On the morning of Wednesday, November 5, 2014 I woke up at 8 a.m. and headed right over to the courthouse in Newark to witness my first ever court case. I opened up the doors, walked through the metal detectors and was finally at Veterans Courthouse. Due to your recommendation, I was looking for Judge Petrolle. The whole time I was there I helplessly walked around the courthouse for an hour following signs that said what room he would be in, but he was no where to be found. Finally, I decided to ask someone and ended up meeting Judge Carole(i think that was her name) who was extremely helpful and informed me that Judge Petrolle was off duty. I ended up talking to her for about 5 minutes or so and I told her about the assignment so she gave …show more content…
I learned that this happened because the witness testifying, David Fates, was dressed in prison clothes. State v. Hartwell declares that being in prison clothes immediately takes away that persons credibility and the prosecutor can use that against the witness. Now that we know the all the details about the case we can get into and better understand the details that took place during the short 2 hour period I was present in the courtroom. The entire time I was in the courtroom David Fate was at the witness stand being questioned by the prosecutor as Perry silently sat with his defendant. The prosecutor was going into extreme detail with questions to get every detail from what happened the day of February 22, 2009. She had photographic evidence and a projector at hand while she had Fate draw and label the pictures with his initials to point out certain scenarios and evidence found in the photographs. The responses that were generated from the questions being asked by the prosecutor revealed this story told by Fate. He was driving around in a stolen white mitsubishi with his cousin Tariq. They arrived at a travel to see what time they closed while Tariq was driving smoking cigarettes the whole time and Fate was in the passenger seat. After they left the travel agency they stopped at Burger King and got a large whopper with a Hersheys pie, Fate kept it on his …show more content…
I thought it was very obscure that you would have the criminals accomplice and own cousin as a witness for the trial. I find this weird because both of these men are criminals due to their criminal history and prior convictions. I thought it was extremely dragged out in the way that the prosecutor asked the simplest and littlest questions to Fate in order to generate the responses she wanted to hear. It seemed that every time she did not receive an answer that she agreed with or liked 100 percent she would pause for 15 seconds and then send out another question that would regenerate an answer that she wanted to hear. As this process proceeded the only thing the defendants attorney did was back his client up and made sure that none of the questions or responses were misleading. The judge seemed to be silent and just rolling his eyes throughout the whole questioning process, while he acted just as a mediator and listened to everyone talk without any input at all. I was not able to see anymore of this case so I do not not what the final decision will end up being. My guess would be that Mr. Perry gets a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 28 years in prison or life. HIs cousin, the accomplice, should also see just as much time for being involved but I do not see him serving more than is cousin but possibly just as much. This case has dragged out for sometime now an it is due to Fate being accused of
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.
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,
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
On Monday February 8, 2016, I was assigned to Judge El Amin’s courtroom (courtroom 5). At approximately 0945 hours, my assistance was no longer needed in courtroom 5. Therefore, at approximately 1000 hours, I entered Judge Crawford’s courtroom (courtroom 6) in order to assist with the transporting of juveniles to and from the holding cells, etc.
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
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
Throughout my experience as an intern at the Immigration Court Watch Program I was able to observe four different courtrooms each with a different judge. Unfortunately, during the time that I was observing inside of the courtroom I was only able to see two cases where the judge came to a conclusion. I assessed the credibility of the judge’s decision based on the dangerous decisions theory and the evidence for both cases. The first case was about a man who was hoping to apply for residency in the United States, but he had a criminal record. However, he was still able to apply for it without guarantee of him receiving residency. He asked the judge if he could stay in the United States during the process because when filing that specific application
Courtrooms and lawyers played a significant and meaningful part of my life. I come from a family in which many have encountered the criminal justice system. It is one of the many reasons why I have a desire to attend law school and become a defense attorney. Although, my desire to practice law came from a difficult experience, an experience that resulted in my father doing time in a Federal Facility, I knew that law would always be a part of my life. My dad spent more than a year battling charges and going to trial for his case. Lawyers, courtrooms, judges, trials and verdicts not only became a part of my dad’s life but mine as well. His actions led him to prison; however, through his actions I found my passion for law. Although an extremely difficult time I came in contact with lawyers and judges who inspired me with their hard work and dedication. Their determination to fight for my dad and his freedom made me
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.
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
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