Judge Samuels Courtroom

During Mr. Coker’s trial on his new charges, his defense argued that their client was temporarily insane at the time the crimes were committed. However, the jury rejected this defense and found Mr. Coker guilty on all charges. At the sentencing hearing, the Judge instructed the jury that

I went through the same security procedures as before upon entering. When I arrived, there was a trial already in progress in courtroom B, but there were to be trials in both courtrooms that day. I had a seat in the waiting area along with a handful of other people waiting to enter the courtroom or to hear from their attorneys. Some people looked distressed and others were talking amongst themselves. There were two women in the waiting area and a public defender came for each of them. One of the women signed for a continuance and left the building. The other woman had to pay a fine and she was also out pretty quickly. A few minutes passed and another public defender comes to speak to two of his waiting clients, separate cases, but gets a continuance for both. In one case the prosecutor did not show up. The defendant was arguing over the weight of the marijuana in the possession charge and demands it gets weighed again. The other case the public defender declares “The state made an offer, it is not what we want, so we’ll come back to court again another day” and sets a new court

I am the Assistant Deputy In Charge of the high threat capital murder case of U.S. vs. Ricky Fackrell and Christopher Cramer currently underway in Beaumont, TX. Both defendants are federal inmates and members of the violent prison gang Soldiers of Aryan Culture. These defendants are accused of stabbing another inmate at least 68 times, inflicting mortal wounds to the victim. During the course of this trial, both inmates have made spontaneous outbursts during the trial and veiled threats towards prosecutors and prosecution witnesses. These defendants are considered extremely violent, as defendant Fackrell has an additional murder charge pending, where he is accused of stomping the head of another inmate, causing that inmate to enter a vegetative

Everyone was subjected to security including the lawyers and employees of the court house. Everyone was either in some type of uniform or dressed extremely formal, even if they were just spectators. Few people were in the court room, but not many. The judge, lawyers and people that were being represented had not still entered the building. Moments later the plaintiff, Dawn-Evans Donahue, and the defendant Joseph Donahue with their lawyers Michael Morris and John M. Makowski, entered the court room. They had taken their place on each of the court room to make their cases in front of the judge. The bailiff then told us to all rise for their entrance of Judge Polansky. We all rose and took our seats. The court had now been set in motion for deliberation. The judge was wearing the standard gown that is portrayed in films and in real life, there was no jury because this was not a trial court, this was a family matters case.

The prosecution works to get their guilty verdict while the defense tries to help their clients with their verdicts. In court I listen to both sides argue the Innocence/Guilt of the young woman in question wanted on DWI charges. The honorable judge Pauline Hankins presides over the court and waits patiently for all the evidence to be presented. The prosecution and the defense are set on opposite sides of the courtroom while the jury box and the belief are set next to the judge. Judge Pauline Hankins is in the middle of the courtroom in front of the North Carolina State seal with an office on the right next to the witness stand. Everything that has been said in the court is added to the court record. The court record is a detailed document

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 the public sits, facing the judge bench. The courtroom was cold and quiet. Especially it was very small, much smaller and less impressive than I expected.. Everyone was in formal dressing code. There were just a few number of spectators and family members in the court room. There was a clerk who was typing everything what was happening during the court time. Judge Krocker appeared to have things under control and had the proceedings moving forward smoothly. She was a very friendly lady with short blonde hair. She was listening attentively. She spoke clearly and distinctly so that everyone in the courtroom could hear. Samuel Gallegos is a white man about 5 '8 tall. He looked quite nervous while some police officers were standing behind him. From what I understood, this case was really happening back in 2014 and the suspect has criminal history relating to assault of child and another related case to this case. On my left hand side were the bailiffs while some others stood observed

Mr. Max Rios, a 35-year old divorced male, who has been incarcerated at the Cook County Department of Corrections for several months, has been waiting for his trial. As the Cook County Jail is primarily for holding pre-trial detainees, he was recommended by the local criminal justice system for a psychological evaluation before his trial due to numerous encounters with the law. Before the psychological evaluation was performed, Mr. Rios’s medical and juvenile/adult criminal records were requested to be examined along with a meeting with his ex-wife, former employer and parents. According to his medical records, Mr. Rios shows a history of anxiety along with episodes of depression also. As for his criminal record and a background check, it showed a history of problems with the legal system regarding extortion, aggravated assaults, identity theft, money laundering and numerous arrests for minor misconduct offenses along with a string of civil suits as well.

Willfully Harming and Causing Stress and Anxiety to Purposely Frustrate the Court and Ultimately Harm her Client that will likely have very long term

2008 1L Moot Court Tournament at the Liberty University School of Law, White V. Gibbs CA# -8776-CV285.

On April 17, 2017, I attended public hearings in the Virginia Beach Circuit Court. I arrived in the circuit court room #2, at 0915 to observe cases that were scheduled to begin at 0930 A.M. I attended the hearings until 1123 A.M. Throughout the time while I was present in court, I observed a number of three cases. However, only the first two will be mentioned and discussed. The first case was a felony hearing of an illegal possession of cocaine. The second case was a violation of probation. Both of these cases were briefly discussed after the Judge entered the courtroom. The Judge, along with the attorneys, discussed which cases would be heard that day and which cases would be continued on a later scheduled date. The Judge then issued a

Public Defender named Lisa who gets a case with a women who repeatedly missed her court hearings because there was always a problem that accrued in her life that she would not be able to make it to court. The Judge felt like she was giving excuses after excuses for not showing up for her court hearings (Real Justice). But as a Prosecutor she only had a little amount of time to read each case and in this particular case it was hard case because it showed a lot of evidence that she repeatedly missed court hearing; the judge was tired of hearing her name but as a prosecutor she persuaded the judge that she broke her ankle which allowed her to miss her court hearings. Lisa as Prosecutor took on this case because she could see that this women was trying to do the right thing by coming to court (Real Justice). She fought for her client even though the judge kept saying that he was tired of seeing her face on his doc it.

It was observed in Ms Chapman’s diversion hearing that the ARC division operates as a ‘problem-solving court’ in which greater focus is placed onto the problems of offenders and their possible solutions. Given that one of the principle aims of the ARC List is to improve the health and wellbeing of accused persons with a mental impairment by facilitating access to appropriate treatment and other support services, the general environment of the hearing and of the courtroom itself was notably different to the previously mentioned cases. The judicial registrar, upon introducing the magistrate, announced that those present should “remain seated”, an action contradicting the general formality expected in a courtroom. (FN?) Furthermore, the accused

My car broke down I thought what more? You learn quickly who your friends are or aren’t when you’re really in need. I could not get a ride anywhere to save my life from those so-called friends. After all was said and done the jury was let go to discuss their findings and rendered a verdict. Mr. Ziegler, Samantha and I went to the office and waited until we were called back over to courtroom. After about twenty minutes of waiting Mr. Ziegler received a call and we went back to the courthouse. My heart palpitated a moment when I saw the jurors come into the courtroom. Taking a deep breath I let it out slowly thanking God for bringing me this far with my sanity intact. As the juror read their verdict of not guilty on both counts I had to fight back the tears that were welling up in my eyes and hugged both attorneys with me. The judge extended his congratulations outside the courtroom and some of the jurors extended their congratulations as well. Some even said they have sat on many cases with teachers being accused when children exaggerate the story because their parents prod them along to pursue a case to get money especially from new teachers. Another juror stated the case never should have come to court for lack of evidence because what I did was just part of my job breaking up a fight between two boys. Otherwise they would have called it neglecting my duty if I did nothing. She wished to me good luck in getting your job

I went to the court on October 13, around 10:30. When I first walked in there were a lot of people there I wasn’t expecting that at all. Security was higher than at the magistrate court. There were attorneys there but they stand next to there defendants at all times since it was still assembly justice so the trials didn’t go on for days if the most for about 30 minutes. The first case I had a chance was already on its way so I don’t know how long it had been going on for. The defendant was wearing a dark blue jump suit. As well as he had some chains aournd his waist

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