Hamilton County Judges try thousands of cases per year. This study is to provide the newspaper with how well the judges are performing. With the results of Kristen DelGuzzie of the Cincinnati Enquirer that conducted the study of the cases in Hamilton County for a three year period. Providing analytical results on how well each and every judge is doing. With the results, the Cincinnati Enquirer will be able answer the question of which judge is performing a good job and which is not performing a good
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law cases. The cases I heard involved contempt of court for failing to pay child support, failure to appear for a court appointed drug test, birth certificate affidavit, request for contest hearing time, and an issue of paternity case. Magistrate Judge Sheila M. Corcoran was presiding over the family court hearings. When entering the courthouse, I was greeted by security and advised to remove any cell phones, and/or, any other items that would trigger a metal detector. After this, I proceeded straight
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Court Structures and Issues In the 1920s, one of the reasons for the creation of municipal courts was to relief the congestion of cases within the superior courts. The 1998 decision by California to eliminate municipal courts was to provide more judges at the superior court level. The thought was that it could help reduce the caseload at superior courts. Therefore, 70 years later we are back to the way it was before. Many dynamics lead to those two decisions. Criminal behavior in our society continues
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democratic states recognized for the rule of law. This was particularly indicated by leading US constitutional scholar ‘name’, ‘there is a disagreement about whether or how to criticize judges and their decisions, and about whether or how to discipline judges. And, of course, there is pervasive disagreement about whether our judges exhibit too much or too little independence.’ The problems are exaggerated in cases of developing countries with unstable democracies and non-liberal authoritarian regimes. The
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greater diversity within the judiciary of England and Wales. The judiciary of England and Wales currently consists of 3621 judges, of which only 24.3% are women, 77% are white and 79% over the age of 50.[1] This is clearly unrepresentative of the general population of the UK which is a very diverse culture. We take it as a given that no-one should be prevented from becoming a judge merely by reason of their sex, race, religion or other protected characteristic as defined in the Equality Act 2010. Freedom
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In the state of Oklahoma there are several court systems. Each court has a designated portion of cases that they oversee and can either be ruled by a judge or determined by a jury trial. At the top you have two court systems, the Supreme Court in which 9 judges reside over and the Court of Criminal Appeals in which 5 judges reside. These court systems are called, “Courts of Last Resort (Oklahoma Department of Libraries, n.d.). The Supreme Court assigns cases to the Civil Court of Appeals. The
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Reginald Peggins Reflective Paper on the Bench Trial The judge covered the courtroom procedures very well stating a solicitor is here for the serious cases and the judge will 99% decide to go with the recommendation of the accused and the solicitor. Also, on the bad side of the courtroom was the unprofessionalism of some of the officers and with some of the lawyers. The courtroom is to be taken seriously, because people lives are on the balance, not knowing where
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Courtney Lyles, Research Component: Georgia Court System, April 6, 2014 | | | The state court system is the second component of the dual-court system of the American court system. With the passing of the Reorganization Act of 1801, state court systems began to follow a “three-tiered structure of trial courts of limit jurisdiction, trial courts of general jurisdiction and appellate courts” (Schmalleger, 2014, p. 206). The Georgia court system is composed of five classes of trial level
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witnesses, victims, defendants, and judges. In addition, there are other courtroom participants are very important to the daily operation of the courtroom. Media attention and documentation is designated to courtroom reporters, interpreters, and speculators. Are also important people to acknowledge what it takes to be an active in order for the United States Legal system to work efficiently? The Roles of the Judge and Other Courtroom Participants The Judge The judge presides over the trial from
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Memorandum To: CC: From: Date: Re: The Cincinnati Enquirer Kristen DelGuzzi Ashley N. Ear; September 16, 2007 Data Analysis of Hamilton County Judges Probabilities used to assist with Ranking of Hamilton County Judges After the current statistics were gathered to produce data analysis regarding Hamilton County Judges, we can come to a conclusion and rank judges appropriately by their probability to be appealed, reversed and a combination of the both. With the provided data analysis, I have included
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