County Court Observation

Quan Nguyen Business Law Professor Donna Kohlhausen November 14, 2016 Court Observation Paper The court I attended was the court # 184, on October 25th 2015 at Harris County Criminal Justice Court , located in downtown of Houston city. The Judge in charge was Jan Krocker. It was an aggravated sexual assault of child case between The State of Texas vs. Samuel Gallegos. As I entered the court, the trial has already commenced so I did not really know how a real trial started. I sat in the back where

conclusion. In this case, the husband testifies that his wife was hysterical and claimed that she worshiped blocks of blood and practiced voodoo. His testimony casted common Hindu practices in an unfavorable light. This was his scheme to make the courts believe his wife was emotionally volatile and was not fit to parent their child. However, it would be a great mistake to depend on the husband’s testimony as the authority one the significance

The British criminal court system, also known as the senior courts, contains many differences to that of the courts in America. In less serious criminal trials, which contain 90% of criminal cases, the case is sent for a summary trial in 1 of over 400 magistrate courts. A summary trial is a trial with no committal and no jury. The trial is before a bench of magistrates. Most of the time there are three magistrates who are considered “lay” persons. This means that they are not professional judges

justice. (Elliot & Quinn, 2015). There are currently 216 county courts that are solely concerned with civil work. Around 170 of them are divorce county courts and have jurisdiction to hear undefended divorce and adoption or guardianship cases. In the High Court, civil work, divorce and family matters still remain, though there is a separate Family Court which was introduced in April 2014. Next is the court of Appeal, followed by the Supreme Court. (i.b.i.d). Question One: Before a trial or case management

Michael Davis William Post Intro to Criminal Justice 21 November 2017 My Interaction with a Component of the Criminal Justice System Court observations provide excellent opportunities to witness some of the most crucial work that occurs in North Carolina’s criminal justice system. My observation of a Superior Court session at the Watauga County Courthouse highlighted some of the concepts that have been included in our class discussions. For example, every case during my two and a half hours at the

For this upcoming research project, I want to focus on the use of mental health courts and the characteristics that make them successful. Since the deinstitutionalization movement of the 1960’s there has been a push to get mentally ill patients back into the community and out of psychiatric hospitals. This was done under the belief that the community would take care of them, but since this movement, there has been a sharp increase in the criminalization of the mentally ill. It is estimated that “2

details of their case are more private than the others on Drug Court. In a very similar fashion, the Drug Court proceeded by the Judge asking for input from the probation officers as well as the service agency representatives. The observer noticed the main theme of Drug Court is for Judge Barrasse to verify the time spent in sobriety from each person. Upon hearing the answer, the entire room would respond with an applause. Unlike MHC, Drug Court consists of a series of four phases in which one graduates

On Thursday November 17th, 2005 we attempted to go and see a trial at the Oakland County Circuit Court. An attorney friend advised us to go to the Macomb Circuit Court that Thursday, but due to a scheduling conflict we chose to go the Oakland County Court. We were also advised to go around 1:00 p.m. because the court would commence again after lunch. We arrived to the court at 12:45 and after passing through security we quickly went to the fifth floor courtrooms to find

SYNOPSIS: On December 27, 2015, I, Cpl. Lessane, with the Hampton County Sheriff’s Office, responded to Brunson Exxon, in the county of Hampton, to assist Cpl. Bridges with an assault call. Upon arrival, I observed and gathered the following information obtained. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Hampton County Dispatch advised Sheriff Deputies, a male subject called 911 stating he wanted to turn himself in since he assaulted his girlfriend. Dispatch stated the male subject stated he would of meet with Law

the incredible true story told by Kaufman County District Attorney Erleigh N. Wiley in her book, A Target on My Back: A Prosecutor’s Terrifying Tale of Life on a Hit List (Skyhorse Publishing, 2017). Wiley chronicles her experience as a former Kaufman County Court at Law judge who found herself on a kill list fiendishly prepared by Eric Williams, a former Kaufman County justice of the peace. On March 30, 2013, Williams shot and killed the Kaufman County District Attorney, Mike McLelland, and his