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    Judge Parker’s Court House and outlaws tried Fort Smith Arkansas Isaac Charles Parker • Born- October 15‚ 1838 • Hometown- Barnesfield‚ Ohio • Thought primary school to pay for law school • 1859- Moved to Missouri and had his own practice by 1861 working in county circuit courts • 1859- Became a lawyer at age 21 • 1861- Married Mary O’Toole‚ they had two sons‚ Charles and James • 1861-1863- City attorney • 1864- Member of electoral college (voted for Lincoln) • Died- November 17th‚ 1896 Isaac

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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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    Summary: Johal‚ Johal‚ and Deo are the defendants in this case who are being charge with kidnapping with the intent to transport a person against his/her will. The defendants later extorted the victim and the victim’s family. The issue before the court today is whether the charge of kidnapping subsumes the charge of extortion or if the charge of extortion is an independent act from that of kidnapping. Were the proceedings cooperative or adversarial? The cooperative nature of the trial was characterized

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    Following a brief investigation of the court listings for the 21st November 2013‚ I viewed the Court & Tribunal Services website that can be seen at the following URL‚ http://www.courts.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/courtlists/default.aspx Upon review of the daily listings‚ discussions with Court personnel and review of the proceedings in progress at the time of my visit to the District Court of Western Australia (500 Hay Street‚ Perth 6000)‚ I attended the following Criminal Proceedings which is

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    Hierarchy Courts of Subordinate Courts in Malaysia *“Subordinate Court” means any inferior court from the decisions of which by reason of any written law‚ there is a right of appeal to the High Court and includes any Court of a Magistrate of the Third Class established under the Subordinate Courts Ordinances of Sabah [Sabah Cap. 29] and Subordinate Courts Ordinance of Sarawak [Swk. Cap. 42]; and means‚ in relation to the High Court‚ any such Court as by any written law has jurisdiction within

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    aim of the court report is to get you out of the classroom and into the courtroom to see how the law works in practice! We would like you to visit a court to observe proceedings for a couple of hours and then write a report on your visit. Planning your court visit It is important to have an understanding of the court system before you embark on your visit. Therefore‚ please complete the required reading for Week 1 and 2 before visiting a court. Your best chance of seeing a court case from

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    Crown Court Observation – Log Monday 4th February 2013‚ 10.30am was when the visit to Kingston Crown Court took place. The case that was observed consisted of six males. Throughout the whole time in the courtroom‚ the Clerk was keeping a record of the proceedings. The first male was 19 years of age‚ named Ally. Ally was on trial for being supplied Class A drugs‚ two accounts of armed robbery‚ and handling stolen goods‚ which Ally pleaded guilty to. The prosecution officer only gave reference

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    Court Observation My court case observation was interesting‚ to say the least. I walked into the DeKalb county courthouse‚ in Auburn‚ Indiana‚ not knowing where to go‚ what to say or do‚ or even how to dress. By the time I left‚ I had learned far more than I planned on‚ and not just through observing . . . I sat in on three trials: two civil cases and one criminal case. Afterwards‚ I had the unique opportunity to talk with the judge and county bailiff for about half of an hour. The first

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    The first court I decided to visit was at 393 University Av. on September 11th after my classes and got there on time for a court session at 12:00 pm. The security was very strict. They looked through my backpack and made me take everything out of my pockets. After the security check we started looking for courtrooms with trials going on and I discovered that not much was happening at that time. A very nice woman told me that there was an interesting case happening in room 702 so I headed down to

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    Courts of healing justice are specialized courts that deal in specific types of offenders. The ones that will be covered here are juvenile courts‚ family courts‚ and drug courts. These courts keep these specific types of cases out of the general courts. Their goal is to try to heal the offender of what is causing them to offend instead of just locking them up. They are also referred to courts of second chance. These courts work with social services and law enforcement agencies to provide special

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