There are a variety of courts who have various actions and authorities of power but I will be looking and discussing the difference and powers a MagistratesCourt and Crown Court has. A Magistrates court is often made up of three people recruited from the local community. These persons do not have any professional qualifications and are known as Justices of the Peace. There are over 400 Magistrates courts existing in and around England and Wales. A Crown Court on the other hand acts as a single entity
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COURT VISIT Date of court visit: 25 October 2010. Court name: Snaresbrook Crown court. Courtroom visited: court 1. Judge: T. Lamb QC. (Queen’s Counsel) Name of case viewed: Trial part heard; Remo Rossi. (Rape of a juvenile family member). Representation: V.Girling QC (Instructed by L.Lewis solicitors) for the defendant. G.Reece QC (Instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. On Monday the 25th of October 2010‚ I attended Snaresbrook Crown court at court 1 which was hearing
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In our country‚ the Supreme Court holds a great deal of power being the highest form of a court in the United States. It has the final say in a court dispute or disagreement about a law brought through a lawsuit. The Constitution does not explicitly say that there has to be a Supreme Court‚ it was basically just created in 1789 when the Supreme Court got the power of Judicial Review out of the blue in a sense. Congress however‚ decides in which way the Supreme Court is constructed. In the beginning
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1012CCJ Court Report: 1. Which court did you attend and what was the date of your attendance? Attended The Southport Magistrates Court‚ 22nd of April 2013. 2. What kind of hearing did you attend? (e.g. sentence‚ summary trial‚ committal hearing‚ jury trial‚ mention‚ call-over etc) I attended a sentencing of an arrest (custody) at The Southport Magistrates Court‚ before the sentencing there were a string of mentions that I also watched to further my understanding of the courtroom
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shows that there are two types of courts in which sentencing takes place Magistrate’s court and the Crown court. Criminal cases are dealt with in either of these two courts (Newburn 2007). Firstly‚ this essay will look at the functions and roles of both Magistrates and Crown courts. Secondly it will describe what cases are expected to be handled at each court and their jurisdictions. it will then go on to discuss various strengths and weaknesses of these courts. Furthermore it will examine the roles
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On November 16‚ 2012‚ I observed a court hearing of 14 cases. Some of these cases dealt with people who committed crimes such as aggravated assault‚ Acc involving Death/ Injury‚ Terroristic threats‚ Retail theft‚ conspiracy theft‚ Resist Arrest/Other Law Enforce and Knowing/ in Mftr/Dist of Design Drug. For the case of Comm. V. Helen Cole was a Retail Theft crime. The defendant Helen Cole was at Sears and stole items such as clothes at the store. She was ordered not to go to the Sears again and
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University of phoenix Criminal Courts Criminal courts are a process. Most assume that all the action takes place when the trial starts‚ but this is not true for all proceedings. Most offenders will enter a guilty plea to comply with a prosecutors “deal” offered to the offender. What is considered to be a courtroom work group? A courtroom work group is a group of participates in a criminal trial. The participants can be divided into two categories: professionals and outsiders
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decision of U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema to ban photographers and Court TV from the proceedings was wrong‚ based on the constitutional rights of the public and previous statutes. This paper will cover various cases involving televised court proceedings and public opinion concerning the media coverage of criminal trials. Table of Contents Background 4 Cameras in the Court 5 Supreme Court 6 Cameras Introduced to the Courts 8 Justification for Televising Moussaoui 9 Summary 10 References
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CONTEMPT OF COURT Introduction: In a democracy people should have right to criticize judges. The purpose of should not be to upheld the majesty and dignity of the court but only to enable it to function. Anything that curtails or impairs the freedom of limits of the judicial proceedings must of necessity result in hampering of the administration of Law and in interfering with the due course of justice. This necessarily constitutes contempt of court. Oswald defines contempt to be constituted by
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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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