Essay on Courtroom Observation

The case was brought forward to the NSW Supreme Court in 2001 whereby Judge Hulme ordered both Respondents as negligent. This decision was reversed by the Supreme Court of Appeal whereby the judgement was granted in favour of the Respondents. This case affirms the previous decision.

I attended the District Court at 201 West Picacho Ave on March 7, 2011. I sat in on judge Mike Murphy's court. Judge Murphy started court promptly at 9:00 a.m. but before I got into the court I had to wait in a long line of about 30 people. then when I finally got to the court house door I had to go through a metal detector where I had to take off my belt and shoes and everything metal on my persons. Then I asked one of the officers working the metal dictator how I could ask to sit in on a criminal court that was going on this morning. She then directed me to court room four. I asked the bailiff if it was ok for me to sit in on court today for my criminal justice class, and if the case where criminal matters. The bailiff then told me that

Driving under the influence of alcohol has been a major issue in America, spanning all the way back to more than 50 years ago (Raymond). Many accidents are caused from drinking and driving yearly, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries involving innocent people. When alcohol is mixed with driving a motor vehicle, there are no limits to who may be at risk. This means that drunk driving has been harming, hurting and killing many innocent people in America. Over the years I have witnessed many aftermaths of drunk driving accidents and have heard of multiple accidents resulting from alcohol use involving people I know, and people I do not know. Sometimes, in accidents like these, all parties involved may walk away from the accident with

In the case Shannon v. Wilson, Plaintiff, Marlan Dale Shannon, sued defendants, L.K. Wilson and Elizabeth Ashworth, for the wrongful death of his son, Charles Shannon. The plaintiff’s son and his friend, Jarred Sparks, were killed in an automobile accident due to intoxicated driving. Jarred was found in the driver’s seat, and Charles was found in the passenger seat. The two minors were found dead and inebriated with blood alcohol levels of .10% and .07%, respectively. Before the incident, David Farmer, also under aged, took them through a drive-through liquor store and was sold beer and liquor without proper verification of age; he left the vehicle at a different location while the two minors remained in the vehicle and consumed the alcohol

Not every DWI (driving while intoxicated) case ends the same, some have different verdicts in the courtroom. The Ethan Couch case is a great example of why punishing drunk drivers should be more enforced and not so lenient. The teen from Texas was driving drunk with two other passengers in his pickup truck on June of 2013, when he hit and killed four people. Ethan Couch was tried as a juvenile and charged with four counts of Intoxication Manslaughter, but was only sentenced to ten years of probation. His lawyers argued that it was due to “affluenza”, which means that he came from a wealthy family and it prevented him from understanding what was right from wrong, so he was not held accountable for his actions. The judge who took on this case

Another one of your great response, I like it. I didn’t look at it the way you would have went with your questioning but I like it, this just showed there are different ways to attack any situation. I like it how on the off chance that you were the judge, asking the prosecutor what is the relevance to his questions. Again you are absolutely right when you said consuming alcohol and driving under influenced has nothing to do with if Wallace loved the defendant. I believed the prosecutor was trying to disqualify Wallace

On Friday, April, 4, 2014, I observed the Vanderburgh County Superior Court to observe different family law cases. The cases I heard involved contempt of court for failing to pay child support, failure to appear for a court appointed drug test, birth certificate affidavit, request for contest hearing time, and an issue of paternity case. Magistrate Judge Sheila M. Corcoran was presiding over the family court hearings. When entering the courthouse, I was greeted by security and advised to remove any cell phones, and/or, any other items that would trigger a metal detector. After this, I proceeded straight to look for the family courtroom. After roaming around mindlessly for a couple minutes, I decided to ask the courthouse officer monitoring

In the electronic world that we live in, every aspect of life can be broadcast across the country in seconds. This aspect is even more realistic when cameras are front and center in American courtrooms. Each morning and afternoon we turn on the television, reality television takes over and civil lawsuits or divorces are being broadcast on shows such as the Judge Judy Show, Judge Brown Show, Judge Greg Mathis Show or Divorce Court. Many people, young and old, are exposed to these reality shows believing what they see is the “real” criminal justice system at

After reading the fact of the case, I did not expect for the lower court to grand summary judgement to the defendants. Good thing that the plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court. I like the Supremes Court‘s decision better. I think it is fair law to hold liable any person or organization that expose youths who are under 21 years old into danger. The Fraternity took a tremendous risk by providing alcohol at the party. We expect for the Fraternity to know that serving alcohol would put some students in danger and may cause harm to them or induce them to cause harm to a third party. Since the occurrence of students being drunk and causing accident from being drunk is something that is foreseeable, the fraternity is responsible for any damage

ON 09-03-2016 at 0930 hours, I was notified by Sgt Kelley of an aggravated battery which occurred at 2111 Roanoke Springs Drive. I was advised to respond to St. Joseph’s Hospital (South) at 6901 Simmons Loop in Riverview. Upon my arrival, I met with Sgt. Kelley, Deputy Karpenske # 249578 and Crime Scene Tech Dewitt. There was a black 2013 Nissan Maxima bearing Florida tag, DGV F36, parked in the emergency room parking bay. I learned the suspect, Joanna Lebrea Lewis had driven the car to the hospital for treatment of the injuries sustained during the offense. It was learned that verbal consent had been obtained from both the victim and suspect to search their residence and vehicle. It was also learned the victim, Marieio Denod Spradley,

Last Saturday night there was an accident involving a wheel disembarking from a car, and alcohol was involved. How did this happen? Why was no one arrested? Where did the booze come from? These are all great questions. Let's start with what happened, so Saturday night/ Sunday morning at 1 a.m an Officer was called when a car was said to be crashed on the side of the road outside of Mr. Jay Gatsby's residence. The officer arrived at the scene and saw a blue 1921 Hatfield hardtop coupe was missing a right front tire. There was noticeable signs of an attempt to drive the car while missing a wheel. The car was searched and a large amount of alcohol was found. Next let’s talk about why no one was arrested, no one was arrested because everyone who

On the other hand, how can we be sure that alcohol was not consumed to have an excuse for a premeditated crime?

During this semester we were tasked to go out and observe a local court hearing, in class we had gone over the different areas of the American court system from prosecution and defense standpoint all the way to court procedures. Honestly going into the observation, I didn’t know what all to expect, since this was a completely new thing for me. Surprisingly there was a sense of leniency by the judges, I was expecting it to be much stricter, but their inclination to work with the defendants in the cases was eye-opening. When looking around the out the courthouse there are obviously cameras surrounding the building and upon entering there is a designated entrance and a designated exit where you then go through security to an extent is almost like the airports version TSA. I was kind of assuming there to be a stricter source of security within the courthouse, but for some reason there wasn’t. most of my prior knowledge coming into the course and this court observation was from watching (on in the background when I was little) Judge Judy on TV. Seeing the courtroom setup, members of the panel, jurors, seeing the prosecution and defense state their case, and for some reason I look back at it and think it was comical…but that wasn’t the same at all. To be honest it wasn’t very exciting at all, but it was still interesting how everything workout out and being able to correlate some of the procedures used in the court whereas what we learned in class throughout the

“Hey Mom? Can I go to the courts to play ball?” My mom does not answer. I look at the small clock on the kitchen counter. Four o’ nine post meridiem. “Creak.” The wooden floor boards receive my weight as I walk slowly. More erupt: “Creak, creak.” I walk up the stairs feeling the smooth painted walls of my home. “Mother?”

I believe that O’Malley’s Tavern should be granted Summary judgment but to explain why one must first know what summary justice is. “The court shall grant summary judgment if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law” (Cornell University of Law, 2012). I personally feel that the bar and bartender are not liable for what happened. In the above definition of Summary judgment it says the court will grant it if the movant can show that there is no genuine dispute. I think that no genuine dispute is show because even Mrs. White herself says that the bartender did not see when Mr. Hart fell. Also Mr. Hart was served his last drink before the bartender had even seen the second issue when he fell when trying to confront Mrs. White as she was leaving. I believe if after that issue that Mr. Hart would have sat back down and the bartender would have continued giving him drinks then there would have been a problem. However, it seems that Mr. Hart left right after that to follow Mrs. White.