due to drug related crimes. The need to address this growing problem led to the drug court movement and the creation of drug courts. Drug courts are special courts that treat offenders with a history of substance abuse addictions by providing supervised treatments and sanctions when needed. This paper will discuss the establishment and goals of drug courts. It will also discuss the success or failures of drug courts in California‚ Florida‚ and D.C. Early efforts to meet the nation’s growing drug problem
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Assignment 1- Hierarchy of the court system The hierarchy of Civil Courts include both First Instance courts (the first time the case is heard) and Appeal courts (any court of law that has the power for appeals from courts of first instance). The First Instance courts include the Tribunals‚ the Magistrates Court and the County court. Whereas the Appeal courts include the Court of Appeal‚ the Supreme Court‚ and the Court of Justice of the EU. However two levels of the hierarchy appear in both the
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Judicial Branch of the United States is network of courts that interprets and applies laws. Though they generally do not create laws‚ they decipher them and apply them to a certain case. One of the powers of the judiciary is the power to declare laws unconstitutional. Under the system of Checks and Balances‚ this main check that the judiciary has on both the legislative and executive branch is the power of judicial review. This power allows the Supreme Court to examine and compare acts undertaken by Congress
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levels of courts with in its own justice systems and the Judges are selected and elected for different terms in each state. There are three characteristics of the Judicial system in Texas that make it stand out from other states‚ one is that Texas has two appellate courts of last resort‚ its trial courts do not have uniform jurisdiction of subject matter and the judges are chosen in partisan elections (Womack‚ 2018). In Texas‚ all levels of Judges are elected to the individual court positions
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Duty to the court Due to the court’s prominent role within the administration of justice‚ and the weight that Lord Neuberger places on it‚ duty to the court must initially be viewed independently from the other overlapping ethical duties‚ as conflict will inevitably arise due to the contrast between the opposing purposes of a barrister’s core duties. By viewing the relationship between a barrister’s ‘duty to the court and the administration of justice’ and their duty to ‘act in the best interest
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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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plea is an agreement between the defense and the prosecutor in which a defendant pleads guilty to a criminal charge and in exchange he expects to receive some form of consideration from the state. (Neubauer‚ 2002‚ p. 323) Most cases never make it to trial‚ more than 80 percent of criminal cases filed ended with the defendant entering a guilty plea. (Fagin‚ 2003‚ p. 61) Plea bargaining became common sometime after the Civil War. The proliferation of cases‚ in the federal courts‚ brought on by prohibition
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United States Supreme Court cases are argued and decided on Constitutional grounds. All arguments and decisions are based on interpretations of the original Constitution and‚ more often‚ on Constitutional amendments. GIDEON v. WAINWRIGHT In June 1961‚ Clarence Gideon was arrested and charged with breaking and entering in Bay Harbor. He was tried in a Florida Circuit Court in August 1961. Gideon stated in Court that he was unable to afford a lawyer and asked the Judge to appoint one for him
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Rights Movement‚ the Supreme Court embodied the idea of legal liberalism‚ using the law to achieve political ends. During this era‚ the Court used the civil rights cases brought to them to achieve social change and promote equality. The decision in Loving v. Virginia is one example illustrating the Supreme Court using its power to attain racial equality and change and reform the American society‚ as striking down anti-miscegenation laws wiped out the last remaining Jim Crow laws. Loving v. Virginia proves
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DISTRICT COURT CRIMINAL PRACTICE NOTE 1 LISTING PROCEDURES IN SYDNEY AND SYDNEY WEST DISTRICT COURT 1. The arrangements in place between the Local Court and the District Court in relation to cases committed to Sydney District Court and Sydney West District Court are: 1. Accused committed for trial in Sydney are committed to the last sitting day of the week following committal (usually a Friday) for first mention in the arraignment list. 1.2 In Sydney West a similar procedure
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