DIOXENOS B. SULIT ATTY. CHRISTINA ARIAS-SUMILONG I-D LEGAL WRITING 3/31/07 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION II‚ CITY OF MANILA PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES‚ Plaintif-Appellee‚ -versus- GA. G.R. No. 123456 PEDRO SARMIENTO Y TORDECILLA Accused-Appellant‚ x------------------------------------------x APPELLEE’S BRIEF SUBMITTED BY OFFICE
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communication important when testifying before a jury‚ and what suggestions do you have for helping a testifying officer make a positive impression on a jury? Jurors are selected by the judge‚ prosecution and the defending attorney. The judge will provide the list of potential jurors to both the prosecution and the defending attorney for the selection process to participate in the trial case. For either the prosecutor or the defending attorney jury selecting a jury is normally very similar in its
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school ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Although Adnan was convicted‚ he is not guilty. The prosecution’s case was shaky and was built around one witnesses constantly changing testimony. The witness was Jay Wilds‚ the neighbourhood drug dealer and a former schoolmate of Adnan’s. As well as the prosecution’s main witness being unreliable‚ the cell phone tower data that they used to convict Adnan says on the cover sheet that the cell phone data from incoming calls can’t be used to reliably and precisely
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was a lack of credible evidence that was positively proved in this case. The prosecution’s claim that there were seven witnesses all near Braintree around the time of the crime who claimed that Sacco looked identical to one of the bandits. The prosecution also claimed that a cap with a hole in it was picked up at the crime scene was similar if not identical to one that Sacco previously owned. The hole might have related to Sacco’s workplace where he religiously hung his cap. One of the seven witnesses
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Analysis of voice recognition and eyewitness testimonies The film 12 Angry Men is about a murder trial conducted in a courtroom. The judge gave the jury its final instruction telling them that a guilty verdict will result in a death sentence for the defendant‚ an 18-year-old boy who was accused of murdering his father using a knife! One juror had a personal connection with the case. He has not seen his son for more than two years. He claims that the young boy is guilty and that all young
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prosecutor in this case was Linda Drane Burdick‚ who said that Casey wanted nothing more to live the single woman’s life of partying with her boyfriend‚ and going to clubs. She hadn’t had a job in years‚ but lied to her family about going to work. The prosecution argued that Caylee was becoming too old‚ and would soon be able to speak and tell on her‚ though it was a shocking theory. Jose Baez was Casey Anthony’s defense attorney‚ had to convince the jurors that Casey‚ who has been found guilty in court
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DYING DECLARATION “Truth sits on the lips of a person who is about to die” Introduction A Dying Declaration means the statement of a person who has died explaining the circumstances of his death. It can be said to be a statement made by a mortally injured person‚ indicating who has injured them and/or the circumstances surrounding their injury. The injured is aware that he/she is about to die and while the declaration is hearsay‚ it is admissible since it is believed that the dying person does not
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and the Supreme Court Justices (and even the President) that the death sentence was too harsh of a sentence for the convicted crime; conspiracy to commit espionage. Though Bloch would try to be relentless with his version of the truth‚ the prosecution‚
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v. Washington Analysis Janilsa Alejo de Smith Wilmington University Crawford v. Washington Analysis Cross-examination is critical during litigation. Many cases have to be proven based on solely witness testimony because of the lack of physical evidence. Therefore‚ the responsibility of a witness to tell the truth relies on methods to encourage witnesses to maintain their credibility. According to Gardner and Anderson in their book Criminal Evidence: Principles and Cases‚ the witnesses must take
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before the trial had started. This was because‚ it was understood that the case failed partly due to an alleged confession from a prosecution witness. Jurisdictions of all courts involved - The two courts involved in this case were the Central Local Court and the Supreme Court. The jurisdictions for the local court include the majority of criminal‚ summary prosecutions in NSW and with civil matters up to $100‚000. It also conducts committal proceedings to determine whether or not indictable offences
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