ADA Narrative Report

The interaction between the attorney and defendants was impersonal to me. The public defender was the first person to come in the the courtroom. When you're a public defender you're going to have a lot of clients, but he has almost everyone in the room. My immediate thought was the people are being done a disservice because the defense attorney is responsible for too many people to give anyone the required attention. He had to figure out all the people that he was responsible for that day and have a conversation to get a feel for their case. I don’t see how everyone can be properly defended with this method. But as the case went out it seemed to me that the attorney either didn’t know much about the defendant's story. The attorney didn’t seem too enthusiastic either because he didn’t make much objections and stayed seated the whole time. Other than initial conversation before their trial, the attorneys and defendants don’t have much interaction. The interaction between both attorneys was more friendly than I would’ve imagined. I don’t know if this was actually how it is, pretrial is not taken as serious as normal trial, or I have misconception that attorneys are always adversarial from TV. There was frequent communication amongst them between cases and all of it didn’t seem necessary. I wondered if this was reasoning for the lack of objections during the hearings. I imagine both attorneys being really

On Thursday, 07/09/2015, at approximately 1722 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815, responded to 147 Hillendale Dr., Murphysboro, IL 62966 to speak with the reporting party, Gary W. Darnell (M/W, DOB: 07/10/1956) and his wife, also the victim, Jane M. Darnell (F/W, DOB: 03-31-1958) about a reckless driving complaint. Jackson County Dispatch received the call for service via a non-emergency line at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

Gage understands the numeral words 1 through 9. He demonstrated this when he counted the pepperoni on his pizza. He counted to 8, but missed the number 5. This is normal because 3 year olds can normally only count to 5. He does understand counting and one-to-one counting because he placed three circles of sauce, on three different crusts, and counted as he placed them on each pizza. It is also typical that he could make the colored toppings with the same colored bowl. When children are 3 years old they begin to understand concepts like grouping and matching. (Child Development Tracker, 2003)

On 04/14/2016 at 2315 hours your Affiant was dispatched to 109 E. Center St. Apartment Upper for an overdose. Upon arriving on scene EMS was tending to the overdose patient. Your Affiant spoke with a female in the apartment who identified herself as Tiara Pleva while Stamets spoke with the male who lived in the apartment Aaron Campbell. Pleva stated Conrad shot up with heroin. Your Affiant asked where the heroin if any left and empty baggies are, and needle Conrad used. Pleva stated she does not know where any of the stuff is.

Being located in the Federal building I have received tours of the court rooms and have had the opportunity to meet the judges and their staff. I feel I have been given a great lenses to observe the interworking of the courthouse and how cases progress through the criminal justice system. In working with the agents in particular, I have been able to see the different ways a federal case can be assembled within the guidelines and can lead to a federal

April 19, 2017. I was sitting at the front check-in desk, Mod J, Hematology/ Oncology. Patient approached the front desk stating he was here for his noon appointment with a Dr. Olinski. I told the patient we did not have a doctor by that name, but before we went any further, I asked what was his last name and last four so that I could look and see what he was referring to. When looking into the system, the only appointment I seen was for 6/5/17 with a Dr. Zhao in our clinic, Mod J. The patient stated he couldn’t remember who called him or where they told him to go, only thing he knew was the name Dr. Olinski. Not saying anything to the patient, I tired looking into the patients chart as he stood there looking at me, I looked in the orders,

During this announcement was when I first got a sense of Judge Tuttle’s personality and her nature in the courtroom. While the Honorable Judge Tuttle did have everything under control and organized in her courtroom, she was a very easy-going counselor. She let us know that the jurors were just finishing up their donuts that the court had provided them and ask us if that was okay with us despite the case already being delayed. She had a very nonchalant approach to her. Looking back in comparison to the interview I conducted with Judge Tuttle it makes sense. In her interview I came to find out she had never took a law class during her undergrad, but actually majored in art history, which probable explains why she had such an abstract approach

They seemed laid back and like they were conversing amongst friends. I’m not requesting duels between the state and defense attorneys, but don’t let the defense attorneys waste your time. It was clear that the State was fairly prepared, at least enough to move on from preliminary hearings into discovery, yet the state would grant continuances to February of 2015. I think it’s great that it’s not a hyper competitive environment, but business still needs to get done. I believe to a certain extent, they did defend their clients, I feel more zest could have been used, but my standard might be unrealistically high. Judge Garcia came into court, well prepared, he knew the cases better than the attorneys, and he was active. He had a very expressive face, and it was clear from his body language, at times he felt frustrated or disinterested. I feel it was more from, being a former Assistant State Attorney and the state not necessarily posing the best offense. I feel that many of the issues could have moved on to the next step in the criminal process. For the cases that were resolved there on the spot, Mr. Edwards was happy with his outcome Ms. Denum was upset, but not necessarily because of the outcome. During the first visit, we were still early into the class readings and I had a difficult time understanding what was occurring. By the second visit, I was able to understand more of what was going on. The courtroom observation was

The most important thing that happened to me this reporting period is that I was able to witness the plea bargaining process and hearing. This was the first time I was in the courtroom. I think it is very interesting how the process takes places. I did not necessary understand the language used in the hearing as it was a property case about the purchase of a radio station. However, it was still interesting to view how the defense attorney and the prosecutors interacted. In this case, I think the prosecutor did an excellent job of cross examining the witness. As we with the plea bargaining, the process was pretty much the same from case to case. It took approximately 15 to 20 mins per case. The defendant verified his identity, the prosecutor

I also learned more about the roles of professional courtroom actors and the roles of nonprofessional courtroom participants, which I did not know before. I found these actors very important because a criminal trial will not be able to carry out smoothly without

On this date worker spoke with Ms. Lisa Welch, SW at the VA. According to Ms. Welch, the VA nurse or herself had not been to the home for a while. Ms. Welch stated she was surprised during her visit at the beginning of the month. According to Ms. Welch, Mr. Walker appeared emaciated and she witnessed him take a few steps without any assistance. Ms. Welch will have Dr. Duxbury write a letter stating if Mr. Walker is an adult in need of protective

On September 27th I went to Branch 6 to watch the criminal trial of the defendant Lord Wilson. It was making out to be a weeklong trial and I made it on the second to last day. All I knew was that it was a case involving drugs and had been in the making for a while. When I arrived at the public safety building to listen to the criminal trial taking place I learned firsthand that things never seem to stay on schedule. A recess was taking place when I walked in. While I was sitting there I overheard another person in the courthouse talking about how they heard testimonies from witnesses the day before. That’s what I was looking forward to and now I was worried that I wouldn’t get to observe anything

During government round table, I learned a lot of information that I never thought I would want to know. I probably learned the most about how judges work, specifically ours, because it was the most interesting one to me. Judge Rathburn is the municipal judge here and he deals with many cases varying of sorts. There is even very little restriction on what he has to or can judge. What was really interesting and meant a lot to me was when he said that he wants to change your behaviour and not just make you pay. This made me feel like he

Durand, the public defender Mr. Coleman was extremely helpful in helping to better understand what life as a lawyer is actually like. I appreciated his candor in acknowledging the limitations of his power, and in addressing how difficult it can be balancing a high workload and difficult clients with a lower salary and strained resources. However, I was also inspired by how passionate he was about his career, and the versatility and unpredictability of public defending sounds alluring. I also enjoyed hearing his perspective on the ambiguity of right and wrong in criminal justice. His use of the example case and our discussion on police rights gave great insight into why it is his job not to view cases in black and white. I appreciated having both attorneys visit simultaneously, as the similarities and differences between prosecution and public defense were much more

Until one of the officers, explain to me that the prosecutor cannot shake hands to the defendants because it's looks like money laundering, and the prosecutor is a germaphobe. Criminal court ran smoothly. Most of the people accept the charges and pay their fine. Then. I notice something so shocking, I notice a man who works at one of the food courts on campus. He was charged with aggravated DWI and was sentenced to a hardship license and a victim impact class. It’s always awkward to see someone you know at court, and sometimes I try to avoid that person. There was also one more bizarre moment in court. The woman who had a butterfly bookbag was part of a civil case. I think his landlord is suing her and she is also counter suing him. They both went to the backroom with the two mediators to see if they could work out the issue without having trial. Fifteen minutes later, they all walked out and a man put up a sign from the sitting area. The officer told the man to put the sign down or he will be put out. I thought that was really strange, nobody did not understand what was written on the sign, most of us was just shocked about what just