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    Drug Court Case Analysis

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    Since there have been very few reported cases challenging drug courts jurisdiction or procedure‚ there is no valid argument against its procedures in terms of constitutional rights. However‚ questions expressed by both advocates and critics of judicial innovation and the different roles judges partake are seen to show the constitutional rights of drug participants are being overlooked (Lane‚ 2003). The broad question remains is whether proactive judges taking on the role of problem-solving can still

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    Outline the development of common law and equity. Before common law and equity came into existence‚ there were only customs that protected the people and their rights. Customs can be divided into general customs and local customs. General customs are said to be the basis of common law because it is thought that after the Norman Conquest‚ judges who travelled around the land making decisions in the King’s name based at least some of their decisions on the common customs. Local customs

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    story about false allegation during child custody and divorce. One spouse points the finger at the other and receives a restraining order from the court. The wife or husband recognizes that doing this will‚ almost by default‚ give them custody of the children and exclusive use of the family home. The accused parent then must defend themselves in court and prove these allegations false. While false accusations are a legal mess‚ it is also terrible to have someone that you once shared a life make

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    Supreme Court Case CJA/354 Supreme Court Case The discovery of unethical billing alongside unethical accounting practices provoked a chain reaction towards a hospital accountant by the name of Rehberg. An accountant trying to serve justice was entangled in a web of lies. Rehberg vs. Paulk is a very interesting Supreme Court case. Rehberg vs. Paulk embodied much of the injustice that is not presented to the public when sworn officials break the very laws that are supposed to be

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    GA1400116 MJ601 court visit

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    GA1400116 426 SE Tray terr Port St Lucie‚ FL 34983 D: (772) 224-9836 E: (772) 343-0649 C: (772) 224-9836 MJ601‚ Survey of Criminal Justice Assignment 4‚ Activity 11 10 September 2014 1 The court case observed was the STATE OF FLORIDA vs. Jeffrey A. Burke. The case appeared at the St Lucie County Courthouse‚ 218 S 2d st‚ Fort Pierce FL 34950‚ room 2C at 9 am. The charges against the defendant were one count of driving with a revoked license

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    Nevada State Court System

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    Nevada State Court System: Introduction: The Judicial system in the United States is made up by the Federal court and State court system and each court is responsible for hearing certain types of cases. The major goals of the both court systems are to solving legal disputes and vindicating legal rights. The State court system is made up with the two sets of trial courts that are the trial court of limited jurisdiction and trial court of general jurisdiction. The Trial court of limited jurisdiction

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    the creation of international organizations known as the International Criminal Court (ICC). Its purpose would be to capture criminals who had committed crimes against humanity and try them when their home nations refused to do so. Although there have been such courts in the past‚ the ICC would be the first of its kind to be a permanent international court. However‚ as all international organizations are‚ the courts are laden with internal disputes and disorganization from the sheer amount of people

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    has done and to show her off to her family and friends. It is a very religious ceremony. It is traditional for the Quinceanera to choose special friends to be apart of what is called the Court of Honor. Usually‚ these people are her closest friends‚ her brothers‚ sisters‚ cousins: The people she mostly honors. In the Quinceanera’s Court of Honor all the young girls are called damas and all the young men are called Chambelanes. A quinceanera always starts off with going to church and having a mass to

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    Additionally‚ while completing court observations I had the opportunity to sit in on three separate criminal trials. The first trial I sat in on was a case involving sexual assault where the defendant was accused of “violating of the sexual integrity” (Arcaro‚ 2009‚ p.151) while she was sleeping. Due to the sensitive nature of the case‚ a publication ban was put in place. The judge allowed us to sit in on the case‚ but made aware to the students sitting in that we were not to publish any names or

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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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