Chad Chambers BUSI301 Professor Martin September 25, 2011 Courtroom Observation The court case White vs. Patrick Gibbs and O’Malley’s Tavern took place in the United States District Court in the Northern District of Indiana. The defendants, Patrick Gibbs and O’Malley’s Tavern are pursuing a summary judgment. Summary judgment is the resolution of a case without trial if the judge deems that there are no disputes to the material facts of the case. The Defendants in this case claim there is
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Abstract How human beings judge others has been the subject of many psychological studies over the years. In this paper, psychology in the legal arena is discussed including jury selection, juror life experiences and how it affects their biases, and the impact of the media on their decisions. Jury Selection and Its Importance Juries have the all too important task of making life altering decisions dealing with money, freedom, and many times life or death situations. Therefore, serving
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Church Street. I went to Courtroom 5A where Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue presided. As I arrived at 9:50 A.M. at the courtroom, the case promptly started at 10:00 A.M. The case that I was attending was the initiation of hearing evidence in a murder case. The murder case involved the victim Torrance Dawkins, and the alleged offender Jean Bruny. As I sat down on the bench designed for the public, I quickly made many observations on the set-up and layout of the courtroom. At first, I was slightly
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Courtroom Players Response Tasha Lynch CJS/200 December 14, 2012 William Patton Courtroom Players Response A courtroom work group refers to the professional key players in a courtroom. These professional key players include the judges, prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, public defenders, and other member who make a living serving the court. The judge is the lead player in the court room and holds all the authority. “The prosecuting attorney represents the government or the interest
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Courtroom Players Response Ginger Robinson CJS/200 November 30, 2014 Lee Rankin Courtroom Players In most courtrooms, there are groups of essential players that work together on a regular basis. They are composed of a combination of professionals. These professional are the ones which understand all phases of a criminal trial, and they all work together in fulfilling the functions of the court. These courtroom workgroups are all of the professionals that aid in a court process. These professionals
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Upon walking into the courtroom at 2pm when the doors opened, already my expectations of what a courtroom looked like differed from what I was seeing. Originally, I had always envisioned all courtrooms to have the judge’s bench in the center of the room along with the bailiff standing to the side, and space for someone to testify along with a podium for a plaintiff and a defendant to speak; pretty much what you always see on television. However, this particular courtroom had a different set up
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Courtroom Participation CJA/224 November 3, 2010 Abstract Going through the criminal justice system could be a slow and painful process. To help expedite the process of the overwhelming number of cases that must pass through the system, an ensured relationship is formed in courtrooms between the main participants in the system (the judge, prosecutor, and defense lawyer). Other participants in the courtroom are the bailiff of the court, the clerk of the court, and the court reporter and thier
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Courtroom Workgroup Paper The courtroom work group consists of the defense attorney, the state attorney, prosecutor and the judicial officer. And the purpose of this work group is to hold meetings prior to official court room trail hearings for a case, in which they assume that the defendant is guilty and negotiate and discuss potential pre trial plea bargains for the defendant. The purpose of these meetings is to save time in closing the case, because all of these procedures are done before
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Courtroom Participation Paper Courtroom Participation One of the core components to the criminal justice system is the judicial system. The judicial system consists of participants who have specialized roles that are associated with the courtroom. There are 10 basic roles that the participants play which include; judge, prosecutor, defense counsel, bailiff, court reporter, clerk of the court, witness, jury, defendant, and spectators. The judge has the ultimate
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Clare Affinito The Use of Brain Scans in the Courtroom Brain scans and neuroimaging, especially those obtained through MRI, fMRI, and CT scanners, have led to large advances in the world of neuroscience. In many cases, attorneys seek to use brain scans to help their clients on death row, many of whom are referred to as psychopaths because they have Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD). However, serious debate has grown around the increased use of brain scans in criminal cases. Neuroscientists
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