Gideon's Narrative Analysis

The last major fact that influences the juries agreement that the accused is not guilty are doubts of another witness’s testimony; the lady across the street who supposedly saw the accused young man stab his father. The jurors started talking about needing glasses to read the clock when Juror 8 realizes that the lady used very strong glasses and it is not possible that she could have had time to put them on and see the young man clearly stab his father. Juror 8 says,

In his closing argument for OJ Simpson’s criminal trial, Johnnie Cochran successfully argues for Simpson’s innocence. Repetition, appeals to audience emotion, and the use of scenarios to appeal to logic are all rhetorical devices which Cochran skillfully uses in order to create an argument that is strong and convincing to the courtroom. These devices help him shape his argument tactically in a manner and order that successfully defends OJ Simpson in the trial.

One of the defendants actually states “Hey you good, Why aint you become a real lawyer” (p. 138). They think because they are getting this for free that these people representing them don’t have any idea what they are doing because the one was so good at using the facts for his client is a good way he got him acquitted.

Angry! Hostile!” This causes him to not listen to the other jurors opinions and block out any idea of the defendant being innocent. His prejudice is further understood when he says “this kid is guilty. He’s got to burn. We’re letting him slip through our fingers here.” Juror #3 is only able to see the young boy on trial as a symbol of his own son and is therefore unable to look past his own anger towards his son and see the case for what it really is. It is only through the help of juror #8 does juror #3 finally let go of his personal prejudice and sees the truth about the case and changes his vote to not guilty.

Gideon requested that the court needs to appoint him a lawyer, which was quickly denied by the court because under the Florida law, the law only permits appointment of counsel to poor defendants charged with capital offense. Because of this, Gideon represented himself and was later found guilty and charged to five years in prison. Gideon later wrote to the U.S. Supreme Court stating that his rights were violated

When asked by the judge if he was ready for his trial, Gideon’s response was negative due to the fact that he didn’t have a lawyer, an injustice he claimed was unconstitutional. The prosecuting lawyer performed his job, and defenseless Gideon suffered as a result. The prosecution was also present in the Supreme Court case, but this time with a highly competent opponent as the defense. This case was won by the defense crafted by Fortas, ruling in favor of Gideon and allowing his second trial to occur, this time with proper representation given by Fred Turner, a local attorney. This showcased that the knowledge and skill brought to the table by trained lawyers is unequalled by the common man in matters of the

He hadn’t even thought about the argument given by juror 8 and he wasn’t convinced by any of the argument. When Juror 3 said, “Aah. When he was nine years old he ran away from a fight. I saw it; I was so embarrassed I almost threw up. I said, "I'm gonna make a man outa you if I have to break you in two tryin'".

In 1961, a man named Clarence Earl Gideon went to court in order to try and prove his innocence. Gideon was charged with breaking and entering with the intent to commit a misdemeanor, which is a felony under Florida law. Gideon had to represent himself, for he had little money and not enough for a lawyer. He asked the judge if he could be appointed a lawyer to defend him, but the judge denied Gideon’s request on account that he wasn’t helplessly broke and he hadn’t committed a capital offense. But against the odds, he put effort into representing himself. But due to the lack of experience and tactics, he defended himself very poorly and he wasn’t able to win and he was sentenced to five years in prison.

Our viewing of the trial began with what the judge called “house keeping aspects” for the day, which involved making adjustments to the Jury’s evidence packages/transcripts. A reader lead the jurors through their

Who knew it was going to be this interesting? Nonetheless, she knew what had to be done and voiced her position about the trial like the other eleven members respectively. Quick raps of the gavel commenced, the judge giving a few nods, “Yes, I do find that this trial may be coming to a close. I shall announce my verdict. In the case of the murder of fifty-five year old Blahblah What’s-his-name, Ms. What’s-her-name is declared-” The gavel swung, hitting the podium, “Guilty! Bailiff, please escort this young woman to her cell immediately.” That same officer, the one with the loud voice took her by the arm away from the other two officers and led her out of the courtroom. “Court is adjourned!” A clock hung above the juror stand reading 11:23. Bedhead was there for four

"I might have," the man said. "Just because you say I wouldn't have doesn't prove anything.""

“Wasn’t he with you on the bus like always?” Then I realized I hadn’t spoken to Richard since Saturday. “No he wasn’t I really don’t know where he is.”

“Awe, the jury should be coming back in a minute or two, pretty cut and dry case. Besides, I don 't like sticking around to see myself lose a case. It makes me feel like an imbecile.”

"I didn 't. He 's always down my neck about things like this." Louis muttered stoically. "Do you know where he is?"

“He doesn’t know, does he. Mikayla’s father doesn’t know about her,” he said calmly into the suddenly still air.