1. Case Citation: Kentucky v. King, 563 U.S. _ (2011) 2. Parties: Kentucky, Plaintiffs/Appellants King, Defendant/Appellee 3. Facts: Police officers in Lexington, Kentucky, followed a drug dealer to an apartment complex. The police smelled marijuana outside an apartment complex, knocked loudly and announced their outside. Once the officers began knocking they heard noises coming from the apartment; the officers believe that these noises were consistent with the destruction of evidence
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Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer Briefing In this case a young boy age 14 years naming Mr Peter Dederer, has injured him while jumping off bridge into shallow water below. The high court found that the plaintiff arose from his voluntary action in diving into the water and injuring himself, it is not in control of the RTA the risk of natural variations in the depth of the water under the bridge, that’s why most of the High Court didn’t establish that the RTA in this circumstances owe a
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FACTS: On August 18, 1983, Francis Connelly approached Officer Anderson, a member of the Denver Police Department, and told him he would like to talk about a murder he had committed. Following proper protocol Officer Anderson informed Connelly of his right to remain silent, that anything he says can be used in a court of law, and also that he had the right to an attorney before any discussions or questions from the police. Connelly responded that he understood his rights but he wanted to proceed
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My supreme court case is the case of Minnesota vs Dickerson. On the night of November 9th, 1989, two officers of the Minneapolis police department were patrolling the streets of north Minneapolis. At around 8:15 p.m, the two officers spotted a male coming out of a 12 unit apartment complex notoriously known for crack/cocaine sales and trafficking. Considering the suspect’s suspicious behavior, by purposely evading the police and turning around and going the opposite direction, into an alley behind
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Garrie Allen IV Professor Deborah Anthony PSC 416 Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties 2 October 2014 ASHCROFT v. AL-KIDD The plaintiff, born with the name Lavoni T. Kidd, converted to Islam while in college and adopted the name Abudullah al-Kidd. In 2003 at Dulles International Airport, Al-Kidd was arrested by the FBI and held for two weeks under the federal material-witness statute because he was getting ready to leave the country to attend school in Saudi Arabia and they wanted him to testify
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Anthony Mossow CASE BRIEF FORMAT Case Name and Citation: DAVIS v. UNITED STATES, ____ U.S. _____ (1994) Court Issuing the Decision: U.S. Supreme Court Statement of Facts: On October 2, 1988, Davis (petitioner) was playing pool at the Charleston Naval Base where he had made a $30 bet with fellow sailor Keith Shackleford. The end of the night came around and Shackleford refused to pay up his lost bet with Davis. The club closed and Shackleford was found the next morning behind the kitchen
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the chemicals cause the wounds to the offended parties; emulated by the cure stage harm appraisal. The Trial: Phase I Stage one of the trial started in March, 1986. A jury of six with two exchanges was chosen. Among the legal hearers was Jean Coulsey, a medical caretaker, and low maintenance fork lift administrator. Nobody on the jury had aptitude with the investigative issues that were in Phase
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decided. In the case of James Holmes, the jury reached the decision to charge the 28-year-old Colorado shooter with life in prison without the possibility of parole. Unexpectedly, Holmes has dodged the death penalty, ABC News reports. The decision was reached on Friday following three months of testimony from survivors and close relatives of the shooter. The entire case took almost three years until the final verdict was reached. However, on Friday, the jury only needed about 6.5 hours to render the
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Giglio v. United States Citation 405 U.S. 150 (1972) In 1972, Giglio was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for his part of a forgery scheme involving money orders. The prosecution’s star witness was the alleged accomplice in the forgery crime, Robert Taliento, who testified that he was not promised an agreement of immunity for his testimony about the case. During the appeal process the defense of Giglio discovered a promise of immunity was indeed given to Taliento but by another prosecutor
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Kenison v. Dubois Theodore W Brown SPT 610: Sport Law May 17, 2015 Dr. Brent Estes Kenison v. Dubois CASE CITATION: TERRY W. KENISON AND DIANA L. KENISON, CO-ADMINSTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF BRODY J. KENISON v.ANDRE DUBOIS & a. 152 N.H. 448 (2005) FACTS: The record reflects the following facts. On the morning of February 26, 2001, the decedent, Brody Kenison, was riding his snowmobile on the "Corridor 5" snowmobile trail in Jefferson, when he collided with a snow-trail grooming machine (snow
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