Court Investigation Of The Sacramento County Courthouse

The Federal court system and the California court system has similar structures that can be viewed as a three-layer pyramid. For example, on the very top of the pyramid in regards to the federal court system there is the United States Supreme court. Secondly, in the middle of the pyramid there is the United States Court of Appeals. Lastly, on the very bottom of the pyramid is the United States District Courts. On the other end, California’s highest court is known as the Supreme court. In the center of the pyramid for California is known as Court of Appeals. Lastly, at the very bottom of the courts for California is known as the Superior Court. In contrast, the difference is the very bottom of the pyramid where the Federal court

Judges are a lot like police officers in that they hold a great amount of discretionary power in their courtrooms and their judgments. Judges are required to ensure that the accused is given a fair trial, while also ensuring that the best interest of the public is maintained. There is a great amount of pressure placed on judges today with excessive case loads and pressures from the media and other outside sources.

Throughout one’s life many are prone to being in one of America’s many courtrooms at least once in their life. Whether it is for a parking ticket, a petty larceny charge, or simply jury duty most citizens have been in a courtroom once or twice. However, it is rare that one knows the many steps and processes that take place when a crime has been convicted. There is an excess number of elements that are introduced and just to name a few it all starts with the occurrence of the crime, then follows the arrest, proceeded by an arraignment, bail hearing and any more steps before finally reaching the final verdict that lands one with guilt or innocence (Neubrauer, Fadella 2013). Based on the laws in place by the United States and the Constitution one must be able to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is doubt at all in the jurors minds, they cannot convict the individual of being guilty and lately this has created a lot of controversy in the United States with many cases being tried. For example, the Casey Anthony case that took place in Florida was one of the most recent states where Common Law and the Constitution were unable to be reconcilable to prove one’s guilt.

Bogira paints a portrait of some of the more personal and nuanced day-to-day activities that go into courtroom behavior and decision making. Describe some of the often overlooked aspects of day-to-day court operations (i.e., judges background, public pressures, defense attorney and prosecutorial ambitions, etc.) and how they may affect court outcomes for defendants. Bogira paints a portrait of the real side of the law and after reading Courtroom 302 I’m applauded at the things I’ve read. Bogira’s showed a different side to prosecutors, detectives, and judges detailing the little to no interest they had in righting the wrongs caused by the court.

From enforcing traffic tickets to ruling on the legality of legislation passed by the Senate and Assembly, California’s court system plays an integral role in society. However, despite the massive influence the courts hold over the lives of all Californians, most know little to nothing about the way the court system operates. As an intern at the Superior Court of San Francisco, I came to realize how, even after taking multiple political science courses on laws and the judicial system, I only accumulated a shallow pool of knowledge on the inner workings of the court system. Talking with judges and attorneys and sitting in on court meetings did help me understand the judicial system in much more depth, but also brought up many additional issues I am interested in pursuing further.

The criminal trial process is an interesting process that takes place in Courtrooms all across the United States and throughout the globe. This study intends to set out the various steps in the criminal trial process in the American justice system. A trial is described as a "legal forum for resolving individual disputes, and in the case of a criminal charge, it is a means for establishing whether an accused person is legally guilty of an offense. The trial process varies with respect to whether the matter at issue is civil in nature or criminal. In either case, a jury acts as a fact-finding body for the court in assessing information and evidence that is presented by the respective parties in a case. A judge presides over the court and addresses all the legal issues that arise during the trial. A judge also instructs the jury how to apply the facts to the laws that will govern in a given case." (3rd Judicial District, 2012)

The Suffolk Superior Courthouse and Edward W. Brooke Courthouse provided two distinct views into the judicial system. At the Suffolk Superior Court the defendant, Donald Williams, was on trial on charges of assault with intent to murder and aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, both felonies. Contrastingly, I viewed a number of arraignments at the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse where, among the charges, were larceny and assault and battery on an officer, both felonies. The Suffolk Superior Courthouse, being a superior criminal court, dealt with more serious crimes than that of the Edward W. Brooke courthouse, a

Judges are public officers chosen to rule and administer the law in a court of justice. Whether it comes to cases that have to do with criminal prosecutions or civil lawsuits, the job of the judiciary is to serve as a fair and unprejudiced judge. Judicial power is given in order to

I conducted my observation at the Regional Justice Court in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is located at 200 Lewis Ave. I was able to see the morning docket of the Honorable Judge Diana Sullivan, who happens to be one of four pilot judges for the new Nevada Pretrial Risk Assessment (NPR). I went on the morning of Monday March 20th, to observe both her 8am docket and her 9:30am docket. The 8am docket contained initial appearances and arraignments for the in-custody suspects. There were a few status checks and arraignments for out of custody suspects as well. The 9:30 docket was entirely out of custody and there were a few initial appearances and preliminary hearings.

What type of cases you heard and how are District Court cases different from Superior Court cases?

A crime is an act or omission committed against the community at large that is punishable by the law.

The district courts have evolved from local tribunals dealing with minor infractions and land disputes into courts of tremendous significance dealing with essentially every major issue confronting society: equal rights and equal opportunities in the political and economic arenas; the scope of individual rights under the Constitution, including free speech, the free exercise of religion, and the rights of privacy; the enforcement of federal laws, ranging from environmental regulations to conflicts

The judges head all the matters really fast and they was a high turnover of the cases. The judge’s role in the Magistrates Court is to listen to evidence and make a decision based on the evidence. The judge was clear and concise.

Crime is the rupture of guidelines or laws for which exactly legislating power could eventually prescribe a conviction. Singular human culture may each characterize crime and violations in an unexpected way.

Distinction of roles between judges and juries is a further fundamental difference between the adversarial and inquisitorial systems. In an adversarial system, there is a division of work between a judge and jury. The role of the judge is to adjudicate the issue of law and to ensure that the trial proceeds comply with the procedural and substantial laws, while the role of the jury is to adjudicate the issue of facts as served by the opposing parties based on the law given by judges. Generally, a judge will not interfere in jury’s decision making, but this approach varies subject to matters being decided in the criminal or civil cases. In civil cases, a judge has a power to set aside a decision taken by jury if such decision was not made in accordance with the applicable law. However, in criminal cases a judge does not