An Undercover Officer Believes Andy Is Selling Narcotics

Chapter 2 talks about the dealers locating a provider or “supplier” for drugs. Suppliers are any individual that sells narcotics in bulk or “weight” (25). This initially broke down to

Define self-defense? Self-defense is when someone protects them self from harm way. In the novel of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Johnny Cade has been carrying a concealed weapon on him everytime he went outside. When he and Ponyboy Curtis walk down the streets they were ambushed by Socs. When Bob, the reason why Johnny is carrying a weapon, decides to drown his friend, out of self-defense Johnny stabbed Bob. Johnny was still innocent because he stabbed Bob due to self-defense, to scare off the other Soc, and to save Ponyboy from drowning.

Facts: This case consists of Hereford a criminal informant who gets information of narcotic laws to Officer Marsh; a federal narcotic agent with 29 years on the job. Hereford had been feeding Marsh information for close to 6 months and that information was accurate and reliable. In the early days of September 1956, Hereford told Officer Marsh that the defendant James Draper was distributing illegal narcotics throughout Denver. Several days later, Hereford told Marsh that in the days before Draper went to Chicago and set to return with several ounces of heroin. Along with the information given Hereford gave a physical description of Draper, which included his age, weight, race, and clothes that he had

Our justice system has been battling the distribution of narcotics. Not only are drugs being distributed amongst our communities, but they also affect the lives of many innocent victims. One may ask, how does it affect innocent victims? The

The item is unlawful medications. The individuals who bargain these medications are Culprits. That is the thing that makes the medication business diverse then whatever other. Alcohol is a medication, yet grown-ups are permitted to utilize liquor items. Nicotine is a medication, yet grown-ups are permitted to utilize a wide range of structures of tobacco items, all which have tobacco in them. The drug Caffeine can be found in numerous ordinary things, similar to pop confection bars. Consider what number of cops we would require if caffeine items were illicit.

United States, 784 F.3d 1213 (2015), Dorian Ragland was previously convicted and sentenced for distribution of heroin resulting in death in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (prohibiting distribution of controlled substances), and (b)(1)(C) (if death or serious bodily injury results from use of substance, defendant shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 20 years or more than life). This was decided prior to the clarification of the language “results from” in 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) (2010). In Ragland v. United States, 756 F.3d 597 (2014), the case was remanded to the district court for further consideration in light of Burrage v. United States, 134 S.Ct. 881, 187 L.Ed.2d 715

“The lawful defense of such person or of another, when the person using force reasonably believes such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another."

Facts: August 7, 1999, a car occupied by three men, Donte Partlow (driver and owner of vehicle) accused Pringle (front seat passenger), and Otis Smith riding in the back seat, were ultimately pulled over by a police officer for driving over the speed limit. Upon the officer approaching the vehicle, he asked to see Partlow’s license and registration, and as the defendant opened his glovebox, a fairly large sum of money was exposed in the amount of $763. The officer then returned to his patrol car to check Parlow’s license to ensure he had no warrants of anything outstanding, Partlow came out clear, so he issued Partlow a verbal warning. Upon arrival of the second officer he asked if they minded he search the vehicle, Partlow had no issues and agreed to the search. The police not only found the $763 in the glove compartment but also five glassine Baggies of cocaine stashed behind the backseat armrest. The officers questioned the men as to who the cash and drugs belong too, none of them took ownership, the officers advised them that if no one claim the drugs and cash as theirs, they all would be arrested and charged. So, all three were arrested and taken to jail. Later on, in the morning Pringle decided he would waived his Miranda rights, then made a full verbal and written admission that the cash and drugs were his

“After a few more glimpse, she picked up her pace and was soon running in earnest. Within second she disappeared into a cross street”(Staples, Brent 301) and “I often witness that “hunch posture” from women after dark on the warren-like streets of Brooklyn where I live. They seem to set their faces on neutral with their purse strung across their chests bandolier style, they forge ahead as though bracing themselves against being tackled” (Staples, Brent 302), both show the approaches people take to protect themselves from harm. They are trying to either protect themselves from a possible attack or trying to swerve away their traducer, which can be termed as self defense. But, while self-defense is simply the protection of oneself, under what circumstances is it appropriate and what actions can be termed self-defense is a debatable topic. Self defense is a subconscious or conscious action taken by an individual to protect himself or someone else from immediate threat of physical harm or verbal threat of physical harm(given the possibility of the attacker to inflict the damage),which should not exceed the amount of physical damage that the assaulter has

Rule: ‘“While in some of the cases cited and relied upon by the Commonwealth lesser amounts of drugs were in issue, there was evidence in addition to the drugs themselves which was susceptible of an inference of the intent to distribute and which was inconsistent with the notion of personal use.’ Commonwealth v. Wooden, 13 Mass.App.Ct. 417, 423–424, 433 N.E.2d 1234 (1982).” Com. v. Ahart, 63 Mass.App.Ct. 413 (2005)

This week’s reading by Hughes, Ritter and Cowdery (2014) Highlighted what may be perceived as the ideological imperfections of legal thresholds for deemed supply. The first concern I had whilst reading through the article was that the onus of proof was placed upon the defendant by virtue of Australian deemed supply laws. This has ultimately removes the need for police and court to provide both the actus reus and mens rea for the individual trafficking. If the accused possesses a trafficable quantity the individual is charged with supply on the basis of possession alone.

Self Defense is widely known as a universal principle that allows a person to protect themselves under appropriate circumstances; Yet "appropriate circumstances" goes far beyond its counterparts. In many cases, victims are accused instead of the violator, even though they intended to rob and/or murder. Even though many walk away without punishment there are a ton of cases that should not be overlooked. It sounds as if the definition is plain and simple, but what is the level of force that goes beyond the sufficient level allowed? Most people tend to think that Self-Defense should be the last resort and should never reach the level of murder, but it should be redefined as a mechanism acceptable when the victim's life is threatened for a reasonable cause, because many are charged for murder even though the attack was protection from harm.

Self-defense is defined as the right to prevent violence or suffering through the use of an adequate level of counteracting violence or force. Simple as this definition is, it raises a variety of questions when applied to real life scenarios. Below, a defense lawyer from Phillips, Carson & Phillips Attorneys at Law explains the particular necessities of a self-defense claim.

Self-defense is when a defendant states that he or she was confronted by a serious threat of bodily harm or even death, this threat appears to be imminent, and therefore the only action for the defendant at that moment was both necessary and proportionate. There are two factors that do not qualify under the defense of self-defense which are the defendant turned out to be the aggressor or if the defendant failed to retreat from the threat.

In order to measure illegal opioid use and its effects on theft rates, we will follow the framework guidelines set forth by Gottfredson, Karley, and Bushway (2008). The study will contain the measures listed, (a) criminal activity listed by type of crime, (b) if criminal activity was directly motivated by the desire to acquire additional drugs, and (c) substance abuse