Going to court was a new experience for me‚ since I had never been to a court here in the United States. When I arrived to the court‚ on one side of the room was the plaintiff with his lawyer Andrew McCormick and on the other side‚ was the defendant‚ who was being defended by himself. The plaintiff’s attorney presented his opening statement to the judge‚ arguing that his client Mr. Weinberg was claiming $85‚246.87 in disparagement of property and for breaking a leasing contract. When it was the defendant’s
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Instructions ON How to Write a Court Report How to Write a Court Report By Jesse Lanclos‚ eHow Contributor A court report is a document written on behalf of someone who has been found guilty of committing a crime‚ and it is submitted before sentencing. Its purpose is to provide background information on the guilty party (the "client") and sufficient reasons to grant a lighter sentence or bail. You may be asked to file a court report on behalf of a minor about to be sentenced.
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investigation Bonds was accused for perjury and obstruction of justice. The trial started on March 21‚ 2011 but Bonds was not convicted until April 13‚ 2011. Barry Bonds faced an abundant amount of punishments starting with two years of probation‚ two hundred and fifty hours of community service‚ a $4‚000 fine‚ and 30 days of home confinement. In 2015 Barry Bond’s Conviction was overturned with a 10-1 vote in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Even though many people disagree with
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Court Cases McCulloch vs. Maryland – 1819‚ Maryland tried to tax the US Bank‚ a national bank. Resulted in Maryland’s law being declared illegal‚ because the states cannot tax a Federal institution. Gibbons vs. Ogden – 1824‚ gave Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. Ogden was running
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generally viewed as the same as a guilty plea in open court. There are several ways a confession can be deemed unconstitutional. For example‚ from the previous sections we learned about the exclusionary rule. Which states that any evidence obtained in violation of the fourth amendment is inadmissible in court. In addition to that comes forth the “Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine” which states not only is illegally obtained evidence excluded from court‚ this is to include evidence that is derived from
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The first drug court was established in Miami-Dade Florida in 1989. Drug courts were established because of the “revolving door of drug use” and recidivism. Recidivism is defined as criminals being prone to revert back to criminal behavior after being released from jail. Recidivism is very significant ito the Criminal Justice System because it shows the number of offenders that return to prison within a certain amount of time. Data shows that drug court participants are less likely to be arrested
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Supreme Court of the United States ____________ FALLWELL‚ GERRY JR. PETITIONER V. CHURCH OF THE VIRTUAL VIRGIN MADONNA‚ RESPONDENT ____________ Opinion presented by Chief Justice Marcella E. Lawrence Syllabus Facts: The Church of the Virgin Virtual Madonna (C.V.V.M.) was founded in 2003‚ following the death of singer/ songwriter Madonna. Although you can trace the roots of this institution back to the 1980’s‚ it was not until Madonna died from a gunshot wound that the religious
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The European Court of Auditors Introduction The European Court of Auditors is the fifth institution of the European Union (EU). It was established in 1975 in Luxembourg to audit the accounts of EU institutions. This report will cover 3 aspects which are history‚ organization and president. Then it will give some criticism about the declaration of assurance and the size of the court. History The Court of Auditors was created by the 1975 Budgetary Treaty and was formerly established on 1977-10-18
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4 Equity and the common law in the narrow sense Conclusion Summary Tutor-Marked Assignments References / Further Reading 1.0 INTRODUCTION This is an introductory unit. It introduces us to the law of equity and how it was developed in the court of Chancery in England. There is a wealth of literature on equity jurisprudence; its origin‚ development and the part it has played in those countries having the common law as the foundation of their legal systems. From its origin to the present period
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The Warren Court The 1960’s was an evolution of change in American history. When Earl Warren became Chief Justice of Supreme Court in 1953 it made the most dramatic changes and held a far more liberal view than any other Supreme Court before. Some of its most important rulings were on African-American civil liberties. The Supreme Court changed American law on segregation in schools‚ criminal procedure‚ and privacy rights. Before the Warren Court the American law treated blacks as second class citizens
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