Observation Of The Judge Petrolle: Court Case

In the State of Wisconsin with the trial of Jamie Covington we found him guilty of first degree murder. Jamie ment to shoot Dallas because dallas was always above him and better. Dallas forgot his keys one evening and he went through the window because he forgot his keys, he claims that he had gone through the window before and he didn't think anything would happen. This is why everyone is being questions to see if he was guilty or no, which he is guilty. During this case the lawyers questioned many people, but their stories weren't adding up. They talked to Ronnie Cecop, Casey Kramer, and Lane Smith they were on the defence side. Then Morgan Dexter, Blair Allen, and Jamie Covington where the prosecution. Most of the people on the prosecution side were very nervous, didn't know some answers, but on the other side the people on the defence side knew every question and didn't seem nervous. All of these people had their strengths and weaknesses.

He was given the case of the rape and strangulation of Lisa Cabassa. The media reported extensively on the details of the case, which caused it to be a high-profile trial. This was an easy case for Breen to win, due to a couple of factors: the media attention, the community’s call for punishment, and the naming of two African-American suspects in a racially charged community. The prosecution’s case was uncertain, and their evidence was a witness who had named only one boy, and a man named Earl who no one in the community knew. The witness referred to the boy as a ‘negro’ and she waited five days before coming forward to claim Michael as a suspect (200). In her interview she seemed very unclear about what she had seen. Police apprehended the suspect and claimed that he had made a statement or confession about Lisa’s murder. Suspicion began to rise when Michael’s confession was missing from the police report. The defendants were sentenced based solely on witness testimony. However, Adam found out that the witness was given a substantial amount of money to relocate, and this is a possible incentive to lie

Its clear to see that this initial arraignment judge was not fair, and if he was fair he would have set a lower bail amount considering the social class which Jessie lies in, as well as the lack of a clearly built case on either side of prosecution or

Does your team feel this defendant is competent to stand trial? Why or why not?

From these observations, it was clear that the nature of a trial is very cooperative. However, that being said, what we were witnessing was just the closing statement of one party. Perhaps during other parts of the trial when the lawyers were making their arguments and examining witnesses, things were more adversarial. It would be interesting now to watch a trial at another stage for comparison.

On July 18th 2017 at about 3:30pm my classmates and I went to a felony trial at the Manhattan Supreme court. I attended the trial to listen and take notes for a class assignment. The presiding judge’s name was Justice Gregory Carro,

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

Explain the difference between a cash basis and accrual basis measure of performance. Why, in most cases, does accrual basis net income provide a better measure of performance than net operating cash flow? Explain the purpose of adjusting entries as they relate to the difference between cash and accrual accounting.

One of the things that stood out to me in the first trial was the fact that the defendant had already spent 26 days in jail. I also found it interesting that a second prosecutor walked in, bowed, and continued to sit down in the middle of the trial. The judge continued her questioning of

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

I immediately noticed that the defendant didn’t have a lawyer, and it shocked me because I don’t usually hear of people successfully defending themselves in court. Before presenting his evidence, he asked the judge a question on how he was supposed to present it, and Judge Green responded by telling him that he had the opportunity to have a lawyer appointed for

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

As the hearing commenced, my attorney brought to the courts attention that he was feeling ill. The hearing continued and finally after four hours my time had come to present the evidence and prove my innocence. I took the stand, staring at my attorney waiting for chance to speak, but he abruptly interrupted all progress and informed the judge that he felt too sick to proceed. Against the courts demands to finish the hearing, he stormed out of the court room. There I sat, I could feel the currents strongly pulling me far out to sea. Desperate to rescue myself, I requested to continue but unfortunately the court declined and signed the order. Immediately following, I found myself abandoned by justice, rendered helpless and experiencing the most unbearable loss ever, my child. She was ordered to live with her father for six months, which meant I had to do the unimaginable, let her go.

The first court I decided to visit was at 393 University Av. on September 11th after my classes and got there on time for a court session at 12:00 pm. The security was very strict. They looked through my backpack and made me take everything out of my pockets. After the security check we started looking for courtrooms with trials going on and I discovered that not much was happening at that time. A very nice woman told me that there was an interesting case happening in room 702 so I headed down to the 7th floor from the 10th. In front of the courtroom there was a family waiting for the trial to begin. We engaged in a conversation which was very helpful because they were part of the trial and I got a lot of background information on the case

When the trial was coming to an end and the prosecutors were thru asking questions, Judge Richard M. Goul asked the prosecutors if the witness was able to be dismissed. There was a lady who was standing next to her during the entire trial, I was not sure of who she was, but my guess is she was one of the victim’s parent or guardian. The reason I believe this is because once the witness was dismissed, the lady hugged and give her a kiss on the check and they both exited the courtroom as quickly as possible. It was then time for the judge to give the final verdict. He read the penial codes, which the defendant was found guilty on. Once that was done, the judge read that the defendant was given a bail of two hundred billion, three hundred thousand dollars. Although it was a large amount of money, I personally think that the defendant should not have been given the chance of bail.