Legal Brief Case: Right to Confront: Coy V Iowa. Date: August 2‚1985. Principals:(main characters) *Kathy Brown (13) *Linda Thompson (friend) (13) *girls names were changed to protect identities. -intruder believed to be John Avery Coy‚ (34). Facts of the Case: Kathy Brown invited her friend Linda to come and sleep over. Kathy made a makeshift tent out in her backyard. Girls fell asleep between 10:30 and 11:00 pm. In the middle of the night Kathy saw a hand pull back one of the blankets
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Impersonating another with the intent to defraud was seen as a serious crime in sixteenth-century France. Since the proper resources needed to find proof were scarce‚ the court’s decision depended on the accurate and truthful word of witnesses. In this case‚ the honor and life of a man was at stake. But‚ what if an individual’s identity could be confirmed without legal documentation? With the proper tests of the defendant’s memory‚ it would be possible to locate the true Martin Guerre. There was
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Eye Witness Testimony Refers to the use of eye or ear witnesses in court or in police statements about the identity of someone who has committed a crime. Key Study into EWT – Factors that Influence EWT * Anxiety * Unpleasant emotional state where we fear that something bad is about to happen usually accompanied by physiological arousal (pumping heart) * Deffenbacher – MA of studies found considerable support for a negative correlation between anxiety and EWT meaning the more
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conditions in Ireland. Joyce develops the themes of paralysis and the desire to escape via the protagonists’ experiences in Eveline and Little Cloud. Confronted with the opportunity to escape Dublin‚ Eveline is unable to board the ferry because she is paralyzed by memories of her past and home. Little Chandler is overwhelmed with a feeling of paralysis as he reflects upon Gallaher’s good fortunes after escaping Ireland. "Now she was going to go away like the others‚ to leave her home." In Eveline‚ Joyce
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GENERAL RULES FOR ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES 1. Compulsory Attendance — A Court can compel the personal attendance of any witness residing within the local limits of its jurisdiction‚ or without such limits if the person to be summoned is at a place‚ not more than fifty miles from the Court house or not more than two hundred miles if there is a railway communication or public conveyance for 5/6th of distance‚ provided that he is not exempted under any of the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure
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Expert witnesses are not summoned just from their words alone. Their testimonies are based on sufficient facts and data‚ and a product of reliable methods and principals. They must prove their scientific opinions in forms of validated consensus in the science community. Expert witnesses must also prove their technical‚ educational‚ and specialized knowledge by presenting their training history and experience. ("Rule 702. Testimony by Expert Witnesses") Fire investigators are‚ in
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Eveline is yet another tale about paralysis from James Joyce’s Dubliners. It is a story of arduous childhood and adolescence full of anguish. The family bonds in Eveline are almost like chains and the protagonist is mentally and physically heavily burdened by her parents. Her life is full of responsibilities and duties‚ but when she is offered a release from this life‚ she dares not to take her chances. She is too scared. The story takes place in Dublin‚ presumably at the beginning of the twentieth
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Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour English Reading III Presentation AE2C Group 2 October 8‚ 2014 Members • • • • • • 0281 Quentin Pan 0290 Linda Wang 0156 Roxanne Chang 0414 Jessie Lee 0911 Mina Ko 1195 Enzo Lin 2 Our Presentation (1) • Since the instructor had covered the writing background of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899)‚ we will start from summarizing the story plot. • After the overview of the story‚ we will think about few questions on pages 16-17 on your textbook. 3 Our Presentation
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out of life than the uncivilized‚ and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.” As the trial determining whether the Mongols and Genghis Khan are civilized or uncivilized comes to a close‚ a verdict must be made. Both the defense and prosecution witnesses of both sides delivered convincing and compelling arguments. However‚ there can be only one verdict. The Mongols and Genghis Khan murdered innocent people‚ treated everyone with disrespect‚ and invaded already established civilizations‚ which made
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different path than the beginning of the book. In the book the first chapter set the tone for the rest of the book‚ describing the firefight and all that had gone wrong‚ Burning into your mind the thought of Ron Kovic lying on the ground bleeding‚ paralyzed‚ screaming for help and hearing people get shot all around him. The beginning of the film is a different story all together. It gives you hope‚ it lulls you into believing that this is a happy story‚ the kind where everything always works out in
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