Minnesota Verse Riff
Barbra Guardado, Aaron Gomez, William Minnick
CJA/304
February 5, 2013
Chad Louie

The police report is a type of written communication that is in this case. The police report gives a detailed account of what the officer has found at the scene of a crime along with statements from the victim and witnesses. Which leads to the next type of communication of a witness statement is a statement put in writing of the alleged crime that a person had witnessed. Search warrant is a court order filled out by an officer in order to gain legal consent to search the person and property of a person who is being suspected in a crime. The search warrant must include everything that is to be searched and address of the residence. Also must be signed reviewed and signed by a judge. The prosecutions and defenses list is a list composed of witnesses that each side will call to help support each side of the case, and give testimony for the jury of what they believe took place. On the oral communications side will be the case summery in which both the prosecution and defense will put together a summary of the way they believe all event in the case took place. The judge will then give their instructions to both the prosecution and defense must adhere to the rules the judge will set forth. The judge will also make sure that no rules will be broken and the suspect will have a fair trial. Next will be the opening statements both sides will give to the court and jury to hear a preview of evidence in the case they will present. To outline what they will prove with their witnesses. Why it is that the other side is wrong.
When one side calls their witness to the stand it is called a direct examination which allows the attorney to question the witness on the stand about what it is they saw or heard to help that side’s case. The cross examination will allow the attorney from the opposite side of the court to attack the testimony of the witness who is on the stand. After all the witnesses have been called and testified and all the evidence is presented both the prosecution and defense will then start with their closing statement. The closing statement is the final appeal to the jury in summarizing up the case and why it is that their side is correct.

Minnesota Verse Riff
On May 10, 2009, at approximately 12:30 pm, I responded to a 911 call from Speedy Marquette, the owner of Marquette’s Market. Speedy Marquette had reported a burglary and I arrived at 12:35 pm. Speedy Marquette noticed the rear door was smashed open and the register was open. Speedy Marquette had locked a missing tan cloth bag with $910.00 in it from the register. I looked around the back alley and found a discarded hammer that had been used to smash the lock on the rear door to gain entrance.
I returned the following day and asked Speedy Marquette if there was anything unusual about the money and if he had any suspicions of who may have stolen the money. Speedy Marquette stated that he had fired Ronnie Riff about three weeks prior. Speedy Marquette also said that he had fired Ronnie Riff because he was late to work not because he was dating Speedy Marquette’s ex-girlfriend. Speedy Marquette also said there was a Canadian five dollar bill inside of the tan bag that had been stolen.
I asked nearby businesses and employees hoping they had seen something. Rusty Fender from Rusty’s Auto Body Shop, reported that he had seen Ronnie Riff the previous night at approximately 12:00 pm. He had said that he had talked so Ronnie Riff as he was pounding on a fender with a hammer. Ronnie Riff then said he thought he had heard someone knocking on the door. Rusty Fender then went to check and when he came back Ronnie Riff had left and his hammer was missing. I then went and grabbed the hammer I had found the previous night and Rusty Fender identified the hammer as the one he was missing.
Soapy Waters reported having seen Ronnie Riff run home the night prior and stated that Ronnie Riff had dropped $2.00 of the stolen money. Betty Biddy had seen Ronnie Riff throw away the tan cloth bag the money had been in.
I then decided that this was enough evidence to obtain a warrant for Ronnie Riff’s arrest. After the Judge granted the warrant I arrested Ronnie Riff at 3:30 pm. When I searched Ronnie Riff to make sure he did not have any weapons or paraphernalia, I noticed Ronnie Riff had a receipt for a new guitar that had just been purchased earlier in the day. I then went to C. Sharp's Music City store where Ronnie Riff had purchased the guitar. The owner of the store had said that Ronnie Riff had bought the guitar earlier in the day. I then asked what he had used to purchase the guitar and the owner had said that he had used cash along with a five dollar Canadian bill.

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