Jurisdiction DE VERA v. DE VERA G.R. No. 172832 April 7‚ 2009 Facts: Petitioner‚ Rosario T. de Vera‚ filed a bigamy case against her spouse Geren A. de Vera and Josephine F. Juliano after allegedly contracting a second marriage with the latter‚ which likewise has previous knowledge that accused he is still validly married to petitioner. Accused Geren pleaded guilty on arraignment but prayed on a latter motion that he be allowed to withdraw it in order to avail of the mitigating circumstance
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false information about other offenders in order to try and reduce their own sentence. A low level drug offender will be willing to give information and make someone appear to be a “high level trafficker” even if that is not the case.2 Also‚ prosecutors are willing to work with anyone who will provide information to them‚ because it makes them look better if they can convict two separate offenders after only one person was originally arrested. Finally‚ police officers also have the ability of
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for the crime was the defendant who actually performed the illegal activities as the law did not allow other people to be punished. When Congress passed the RICO Act in 1970‚ the prosecutors were able to have the fighting tool that enabled them to dismantle the organized crimes which were led by the mastermind. Prosecutors had to prove two illegal activities which will assist in bringing these leaders or masterminds to justice. The first was “The defendant must own and/or manage and organization; and
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Montreal Is Burning Essay #1 Presented to Professor In the Course of History 260 The day was April 10th 1734 and Montreal was on fire. Undoubtedly back then‚ Montreal was a very different place than it is today; it was a trade and military town of about 2000 people. Canada would still have 100 years before she became a nation and it was a time when Montreal’s social class mirrored that of its indigenous home France. Slavery was very much a part
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authority of the Prosecutor to decide who to charge with a crime‚ what charges to file‚ when/if charges will be dropped‚ whether a plea bargain will be offered‚ and how to utilize prosecutorial resources such as preemptive strikes. Furthermore‚ in states where the death penalty is in effect the prosecutor ultimately decides whether one potentially lives or dies based on the charges they choose to file. With this‚ one can grasp the magnitude of the power at the finger tips of the Prosecutor and see how
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Kianna Petty Controlling Organized Crime Paper CJA/384 Professor Edward Rafailovitc April 27‚ 2015 Introduction Some people would say that organized crime has ruined the United States and allowed petty hoods to gain worldwide recognition. Others would disagree and say organized crime is no different than any major corporation in today ’s global economy. Some people would say organized crime is the best thing to happen to neighborhoods that law enforcement will not come into. No matter what side of
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Prosecutors are the lawyers who represent the federal government or the state. They conduct a substantial review and evaluation of the case from the first stage of the episode‚ to the executive part of the sentence. Defense attorneys: The defendants are eligible to be represented by a lawyer in the court. In a situation where the defendant cannot afford to hire a lawyer‚ the court appoints one for them to process the case (Schmalleger et al.‚ 2014). The prosecutor represents the state’s
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industry is attempting to shut down P2P file-sharing sites that make it possible to download copyrighted material. Some consumers prefer to pay for music from cloud-based sites rather than simply download music from P2P sites. According to a Swedish prosecutor‚ the Pirate Bay makes $4 million a year from advertising on its site (Schonfeld‚ 2008). Through advertising‚ the Pirate Bay has made a lot of money and will continue to make a lot of money as long as civilians continue to pirate movies‚ songs‚
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surprised that they did not shoot sooner. His ‘deathbed testimony’ was presented to court by Dr. Jefferies as follows‚ with Jeffries repeating what Carr said to him. “Prosecutor- Were the soldiers greatly abused? Jefferies- Yes‚ they were. Prosecutor- Would they have been hurt if they had not fired? Jefferies- Yes. Prosecutor- So they fired in self-defense? Jefferies- Yes‚ and he did not blame whoever it was that hit him.” This testimony was believed due to the fact that the jury did not
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Equal Protection in Criminal Punishment The 14th Amendment articulates that no State shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws” (Sullivan and Gunther 486). It is nearly impossible though‚ for the equal treatment of all persons‚ since every law affects people differently. “This command cannot literally require equal treatment of all persons‚ since almost all laws classify in some way‚ by imposing burdens on or granting benefits to some people and not others”
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