environment have an affect on jurors to come to an impartial decision when deciding guilt or innocence? Most criminal courtrooms across the United States of America has establish a hidden benchmark that the criminal courtroom environment does help set the tone and pace for juries to keep an open mind to come to an unbiased and impartial
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Courtroom Participation Paper Courtroom Participation One of the core components to the criminal justice system is the judicial system. The judicial system consists of participants who have specialized roles that are associated with the courtroom. There are 10 basic roles that the participants play which include; judge‚ prosecutor‚ defense counsel‚ bailiff‚ court reporter‚ clerk of the court‚ witness‚ jury‚ defendant‚ and spectators. The judge has the ultimate
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Courtroom Workgroup Paper Jesse Wilkie CJS/201 A courtroom workgroup in the U.S criminal justice system is an informal arrangement between a criminal prosecutor‚ criminal defense attorney‚ and the judicial officer. The courtroom working group seeks to bring justice to all. It ensures that all parties are accorded due fairness and equal opportunity regardless of gender‚ race‚ age‚ religious affiliation nor any other factor. They also see to it that trials are completed successfully. These individuals
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