cases. There were 3,468 elected (or appointed, in the case of most municipal judges) judicial positions in Texas as of September 1, 2013. In addition, there were more than 140 associate judges appointed to serve in district, county-level, child protection, and child support (Title IV-D) courts, as well as numerous magistrates, masters, referees and other officers supporting the judiciary. More than 315 retired and former judges were also eligible to serve for assignment. We start out with the two highest
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Courtroom Players 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 of the community in a criminal trial.” (University of Phoenix, 2011). The defense attorney
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state judge or by a Federal judge. Once a decision is rendered by a judge, it becomes a part of the “common law”, and can be followed, modified, or rejected by another judge, who thus creates an update to the common law. 2. The cases you read are snapshots in time, based on the facts of each case. While general principles can and should be understood, it is not always clear what the value of the case is to the understanding of the law. Sometimes, the conclusions reached by the judge, don’t
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EN BANC A.C. No. 1037. December 14, 1998 VICTORIANO P. RESURRECCION, complainant, vs. ATTY. CIRIACO C. SAYSON, Respondent. D E C I S I O N PER CURIAM: To say that lawyers must at all times uphold and respect the law is to state the obvious, but such statement can never be overemphasized. Considering that, "of all classes and professions, [lawyers are] most sacredly bound to uphold the law,"1 it is imperative that they live by the law. Accordingly, lawyers who violate their oath and engage in
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Topic 1: The Legal System TABLE OF CONTENTS | | | |Introduction |1 | | | | |The Local Court
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CJA/204 JEROME SIMPSON JR. Courtroom work group Across The United States of America and in every State, County and City criminal justice system, a Courtroom Workgroup has a familiar understanding between the prosecutor, defense attorney, and the judge. This concept of criminal justice describes the seemingly confrontational courtroom participants as colleagues serving within the criminal justice system. Eisenstein and Jacob in 1977 studied the interactions of court members at all levels they came
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provides the High Court consist of the Chief Justice and a specific number of other judges. These judges all have equal authority and jurisdiction. Civil proceedings are usually heard by only one High Court judge and not by a jury. For prima facie cases established at the preliminary enquiry level at the Magistrates’ Court, the High Court hears these indictable matters. These matters are heard before a High Court judge and a jury of 9-12 members (Judicial System- Trinidad and Tobago tax, 2010).
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come their way when they decided to pursue their hobby of cave exploring. He argues that they cannot claim to have acted from necessity when the situation they found themselves in was not one they pursed in the first place because of necessity. The judge that I agreed with in the case is Justice Handy, that the men are innocent of the murder of Roger Whetmore. The reasons why I agree with Justice Handy is that his opinions takes into account what actually happened and made his decision based not on
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Precedent and the Court Structure The law in the UK is made up of primarily two sources: statute and precedent. Although judges are required to apply statute - interpretation of statute follows common law principles including precedents. Precedents are a concept in common law (England and Wales and other English speaking countries – US, Canada (except Quebec), Gibralter, Hong Kong etc) whereby a previous case if similar (in facts) is used to provide a consistent basis for decisions. Precedents
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geographical jurisdiction and in the cases that they can hear. The United States has a dual court system in which the courts closely resemble and complement one another. The courts also have what is known as a courtroom work group that consists of the judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, baliff, clerk, and court reporters. The roles of the courtroom workgroup will be discussed at length this week. This Week in Relation to the Course This week, you explore what happens after arrest. All offenders
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