Court of Session

behalf of her client while he was in another court, he threatened her by saying that he was going to start going to her parent’s scrap yard business and write them more tickets, in retaliation for the plea-bargain. The incident occurred at the downtown municipal court building at 1400 Lubbock at approximately 1000 hours. Specifically,…

documented with the court before trial requesting a hearing or a decision on something pertinent to the case. “After a person is captured and additionally accused of some specific illicit action, a pretrial hearing is regularly planned. A pretrial hearing is a session with the judge that happens before trial.” (Hirby, 2017).…

today that the courts use to help clear up the caseloads as well as lower the costs. When a case goes to a jury trial it can cost the courts money due to the witnesses and jurors that need to be called in for the trials. When a case gets settled through the plea bargaining process it will bypass the jury trial stage eliminating that extra cost to the courts. Plea bargaining can be in the best interest for the defendant, save the court money, and help lighten the caseloads in the courts. The…

Name: Aamir Punjwani Class Date/Time T/Th 2:30 pm – 3:45pm CRN___________ Court Visit Report Required Format I. Identification of the court (2 points each) Name of court – Richard B. Russell Street Address - 75 Spring St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303 Presiding Judge – Adan J. Barveman Date/time you arrived/time you left – 10am – 12pm II. Description of court visit: (2 points each) Case name – USA vs. Pierce Civil or Criminal case – Criminal Stage of proceeding (jury selection, witness…

plea and got out without any strings begin attached. Now as a part of the plea deal Arma must live with the consequences. When watching this documentary, I learned that lawyers give this option to their client if they believe they will not win the court battle or simply want to get it over with.…

When heading into state court, I was unsure of what to expect. I have always been a fan of movies with cases and most recently I have found a large amount of interest in the OJ Simpson case through activity watching the show The People v. OJ Simpson released this past year. However, the large cases seen on television and the cases often uses for television shows or movies show a dramatized version of what was actually experienced during my visit to court in New Haven. A friend in another section…

custody is a written account documentation which shows the custody, control, movement, transfer, analysis, and location of physical or electronic proof from the time it’s obtained until it is presented in the court of law. The evidence found at the crime scene must be presented in the court for further developments in the case. These evidences has to be validated and secured properly so that during the trial it will not be contaminated and the evidence is relevant to crime investigation. Chain…

terms of said agreement can be drawn up through various methods of informal negotiations outside of the courtroom. A fair agreement, one that also tackles the issue of a custodial parent moving out of state, is likely to be deemed as acceptable to the court. If a cordial relationship is maintained between the parents, the best method of arriving at an agreement is to draft one together. For instance, perhaps one parent is given physical custody, while the other is given partial custody and…

probation comes juvenile probation requirements. In 2009, 59 percent of juveniles were deemed delinquent by a court of law, and out of that, 60 percent were sanctioned with a probationary sentence (NeMoyer et al., 2014). When placed on probation, juveniles face a plethora of stringent obligations, which includes, but not limited to, probation officer check-ins, adherence to curfews, therapy sessions, making amends to any victims of the offense, volunteer work/community service, random illegal…

a loss of institutional control, both in the ability of the courts to obtain guilty verdicts in cases of moral depravity, e.g., pre-marital sex, and the growing tendancy for families to avoid the court system altogether, choosing instead to handle such matters privately. (Dayton Abortion, 34-35) The second major change which began around the turn of the eighteenth century and was firmly established by the time of the Grosvenor-Sessions case was the emergence of a sexual double standard. This…