conducted a study of cases handled by Hamilton County judges over a three-year period. Shown in Table 4.1 are the results for 182‚908 cases handled (disposed) by 38 judges in Common Pleas Court‚ Domestic Relations Court‚ and Municipal Court. Two of the judges (Dinkelacker and Hogan) did not serve in the same court for the entire three-year period. The purpose of the newspaper’s study was to evaluate the performance of the judges. Appeals are often the result of mistakes made by judges‚ and the newspaper
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Observation: For the last few weeks I made it my priority to attend as many court cases as I possibly could in order to fulfill the requirements for this paper. There were many challenges as there were at least five trials that I planned to observe that resulted in a continuance. Either a witness that was under subpoena failed to show‚ a party needed more time‚ the counsel’s health was affected and even when there wouldn’t be enough time during the trial court’s term to complete the trial. As
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Various states have their own court hierarchies. Washington D.C. is not a state‚ but nonetheless has its own court hierarchy. Initial criminal and civil complaints are filed at D.C. Superior Court. Unlike other states‚ Washington‚ D.C. has a smaller jurisdiction‚ and if a case is appealed it is brought to the D.C. Court of Appeals. Other jurisdictions usually have two levels of appellate courts. The case I observed at D.C. Superior Court was‚ 2016 DVM 1603‚ US v Dominguez. It was a criminal sentencing
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Court Systems Paper AJS/502 July 24‚ 2013 Bryan Cook University of Phoenix Court Systems Paper U.S. Courts: The Federal Judiciary The United States court system is composed of numerous sections of bodies of law that function together to ensure justness is served in fulfillment with the United States Constitution‚ federal‚ state and local laws. These organizations include law enforcement‚ the courts and‚ correction system all of which have a legitimate responsibility to maintain the American
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Court visit report My first court visit was a civil appeal case under the hierarchy of appellant jurisdiction at the Intermediate court and my second visit was a criminal case under the original of criminal jurisdiction at the district court. Both courts are found in Port Louis‚ Mauritius. The difference between the two courts is that the appellant jurisdiction was already heard in a lower court whereas the criminal jurisdiction was heard for the first time in the lower court. The atmosphere and
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JAMAICA runs to make CCJ final court of appeal! Rate: 1Flag ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Click "Submit Abuse" if you feel this post is inappropriate. Explain why below if you wish. Cancel Bottom of Form Should the Caribbean Court of Justice become the final court of appeal for Jamaica? The ongoing lobby for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to become the final court of appeal for Jamaica has become a conflict of great interest to many Jamaicans and members of
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Whether or not children are competent enough to withstand trial in court has been an interesting question since at least the 1960’s. The problem with trials before the 60’s was that defendants forced to argue their own cases‚ instead of having lawyers do this for them. This included children if they were accused of a crime that needed a trial. It did not happen that often‚ if even at all in some places‚ and so when it did actually happen these children were wrongfully tried as adults would have been
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Federal Jurisdiction Henry‚ a resident of Nevada‚ sued Adam‚ a resident of Utah in the Federal Court in California. He sought $60‚000 damages for personal injuries arising from an automobile accident that occurred in Los Angeles‚ California. Does the Federal Court have jurisdiction? No the federal court does not have jurisdiction over this case. In order for this case to fall within the guidelines of a federal suit it would have to qualify for diversity of citizenship. Diversity of citizenship exists
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Media in court cases has many effects. One of which is the possibility that the Medias opinion may result in tainting the jury with unproven facts. As humans we make decisions based on how we perceive the world and the information we have on decision we are going to make. Pre-Trial Publicity “Due to extensive media coverage‚ jury selection in a high profile case can be extremely difficult. Jurors will likely have developed some biases about the case based on the media coverage to which they have
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Power &Functions of Courts Introduction: We know that there are two main branches of our legal practices‚ they are Civil matters and another is Criminal matters. Civil matters are dealt by Civil Court and Criminal matters are dealt by Criminal Courts. The both Civil and Criminal Court are divided into to main categories. 1. Higher Judiciary that is Supreme Court of Bangladesh. 2. Sub-ordinate Judiciary. It is a very vast effort to describe all the power and functions of both the judiciary
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