State V. Salt Case Summary

Whether one particular person happens to be a defendant, a witness, a friend, or even just an acquaintance, murder cases weigh heavily on everyone involved. Huge amounts of evidence must be analyzed, people must be interviewed, research must be done, and a case must be made. Ultimately, all this work comes down to one decision: convict or acquit. The case of Adnan Syed v. State of Maryland is no exception. Syed, at the age of nineteen, was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. He was sentenced to life in prison, plus thirty years. However, from the day the case ended, people have had doubts about the verdict. Holes in the state’s argument slowly became more apparent. For example, the state placed a massive amount of trust

Facts: Kyle John Kelbel was convicted of first-degree murder, past pattern of child abuse, in violation of Minnesota state statute section 609.185(5) and second-degree murder, in violation of Minnesota statute 609.19, subdivision 2(1). He was sentenced to life in prison for the death of Kailyn Marie Montgomery. Kelbel appealed, and argued that the district court failed to instruct the jury that it must find that the state proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the acts that constituted the past pattern of child abuse and he also argued that the evidence against him was insufficient to prove past pattern of child abuse

It is with this understanding of the death penalty’s history that one can start to decide what a valid application (if any) of the death penalty.

In 1803, the Supreme Court of Oceana, in State v. Salt, provided that a husband may be justified in the taking the life of his wife's paramour if he caught the wife and her lover in the act of committing adultery. This case is not applicable to Clark in that the State does not recognize the Clark's marriage; and the statute applies to the 3rd party, not the marriage partner.

In the case of Lobato v. the State of Nevada, it is hard to see how someone could be convicted with evidence that does not make very much sense at all. My groups responsibility was to cover the prosecution side and five pieces of evidence of the case using the information from the news article by Joshua Longobardy titled, “Kirsten Blaise Lobato is accused in a gruesome slaying. Did she do it?”. Upon the detective arriving to the scene of the crime, they removed the debris that covered the body from complete view. This debris included a full sheet of cardboard with a bloody footprint on it and a clear plastic bag wrapped around the groin region. Once this was removed it was discovered that the penis had been sliced off from the base, as well as six of his teeth were found near his body. After several days they were able to identify the man as Duran Bailey, a 44-year-old black male. Another piece of evidence recovered at first with Baileys personal belongings was a piece of chewed gum. When the detectives called Lobato in for questioning, she gave them a statement of how she pulled a knife on a man who tried to attack her. This statement however was for a completely different altercation than what the police were questioning for. Other evidence that came into question were the tire impressions near the entrance of the enclosure, fingerprints lifted from the dumpster, and a foreign piece of hair on Baileys groin region. The argument being made from

I think that Roe was the prosecutor and Wade was the defense. The prosecutor argued that it is a woman’s right to have an abortion if she chooses to do so. The defense argued that abortion is killing a living baby - killing a life. The prosecutors won and abortion was legalized. I also believe there was a sister trial right after the Roe vs. Wade case.

Within certain circumstances, liability is based on the accused 's action, which is also known as an act of omission or negative act. Regardless of the defendant 's motive, the failure to act supports a finding of criminal liability only when the s/he is under a binding legal duty, has the necessary knowledge to behave aptly and carrying out his or her responsibility is possible. Even so, there are instances when the issue of guilt results from a lack thereof. Each element must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt and decided as a matter of law by the court. With regard to any crime, all criminal elements are distinguishable and identifiable for the careful analysis of each issue. Take for example the difference between points of dispute in Proctor v. State (1918) and People v. Newton (1973) when reading Criminal Law: Cases and Methods.

Although Etzewieler allegedly knew Bailey was intoxicated, he still allowed Bailey to use his vehicle while he

The original conviction of Kinkel was on behalf of four counts of murder, and twenty-six counts attempted murder, in which the defendant is set to face one hundred

Chrisleine Temple is an eighteen-year-old student at Williams College from Sierra Leone. Before coming to Williamstown, she participated in Pentecostal services with her family every Sunday morning “unless on her death bed” and attended a Jesuit preparatory school. Asked about the presence of a God in her life, she told this story:

Texas, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court decided that a Texas statute criminalizing John Gettes Lawrence and Tyron Garner for engaging in certain intimate sexual conduct violates the United States Constitution. What was the precedent that served as the base point, what factors (similarities or dissimilarities) did the Court consider in its discussion of the relationship between the precedent and this case, what was the majority’s conclusion in its analogy, and why?

Procedural History: Rudy Stanko first appeared in the Montana Justice Court. There they ruled that Stanko was guilty. He then appealed and the case went to the Montana District Court and they concurred with the previous court’s decision. His last appeal lead his case to the Montana Supreme Court.

Lisl Auman was charged with first degree felony murder, attempted first degree murder, first degree assault, menacing, first degree burglary, second degree burglary, first degree criminal trespass conspiracy to commit first degree burglary3. All the charges brought against Auman are felonies, serious crimes punishable by more than a year in prison1. After being charged with these crimes, Auman had the right to decide if she would like to have a trial by jury or a decision by only a judge. A criminal defendant has the right to a trial by jury for any charge that could result in a sentence of six months or longer1. The first degree felony murder charge carries a life prison sentence but in order to be convicted of this crime in

Roper v Simmons, Case Number 03-633 (ROPER V. SIMMONS (03-633), 2017), brought before the court October 13, 2004 to March 1, 2005, Roper who was the Superintendent at Potosi Correction Center and Christopher Simmons who is the juvenile offender at the time. Brief Summary of the crime, Christopher Simmons, who was junior in high school at the time of the crime, had told two of his friends that he wanted to kill someone. He planned out the crime, by doing a home invasion. He told his friends that they could break in like a burglary, tie their victim up and through the victim over the nearby bridge. He also, stated to his friends since we are minors we will get away with the crime. Simmons knew the person of interest because he was involved with

Bridgette and Ortierre are proud parents of 2 little girls, Bria Marie Lawson (age 9) and Brielle Elise Lawson (age 6). Ortierre and Bridgette after very deep deliberation went to Pastor Warren Ray and informed him that they will be changing their membership to a church near their home. It did not take long after prayer and God’s guidance that Ortierre and his family found and joined Friendship Community Bible Church under the Leadership of Pastor Bobby Hamilton. While at Friendship, Ortierre taught bible study to the youth, preached to Kingdom Kids, song in the senior choir, and was part of the Drama Ministry. Currently, Ortierre is the Director of Kingdom Kids, Preaches in Kingdom Kids Ministry, serves as Drill Team Leader, part of the Drama Ministry and he is part of the Preachers