It will also hear minor civil disputes with monetary value up to $60 000. The Local Court holds committal hearings‚ which are preliminary hearings where the magistrate determines if there is sufficient evidence against the defendant to warrant a trial in a higher court. The High Court of Australia is the highest court in Australia and was established in 1901. It deals with appeals from the Federal Courts‚ Family Court and Supreme Court. It also deals with matters of interpreting the Australian
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system the same elements still exist. The best module I liked was the courtroom rules. In this module‚ it showed the key player and their roles. Now I have a better understand as to what each duty is. I learned the difference between grand jury and trial jury. Grand jury‚ may consist of up to 23 jurors‚ and serve for a particular period and may serve on multiple juries at one time. They handle cases that are high-profile. They are able
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the burglary/shooting of Mr. Nesbit‚ the convenience store clerk on December 22. Steve is wrongfully arrested‚ and spends time in jail awaiting his verdict‚ which he is found innocent for after a long trial. While in prison‚ Steve put his time to good use and wrote a play word for word based on his trial. This book falls under the theme of stories that expose limits. This is true because Steve lost all hope in his case‚ and thought that he will be found guilty for the murder of Mr. Nesbit; however he
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capricious. Unfair Trial: An Unfair Trial is when a court trial doesn’t follow the ‘The Rights to a Fair Trial.’ These rights are: 1. In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him‚ everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law. Judgment shall be pronounced publicly‚ but the press and public may be excluded from all or part of the trial in the interests of
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Court Observation Paper For my observation paper‚ I chose to visit the Wayne County Circuit Court (Family Division)‚ which is located at 1025 East Forest in Detroit. The date of my visit was March 6th and I was there from 8:45 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. There is a neighborhood surrounding the court‚ however it is also right off of I-75 and minutes from downtown‚ which makes it very easy to locate. When I arrived‚ I found parking to be very easy and I parked across the street on Forest. When I walked
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In the film‚ the trial of Pansette is a large‚ public affair. The townspeople are all transported to the trial and get to openly participate in the spectacle. Often‚ they went from standing on the sidelines listening intently to the goings on of the trial to being an active participant moments later. Even compared to today’s trials‚ this is outlandish and obviously embellished for the viewing pleasure of the audience. Davis describes the trial of Pansette in a way that was much
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questions were asked to jury to assure the jury was unbiased‚ 12 of 43 potential jurors were dismissed on the risk of bias. This trial was deemed a mistrial because of bias procedural errors. [at para. 3] The defence was that another aboriginal committed the crime‚ race could have no relevance because the jury was obliged to decided between two aboriginals. Second Trial; accused challenged jury once again on the cause of “reasonable possibility” for bias against aboriginal peoples. Judge dismissed
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is given. He is not given an exact time of the trial‚ he has never been to the place that he has been told to go‚ and the number of the building
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victim and no considerable harm is considered to be done to the society. In such offences‚ if the offender and victim compromise‚ there is no need to waste court’s time in conducting a trial. The process of reaching a compromise is called Compounding. Conceptually‚ such offences‚ in which a compromise can be done and a trial can be avoided‚ are called Compoundable offence. Rest of the offences are non-compoundable Technically‚ offences classified as Compoundable by Section 320 of Cr P C are compoundable
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that the boy probably died from a direct blow to the head while he was in extreme pain from a fractured left arm. II. Outline the Law relating to murder/manslaughter. Explain who has the burden of proof in a trial and outline in general terms what is required to get a conviction in a murder trial. You will need to point out the law here and list and explain the recognised defences available to the accused. In the law‚ the killing of another person could fall under two categories‚ one could be murder
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