ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. Attend the trial of your choice (civil or criminal) at the B.C. Supreme Court at the Law Courts at 800 Smithe Street, Vancouver for at least one hour and then answer the following questions in approximately 1,200 words. . DO NOT go to Chambers Hearings, Bail Hearings, Sentencing Hearings, Small Claims Court and cases that are being heard by the Court of Appeal. 1. Where possible, state the following regarding the trial you watched (this part may be answered in
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Counsel for Mr. Manolakos: R.A. (Sandy) Ross, P. Doherty, A. Rinaldis Counsel for Mr. Brownell: C.R. Purves, B.L. Hickford, J. Mills Brief Summary of Trail This trail took place in Courtroom 20 in the B.C. Supreme Court where every visitor was required to pass through a security check. The case involves three homicides done 5 years ago by five members of an alleged Vernon, B.C. drug gang dubbed The Greeks (Organized crime group). The
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My report on court room observation focuses on observations from two courts. The first one was the………………….The second one was the Crown Court …..Street in City Centre for criminal court observations. The Courts are held in order to resolve local disputes and maintain order in the society. Before attending, each court was contacted in order to find out the times and cases that could be attended as some cases such as youth cases are not open to the public. Firstly I attended to the……………….. The entrance
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States federal courts and were located in each of the federal judicial districts. The act also established the United States Supreme Court and its justices. It wasn’t until 1912, that the district courts became exercised and became the new federal trial courts replacing the circuit courts as original jurisdiction. Circuit courts became known as federal court of appeals. They no longer have the right to try a case first, which is now the district courts role in the judicial system. With 13 circuit
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Bond Hearings and a Plea Entrance; A Day’s Observation in the Circuit Court. Political Science 210 December 2, 2010 Political Science 210 December 2, 2010 Bond Hearings and a Plea Entrance; A Day’s Observation in the Circuit Court. On November 24, 2010, I was given the opportunity to observe a session of the Fairfax County Circuit Court. While observing the session I was able to view five bond hearings and one plea entrance, which allowed for a partial
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report is based upon several real cases, but the names, dates and many details are fictitious) COURT WATCH REPORT 1) Student Name: Sally Student 2) CRJ 105 - Prof. Cable – Section # CC1 3) Date Turned In: November 13, 2008 4) Date/Time of Observation: October 2, 2008 from 2:00-4:00 pm. 5) Court: Monroe County Court 6) Case Name: People v. David Defendant 7) Presiding Judge: Hon. Gerald Judge 8) Assistant District Attorney: Pamela Prosecutor 9) Defense Attorney: Larry Litigator 10)
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Activity Description: Courtroom Observation The case being presented today was State of New Jersey v. David Connor. This case is being presented in the Superior Courts of New Jersey at 50 West Market Street floor 10 Room 1004, Newark, NJ. The observation took place July 1, 2008 from 9AM until 3:30PM. The charges against the defendant David Connor are first-degree murder, second-degree aggravated assault, second-degree disturbing/moving human body, third degree unlawful possession of a weapon
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For my court observation, I chose to watch the Casey Anthony trial that started on May 24, 2011 and concluded on July 5, 2011. This was a long trial because of the amount of evidence admitted (over 400 pieces) and the large number of witnesses called to testify for both the prosecution and the defense. I am pretty sure everyone knew something about this case, but what I witnessed watching the actual trial was appalling, to say the least. This case tugged at my heart because a mother, Casey Anthony
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For my observation paper, I researched online for court cases and found a listing of numerous judges and cases in Franklin County, As a result, I went to the Franklin county common pleas court, and was able to retrieve contact information for the secretary of Judge Kimberly Cocroft. I contacted Secretary Racheal Cook by phone and left her a message. As one can imagine, a myriad of missed calls and phone tag resulted; however, she did leave me a voicemail stating her email address and said that it
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When summoned for jury service, jurors appear for the length of one trial or one day. The majority of jurors complete their service in one day.At this particular visit to the Orange County Courthouse, I was selected for jury duty. In order to report for jury duty, potential jurors such as me had to arrive at the courthouse for check-in at 8:00 am. At that time all jurors are screened via metal detectors and asked to proceed to the jury assembly room. Upon entering the jury assembly room, the juror
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