I attended a court session at Troy City Court‚ which is the 3rd Judicial District of NY State Courts. The public defender attorney present at court was Christopher T. Maier. I had the opportunity to go in ahead of everyone else and sit up in the jury stands where I was able to clearly see and hear everything that was going on once the court session began. I went to court on Tuesday‚ September 3rd‚ the day after Labor Day‚ which meant that court was closed the previous day. Due to the closure‚
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. The Court Proceedings This civil case was listed under motion on May 3‚ 2013; Deputy Registrar Lawton assigned this case to Magistrate R. Brown. I have followed them from the registry department up to the courtroom where it was assigned. Evidences were presented right away on the presiding magistrate‚ some details are unclear as they don’t mention it and just are just reading the evidences presented. They are representing themselves and not a private solicitor. Both the plaintiff and defendant
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So Much More Room for Growth The protagonist of “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison undergoes a tentative initiation. An initiation story is a story of acquiring‚ whether accidental or on purpose‚ information about oneself. Mordecai Marcus breaks initiation stories into three parts: tentative‚ uncompleted‚ and decisive. Marcus writes in his essay‚ “What Is an Initiation Story?” that tentative “initiations lead only to the threshold of maturity and understanding but leave them enmeshed in a struggle
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Montrel Tennessee Supreme Court Paper 12/3/2012 “Drug Testing in Public Schools” I chose to analyze the question “If public schools should drug test in order for students to be able to participate in extracurricular activities?” For this analyzation‚ I will refer to the Supreme Court cases of Board of Education V. Earls and Vernonia School District 47J V. Acton. Key legal issues that will be addressed in this essay are the power of public officials‚ privacy of the students‚constitutionality
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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
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The Supreme Court As a democracy we have a system‚ that seems to work‚ most of the time‚ We have three branches that keep are government in check. Keep it running smoothly. The Executive‚ the Legislative‚ and the Judicial. The Supreme court is what makes up the judicial branch. There are nine supreme court judges. There are three types of cases that the supreme court reside over. Cases between states‚ or states and the federal government‚ any case that involves ambassadors‚ and they reside over
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writer has grown up‚ and through her writings‚ it is evident that she is still trying to understand and live with the "silence" which her blood relations bestowed upon her. A Room on the Roof displays the innate tension when prejudice‚ misunderstanding and fear that arises when not knowing‚ and questioning what is known to ones self. It seems that individuals adopt thinking‚ values and beliefs of those around them‚ which is primarily learned from families. With this‚ our judgments are clouded by the
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Soon after she moved in her‚ best friend came by. The mother and her friend sat on the porch and talked for a few minutes‚ her friend seemed uncomfortable the whole time. The mother saw fear from her friend’s body language. Something in the living room caught her attention. Her eyes got big. Then she said‚ "I have to go." The mother asked her what was wrong but she didn’t respond and tried to change the subject. On her way out the door her friend finally said‚ "This house is haunted.” The next
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tears and went back into the room. Chris left to go meet his mom in the car since he should have left ten minutes ago. About twenty minutes later‚ all the cleaning was finished and I was making plans with some of the leaders to go out to Applebee’s for dinner before heading home. Right then‚ my friend Zach‚ also a member of the youth group‚ came rushing in and ran right to me. “We have to go right now!”‚ he exclaimed out of breath. He tried to pull me out the room‚ “Come on! Why aren’t
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| The U.S. Constitution is supported by a dual court system in which the power is shared between the state and the federal governments. Most criminal cases are tried in state court‚ whereas‚ federal crimes are tried in federal courts. Both courts have jurisdiction‚ although federal courts are limited to the cases heard. The state offers a broad capability to encompass more cases and averages 30‚000‚000 cases filed‚ whereas‚ the federal courts see a mere 1‚000‚000 cases (findlaw). State and federal
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