SAMPLE COURT WATCH REPORT (This sample report is based upon several real cases, but the names, dates and many details are fictitious) COURT WATCH REPORT 1) Student Name: Sally Student 2) CRJ 105 - Prof. Cable – Section # CC1 3) Date Turned In: November 13, 2008 4) Date/Time of Observation: October 2, 2008 from 2:00-4:00 pm. 5) Court: Monroe County Court 6) Case Name: People v. David Defendant 7) Presiding Judge: Hon. Gerald Judge 8) Assistant District Attorney: Pamela Prosecutor
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television shows that depict the law enforcement, corrections, and courts components of the criminal justice system are Matlock, Law and Order, Serpico, A Few Good Men, Kojak, and Canterbury’s Law. Matlock is a television show that has legal drama, and Andy Griffith has a main role as a criminal defense attorney. Matlock will gather evidence to identify the perpetrators to confront them in the courtroom with interrogation in the court room scenes. Also, he seeks to prove the innocence of his clients
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Courtroom Observation Report Judges can alleviate much of the public dissatisfaction with the judicial branch by paying critical attention to the key elements of procedural fairness: voice, neutrality, respectful treatment, and engendering trust in authorities. Judges must be aware of the dissonance that exists between how they view the legal process and how the public before them view it. While judges should definitely continue to pay attention to creating fair outcomes, they should also tailor
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1. Report shown the probability of cases being appealed and reversed in three different courts Court | Total Cases Disposed | Appealed Case | Reversed Case | Probability of cases being appealed and reversed in three different courts | Common Pleas Court | 43945 | 1762 | 199 | 0.01 | Domestic Relations Court | 30499 | 106 | 17 | 0.01 | Municipal Court | 108464 | 500 | 104 | 0.01 | | | | | Question 2 | Question 3 | Question 4 | Question 5 | List of Judges | Total Cases Disposed |
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Hamilton County Judges over a three-year period ( Cincinnati Enquirer, January 11, 1998 ). Shown in Table 2.5 are the results for 182,908 cases handled (disposed) by 38 Judges in Common Pleas Court, Domestic relations Court, and Municipal Court. Two of the judges (Dinkelacker and Hogan) did not serve in the same court for the entire three-year period. The purpose of the newspaper’s study was to evaluate the performance of the judges. Appeals are often the result of mistakes made by judges, and the newspaper
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before, he also referred the criminal’s girlfriend who declared herself as a hostile witness. The victim’s lawyer also presented the Toxicological reports that have the clear evidences of identical sweat, fiber and finger prints matches. When these evidences presented, the criminal’s lawyer had no way but to accept and keep silence, after examining the report and evidences the Judge started to express his remarks by saying that “Quite Shocking”. He further said that Mr. A and Mr. O was the respective
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Jason Douglas Strayer University August 20, 2015 Discuss one real life criminal case, taken from current events, identify the court that took jurisdiction. Explain why the court that took the case was the appropriate one for the particular circumstances. One of the fundamental questions of law is if a given court has the jurisdiction to preside over any given case. The jurisdictional question can be broken down into three components:
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Analysis My office is trying to reach an agreement on the case of Davis vs. Teames. In the case both parties where involved in a car accident and received both personal, physical, and property damages. Both parties are denying fault and the police report puts no one at fault. Ms. Davis was traveling west on Cherry Lane on a green light when Mr. Teames hits her at full- speed in the intersection. Witnesses said that Mr. Teames ran the red light. Mr. Teames said that his light was green. Ms, Davis
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Judicial System – courts are specialized: specific types of dispute (subject matter: civil, criminal), monetary, geographical Trial courts (court of original jurisdiction)– courts where a legal action is first brought to a judge for a decision Court of appeal – these courts hear appeal (petition) from the decisions of trial courts. They can override the decision of trial courts because they are higher ranked. * Do not hear evidence * Look for errors in law Federal Courts – deal with disputes
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LOK ADALATS INDIA INDEX 1. Main Issue 2. Introduction 3. Constitutional Mandate of Justice 4. WHAT IS LOK ADALAT? 5. Lok Adalat : Legislative Base 6. Recent Concept of Mobile Lok Adalat: Justice at the Door Step 7. Organizational Set-up of Lok Adalat 8. Jurisdiction of Lok Adalat 9. Award of Lok Adalat 10. Benefits under Lok Adalat 11. Benefits of the Lok Adalat can be well seen in newspaper articles 12. Permanent Lok Adalat 13. Drawbacks of Lok Adalat 14. Lok Adalat –
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