Counsel for Mr. Manolakos: R.A. (Sandy) Ross, P. Doherty, A. Rinaldis Counsel for Mr. Brownell: C.R. Purves, B.L. Hickford, J. Mills Brief Summary of Trail This trail took place in Courtroom 20 in the B.C. Supreme Court where every visitor was required to pass through a security check. The case involves three homicides done 5 years ago by five members of an alleged Vernon, B.C. drug gang dubbed The Greeks (Organized crime group). The
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Court Observation Report Prosecutor: Sgt. Glover, ID: GV117, Detachment: 488, Vancouver Police Department Vs. Dependant: Mr. Ma W. Yun File #: AH66110504 Vancouver Provincial Court Room 201 800 Hornby Street Vancouver, BC January 14th 2013 Start time 13:30 a.m. – Adjured 13:57 a.m. Summary of Facts Mr. Ma W. Yun was prosecuted for Trans-link ticket fraud. On November 8th 2012, Ma was caught boarding the sky strain at Broadway Station without purchasing a ticket. A police officer charged
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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 9) Defense Attorney: Larry Litigator 10)
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Bond Hearings and a Plea Entrance; A Day’s Observation in the Circuit Court. Political Science 210 December 2, 2010 Political Science 210 December 2, 2010 Bond Hearings and a Plea Entrance; A Day’s Observation in the Circuit Court. On November 24, 2010, I was given the opportunity to observe a session of the Fairfax County Circuit Court. While observing the session I was able to view five bond hearings and one plea entrance, which allowed for a partial
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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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For my observation paper, I researched online for court cases and found a listing of numerous judges and cases in Franklin County, As a result, I went to the Franklin county common pleas court, and was able to retrieve contact information for the secretary of Judge Kimberly Cocroft. I contacted Secretary Racheal Cook by phone and left her a message. As one can imagine, a myriad of missed calls and phone tag resulted; however, she did leave me a voicemail stating her email address and said that it
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For my court observation, I chose to watch the Casey Anthony trial that started on May 24, 2011 and concluded on July 5, 2011. This was a long trial because of the amount of evidence admitted (over 400 pieces) and the large number of witnesses called to testify for both the prosecution and the defense. I am pretty sure everyone knew something about this case, but what I witnessed watching the actual trial was appalling, to say the least. This case tugged at my heart because a mother, Casey Anthony
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When we got to the third floor, there were two cases going on. One case had a “please be quiet” sign in front of the door, and all the observation seats in the courtroom were filled. The second case’s door was open and there was only one person observing, so we chose that one because it seemed less threatening. The courtroom was relatively small and the only people that were really in the room were people that needed to be present during the court hearing including the lawyers, witnesses, judge
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clerk to pick a pool of numbers-which is done through a lottery system. A lottery of numbers (12) is selected. Those twelve individuals are then walked up to the courtroom for that particular judge, were further jury selection will take place. Going forward, my juror number was selected in the lottery pool, and was then taken to the courtroom. It was then at that time the pool of potential jurors were seated according to our numbers, and given a set of instructions from the judge. As a brief, he touched
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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 the entrance with the metal detector to point me in the direction of the family courtroom. With no hesitation, she pointed me toward two big wooden doors. After entering the courtroom, I found a seat immediately. The waiting area was crowded. The persons awaiting their scheduled hearing
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