Title and Citation: County of Riverside v McGlaughlin‚ 500 U.S. 44 (1991) Type of Action: This Criminal case in which the Maclaughlin claimed that his Fourth Amendment was violated due to the 48 hours arraignment for Probable cause. Facts of Case: Offender MacLaughlin started a legal claim‚ affirming that the County’s routine of consolidating arraignment with a determination of reasonable justification for individuals subject to warrantless arrest was not adequately provoke under the Fourth Amendment
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The second of the Supreme Court Cases to be discussed is Miranda V. Arizona. The importance of this case is that Miranda was interrogated without knowledge of his 5th amendment rights. In this specific case‚ the police arrested Miranda from his home in order to take him into investigation at the Phoenix police station. While Miranda was put on trial‚ he was not informed that he had a right to an attorney. From this the officers were able to retrieve a signed written statement from Miranda. Most importantly
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Section 1 Essay U.S. v. Windsor‚ 133 S. Ct. 2675 (2013)‚ is a case about a same-sex couple that was married in 2007 in Ontario‚ Canada because at that time same-sex marriage was not legal in New York. The same-sex couple‚ Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer resided in New York. Two years after the couple was married‚ Spyer died‚ and left all of her estate to her wife‚ Windsor. When Windsor went to claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses‚ she was denied because of the federal Defense
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v. Wade; then defend or criticize it. There are many different choices of lifestyle and decisions that people make that everyone does not agree with. There are always controversies when it comes to the LGBT community‚ gun laws‚ and abortion. In the case Roe v. Wade‚ they were questioning whether the constitution contained parts that granted women the rights to get an abortion that also nullified the Texas prohibition. Some people may feel that abortions should be legal for all women to have‚ but I
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Strayer University Terry v Ohio LEG 420 Lisa Silva In this case John Terry was seen by an officer‚ seeming to be casing a store for a robbery. “The Petitioner‚ John W. Terry was stopped and searched by an officer after the officer observed the Petitioner seemingly casing a store for a potential robbery. The officer approached the Petitioner for questioning and decided to search him first.” The officer finally decided to approach the men for questioning‚ after observing them for quite a long
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Legal Memorandum on Rogers v. Wycoff case From: Jamshid AKHMEDOV To: Therese KEELAGHAN Date: November 5‚ 2012 1) Relevant facts: Defendant: Edward Wycoff‚ 40 Defense attorney: Defendant acts as his own attorney Victims: Julie Rogers‚ 47 and Paul Rogers‚ 47 Plaintiff attorney: Deputy District Attorney Mark Peterson Witness (also a Victim): Victims’ son Eric Rogers‚ 20 Witness’ attorney: Tedd W. Cassman Judge: Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge John W
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Case: Deters v. Equifax Credit Information Services‚ Inc. (2000) The United States District Court for the District of Kansas Westlaw Facts: Ms. Deters‚ the plaintiff‚ sued Equifax‚ the defendant‚ in the United States District Court for the district of Kansas after being sexually harassed on several different occasions by three different co-workers and also the original male supervisor. Violating Title VII‚ prohibiting discrimination of employees based on race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex and national
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Brown vs. Board of Education Brown vs. Board of Education‚ in 1954‚ was a major case that dealt with the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Although the decision did not succeed in fully integrating public education in the United States‚ it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality and sent the civil rights movement into a full revolution. This case was presented to the court by Oliver Brown was against the
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People v. Downey Issue To conduct a probation search of a home‚ must officers have probable cause to believe that the probationer lives there? Or will reasonable suspicion suffice? Facts Riverside police detective Kevin Townsend decided to conduct a probation search on George Roussell’s home. The detective was having a very time trying to figure out where the Roussell lived. The probation agency said that Roussell lived in Moreno Valley‚ but the court system said that he lived in Corona. Roussells
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CITATION: Heath v. Alabama‚ 472 U.S. 82 (1985). PARTIES: Petitioner = Larry Gene Heath Respondent = Alabama FAC TS: The petitioner‚ a resident of Russel County‚ Alabama hired Charles Owens and Gregory Lumpkin to kill his wife‚ Rebecca McGuire Heath‚ for $2‚000. Mr. Heath left his residence in Alabama to meet Mr. Owens and Mr. Lumpkin in Georgia‚ just across the Alabama state line. Mr. Heath led the two men back to his residence in Alabama‚ gave them the keys to his car and
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