The People of the State of New York v. Anthony Estavez (New York Supreme Court- Queens County, 2015) Facts: On December 27, 2013, uniformed police officer Arthur McCarthy observed Anthony Estevez attempting to sell tickets to a New York City Knicks basketball game to a couple at the entrance of Madison Square Garden in New York County. When Officer McCarthy attempted to place Mr. Estevez under arrest for his crimes, a struggle ensued causing physical injuries to both the Defendant and the officer
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Jaime Ruiz 143 Evidence Crawford v. Washington 541 U.S. 36 (2004) Facts: On August 5, 1999, Kenneth Lee was stabbed at his apartment. Police later that day arrested the petitioner. After reading the petitioner and his wife their Miranda rights, detectives began to interrogated each one of them. Petitioner end up telling officers that Sylvia and him had gone on a search to find Lee because they were mad over an incident in which Lee had tried to rape Sylvia. The two eventually found Lee at his apartment
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FACTS: Richard Barry Rocker and Joseph Cava [defendants-appellants], having waived a jury trial, were tried in the circuit court of the second circuit for creating a common nuisance at Puu Olai beach, County of Maui,contrary to Section 727-1 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. On February 26, 1969, officers of the Maui Police Department received a phone call from an anonymous person and, thereafter proceeded to the Puu Olai beach to look for nude sunbathers. The police surveyed the beach from a ridge
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on these statements, Alvarado was convicted of second-degree murder and attempted robbery” (Oyez.org). Alvarado was never given his Miranda Rights, which created the question of if a minor is entitled to his or her Miranda Rights under Miranda v. Arizona (1966). The United States Supreme Court addressed this question in Yarborough v. Alvarado
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It is common knowledge that the Bill of Rights protects the right to not incriminate oneself. However, if one’s brain incriminates them, does that violate this principle? (Alan Alda, “Roundtable Discusses Sentence”). Is the ability to keep one’s thoughts private an unalienable right as well? No argument is as tremendous and concerning in the field of neurolaw as the question of “Do we have free will, and if we don’t do we have the right to hold people responsible?” With the rise of neuroscientific
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Individual Project AIU Online Ashleigh Wright 02/16/2013 Case 1 Should the Supreme Court hold up and agree to the convection? No, not at all. In this case it is stated the Crain was improperly and illegally arrested, if that's e true case then yes this is almost a classic case of fruit of the poisonous tree. The "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine is an offspring of the Exclusionary Rule. The exclusionary rule mandates that evidence obtained from an illegal arrest, unreasonable
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The Washington Post article titled “Conviction in 2005 assault of Foggy Bottom vendor thrown out over police interrogation.” by Keith L. Alexander, dated January 5, 2013. SUMMARY The D.C. Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of James A. Dorsey. Dorsey was charged with assaulting and robbing 83 year old elderly women on May 3, 2005. The Court of Appeals found that detectives improperly interrogated Dorsey for 13 hours and didn’t give him his Miranda Warnings. Dorsey was found guilty and
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is being questioned by police is entitled to know his or her rights. The evidence in the trial will be in admissible if the interrogator of the suspect does not inform the suspect of his or her rights ("Interrogation law and," 2001). In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court ruled that the police have to read to the suspect detained the rights they are given under the Constitution U.S. Legal (2001). These rights protect the individual from falling into the trap of deceptive interrogation. Many people
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from the list of defendants or cases below or choose your own. Casey Anthony Phillip Garrido George Zimmerman OJ Simpson Debra LaFave Timothy McVeigh James Holmes Scott Peterson Dennis Rader Drew Peterson Brown v. Board of Education Miranda v. Arizona Gideon v. Wainwright Roe v. Wade A 5-7 page paper (typed, double-spaced) descriptive paper will be completed. This must include at least 2 academic sources and citations must be included throughout the paper either in MLA or APA format with a reference
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Neeraj Gaur Mock Trial People v. Vega * Prosecution OPENING Your Honor, may I begin? We can all argue that Miranda warnings are not necessary if the suspect is not in custody. The prosecution will argue that Adrian Vega was not in custody when speaking to Officer Wright. Adrian’s freedom was not restricted in any way because Adrian voluntarily sat inside the police cruiser to get out of the cold air. Both Officer Wright and Adrian sat inside the police cruiser only because of the cold
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