In the case Clement v. Griffin (1994), there were a van carrying thirteen members of the Delgado Community College baseball team traveling to Mississippi when there was a tire blowout and causes several members of the baseball team to be ejected from the vehicle during the accident. However the driver of the vehicle was a student coach that did not have chauffeurs license. The student coach drove the vehicle against the school and state law that requires chauffeurs license. Facts The facts about
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It's no secret that the American legal system is broken. Many defendants are convicted with little evidence. A case study from 1968 was Johnson v. Wilmoth in VA. This was an “automobile accident case where defendant was blinded by oncoming headlights. Virginia does not follow strict liability rule for temporary impairment of vision by glaring lights that requires motorists to stop or proceed at peril”. Each year, 15 million civil cases are filed in the U.S. In Virginia a woman named Irene Banks Johnson
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Exclusive trial: 2 whites 1 black Maycomb County, Alabama had one of the biggest trials in August 1935. An african american man named Tom Robinson (25) was convicted of raping and beating Mayella Ewell (19). The Maycomb County Court was filled with all the residents in the town wanting to discover the ugly truth. Was Tom Robinson really capable of doing such thing or is Mayella not telling the whole truth? We attended the trial and found out many things that had us gaping. Mr. Ewell (Mayella’s
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I believe that the “Double Jeopardy” clause in the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution would have protected Libby if the movie went on after she killed her husband. First of all, he faked his death and therefore there was technically no one who existed that she killed. Also, with the witness of the parole officer and the wounds that both the officer and Libby sustained, there was very much a reason to believe that she was acting in self defense. In this case, I don’t think she would even need
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In 1984, Kirk Bloodsworth was convicted of the rape and murder of a nine year old girl by a jury of his peers, an outcome which relied heavily on accounts given by five eyewitnesses (Bloodsworth v. State, 1986). At first, Bloodsworth was sentenced to execution via gas chamber but DNA evidence proved him to be innocent. As a result, many countries and states within the United States are attempting to make changes in how eyewitness testimony is evaluated in court (Connors, 1996). Eyewitness testimony
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On November 18, 2011, charges was bought against Antoine Jones for possession of drug trafficking. The case was the Supreme Court of the United States, No. 10-1259, Citation 565 U.S 132 s. Ct. 945, 181 L. Ed 2d 911; United States, petitioner v. Antoine Jones. All 9 parties of the Supreme Court were present for the trail as well as the plaintiffs which were the law enforcements along with Deputy Michael R. Dreeben and the defendant Antoine Jones. Each party hand a chance to deliberate their opinions
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If Malin wants to sue the dog owners she does have a valid cause of action and will likely succeed. A court would likely Malin’s cause of action valid to the rule set by Fla. Stat. § 767.04 and the holding in the case of Flick v. Malino. According to Fla. Stat. § 767.04, an owner of any dog that bites any person on the owners property is liable for damages suffered by persons bitten, unless the owner had displayed a sign easily readable including the words “Bad Dog.” Furthermore, the holding in Flick
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In the case of Harmelin versus Michigan was an important case that the United States Supreme Court took the under review. Ronald Harmelin was arrested for possession of over 60 grams of cocaine, which led to him to life in prison without no likelihood of parole. Harmelin argued with the court that his sentenced was a violation of the Eighth Amendment because he had no prior felony convictions and it was cruel as well as unusual. The United States Supreme granted certiorari to decide whether or not
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In May of 1991 while investigating the murder of Frank Boyle the police entered the home of their prime suspect, Michael Feeney. Though evidence gathered after the fact proved that Feeney did in fact kill Boyle it did not change that the police had illegally entered his home, thus violating his charter rights. This led to a seven year long legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. After deliberating on the issue the Supreme Court ruled that the police did not have reasonable
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LLB101 Take Home Exam 2016 Semester 1 Question 1: Which one of the following precedents should Justice Feyivekis of the Queensland Supreme Court follow to decide the case of Studymore v University of Brisbane? 1. Brody v Mathison University As Brody v Mathison University was decided by the Privy Council in 1983, it was at the time prima facie binding down on all Australian State courts (except for the High Court) providing that the question of law is the same. Before the passing of the Australia
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