Judge

or people responsible for determining the law in a case. This term contrasts the “trier of fact,” which is the person or people who are going to determine the facts in a case. In a typical criminal case, the trier of law is most often going to be a judge, who is going to take a look at the case at hand, as well as what the laws are that are related to the case. When acting as the trier of law, the facts of the case are not going to be as relevant as the actual laws that are in place that have to…

involving traffic infractions and other criminal misdemeanor offenses, hears civil cases involving amounts of under $25,000, and holds preliminary hearings in felony cases. They do not conduct jury trials and all cases are heard and decided by the judge. There are 32 judicial districts of the General District Court serving…

The judicial selection systems in the United States are different all over the country. All fifty states have one of the basic patterns of selecting judges. There are partisan elections, nonpartisan elections, appointments, and appointments with retention election. Partisan elections, like the system we have in Texas currently works by each candidate having to run under a party affiliation. In a partisan election candidates first run in a primary election and it also incorporates…

responsible for providing a defense for the defendant as well as being able to ensure the protection of his rights. The prosecution represents the government and is responsible for establishing guilt of the defendant. In the midst of the two sides is the judge who is responsible to ensure court proceedings are properly held and to establish a verdict of the accused using evidence and witness testimonies attained by the defense and prosecution. While, the entities and procedures of courts are…

This Court evidently holds an exorbitant amount of power and yet so little is known about it or its judges. I would assume the vast majority of Americans could name at least one Supreme Court judge and very little are able to list a singular FISC judge. The secrecy of the Court part of their legitimacy. It is imperative that the court does not become another political stronghold so it is important to prevent any sort of external…

system. The criminal justice system participants beyond the law enforcement realm were judges and lawyers and as external contributing factors began to get involved there grew an increasing need for someone to manage the day to day activities of the courts. The court administrator is necessary for the organization and judicial management of the courts because those tasks are outside the capabilities of the judges (Cronkhite, 2013). As the…

differently. However, your innocent, and you protest such, to everyone who is willing to listen to you, however, you cannot get over the fact that no one is listening to your cries, now your life is in the hands of strangers, a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and…

An analysis of the reasons for the judges decisions in each of the hearings including the basis on which liability was established or dismissed and the role of the persuasive precedent. Refer to two of the cases used in each hearing and how the judges used these. In the first hearing the judge chose to dismiss the liability factor as they believed the school could not do anymore to prevent a one off incident such as this. One of the precedent cases used was; Romel El-Sheik v. Australian Capital…

continued to explain why he thought the man was guilty. He said that the women who was not sure finally came around to agreeing that he was guilty and they brought the decision back to the judge. Upon telling the judge their decision, the judge agreed that it was the right thing to do. Papa mentioned that later the judge confessed that if the jury had not found the man guilty, he would have overturned the decision due to the…

from being sued for defamation for the things they say about parties or witnesses in the course of hearing cases. These principles have led some people to suggest that Judges are somehow ‘above the law’. Judges are subject to the law in the same way as any other citizen. The Lord Chief Justice or Lord Chancellor may refer a judge to the Office for Judicial Complaints in order to establish whether it would be appropriate to remove them from office in circumstances where they have been found to…