R. v Burns case Brief Case Facts The defendants Glen Sebastian Burns and Atif Ahmad Rafay were accused to have committed aggravated first degree murder in Washington State. In a confession to an undercover RCMP officer in British Columbia‚ posing as a mob boss‚ it is clamed that Burns was a contract killer hired by Rafay to kill his parents so that Rafay could get insurance money for their deaths. It is claimed that Burns beat the victims with a baseball bat while Rafay watched (para.10). They
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Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District et al‚ 393 U.S. 503 (1969) Facts: Petitioner was John F. Tinker‚ Mary Beth Tinker‚ and Christopher Eckhardt‚ high school students in Des Moines‚ Iowa. In December 1964 several students were joined in protesting the Vietnam War. The form of protest was to wear a black armband for two weeks. When protesters arrived at school they were told to remove the arm bands or be suspended. Students took the suspension and did not return to
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Tennessee v. Reeves. 917 S.W.2d 825 (Supreme Court of Tennessee‚ 1996) On the evening of January 5‚ 1993‚ Tracie Reeves and Molly Coffman‚ both twelve years of age and students at West Carroll Middle School‚ spoke on the telephone and decided to kill their homeroom teacher‚ Janice Geiger. They agreed that Coffman would bring rat poison to school the following days so that it could be placed in Geiger ’s drink. After that ‚ they would steal Geiger ’s car and drive to the Smoky Mountains. On the
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1. Citation: United States v. Conti‚ E.D.S.C.‚ Western Division‚ No.5:11-CV-470-F (2012) 2. Facts: In 2011‚ the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 289‚ which approved the DMV to issue speciality license plates. One of these license plates was inscripted with the message “Choose Life.” The Plaintiffs‚ headed by the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina‚ and the Defendants‚ Eugene Conti and Michael Robertson‚ who held State positions directly pertaining to transportation
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MARYLAND v. GARRISON 480 U.S. 79 (1987) FACTS: The Baltimore City Police department obtained a warrant to search the home of Lawrence McWebb located “third floor of 2036 Park Avenue” for controlled substances and related paraphernalia. The police believed that there was only one apartment on the third floor‚ which in fact there were actually 2; one belonging to Garrison (defendant) and McWebb‚ the person listed on the warrant. Upon entering and searching the apartment‚ officers found drugs and
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Jessica Feeney Paralegal 246 Monday / Wednesday 7 – 10:10pm People v. Green 163 Cal.App.3d 239‚ 205 CalRptr.255 (Cal App 2 Dist. 1984) Facts: The defendant Vencil Green was charged and convicted of 12 felony offenses. The defendant used a gun to commit robbery and kidnaping for the purpose of robbery. At trial court the defendant presented expert testimony that the defendant’s history of heavy usage of PCP and other illicit drugs that has affected his brain and his ability to have committed
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Mazzagati v. Everingham‚ 512 Pa. 266 (1986). Facts: An automobile driven by Defendant fatally struck Plaintiff’s daughter. At the time of the accident‚ Plaintiff received a telephone call immediately after the collision at work informing her that her daughter had been involved in an automobile accident. Plaintiff arrived at the scene of the accident a few minutes later. Procedural Posture: Defendants filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in the nature of a Demurrer granted by the Montgomery County
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Joanne Casillas Advanced Legal Writing June 2‚ 2014 Gonzalez ex rel. v. Reno‚ 86 F. Supp. 2d 1167 (SD. Fla. 2000) Facts: The parties in this case are Elian Gonzalez with Lazaro Gonzalez and Attorney General Janet Reno. In November 25‚ 1999 the United States Coast Guard intercepted two fishermen who had rescued five- year- old Elian Gonzalez floating on an inner tube in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast from Florida. Elian’s mother had died during the voyage from Cuba to
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Final Exam Case Brief Padilla v. Kentucky The question here is whether or not the petitioner‚ Jose Padilla‚ will be deported on account that he had plead guilty to a crime but allegedly had his sixth amendment right violated. There are multiply issues here. The first issue here is Padilla plead guilty to a drug offense that took place in the United States. The second issue is he claims his counsel did not inform him about the consequences of his plea bargain and he was misinformed about the possibility
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Vanessa Pettengill February 25‚ 2015 Professor Frederick W. ODell Case Brief Case: Texas v. Johnson Citation: 491 U.S. 397 Year: 1989 Facts: While the Republican National Convention was taking place in Dallas‚ Texas in 1984‚ Gregory Lee Johnson was the only one out of 100 protestors arrested for desecration of a venerated object‚ charged with violating the Texas Penal Code Ann 42.09(a)(3)(1989). He publicly burned an American Flag as a means of political protest. The purpose of the demonstration
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