Md. Musa Shifullah Professor Porter Introduction to legal process Course code-126 Mandatory Response paper (two) about the Supreme Court case decision for Gideon v. Wainwright The plaintiff Gideon been accused by the State Court of Florida for committing felony. The hearings commenced, and Gideon requested for a defense lawyer to be appointed by the State of Florida, on account of the law that he has the right to get state-appointed counsel as he is indigent. However, this request had been declined
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Homer A. Plessy (P), who resided in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was defined by Louisiana law as a prosperous businessman and “octaroon” ”—one-eighth African American. Traveling by rail from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Plessy refused to sit in a designated black railway carriage car and instead attempted to sit in an all-white railway car. Plessy was arrested for violating an 1890 Louisiana statute stipulating segregated “separate but equal” railroad accommodations. Under this statute, individuals using
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One night in Scottsboro during the tragic time of segrigation in 1930 the freight neared Stevenson, less than half the way to Huntsville, Victoria testified that the 12 Negroes climbed into the gondola in which the two girls were riding with the seven white youths, walking over the top of a box car in front and jumping into the gondola. Ruby said in a personal interview later that she did not know how many colored boys were in the crowd. She said she was too frightened to count them. The Negroes
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Running head: Engel v. Vitale Engel v. Vitale Introduction of Case: Engel v. Vitale (1962) went before the Supreme Court. Several families claimed that it was unconstitutional for their students, who attended a public school, to have to recite a prayer created by the New York State Board of Regents each day before class. Citation: 370 U.S. 421 Facts of the Case: The Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 9, New Hide Park, New York, mandated that a school prayer created
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Madison v. Marbury The case of Madison v. Marbury has been decided and James Madison won the case because the court ruled the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional. This court case will go be an influential court case for years to come. The decision much to the dismay of Marbury who lost a lot of money. Thomas Jefferson though was very happy because the federal government did not have to pay the salary. John Marshall spoke for a unanimous court Feb, 24, 1803 saying that Madison won.
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Case Brief: Salinas v. Texas Caption: Salinas v. Texas, 570 U.S. ___ (2013) Facts: Following police investigations into the 1992 shooting and killing of two brothers in their home, Salinas, the defendant, was identified as the main suspect. He voluntarily not only offered his shotgun for ballistic testing, he accompanied the police to the station for interrogation. A consensus by both parties qualified the interrogation session, which lasted for one hour as noncustodial, and did not involve assertion
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In the Scottsboro Trials, nine young innocent boys were accused of a crime they never once committed and were dragged through many unfair trials. All boys were african american and their names were Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery, Andy Wright, Willie Robertson, Ozie Powell, Eugene Williams, Charlie Weems, Roy Wright, Haywood Patterson. The boys ages ranged from 19-13 years old. In all, 5 trials were held for this case. The boys experienced racism, discrimination and segregation throughout this part
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given case, to deprive a litigant of due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth” (“Betts v. Brady”). This means that the Fourteenth Amendment does not directly connect with the first eight Amendments and therefore, it can be violated in certain circumstances. Also, “Florida law only permitted appointment of counsel for poor defendants charged with capital offenses” (“Facts and Case Summary-Gideon v. Wainwright”). Gideon was not charged with a capital offense, so he does not deserve a lawyer
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against imminent peril to life or great bodily injury” CALJIC No. 5.17 (1995) Menendez v. Terhune (2005). According to the Menendez v. Terhune Journal, “Under California law, a defendant is entitled to a jury under instruction only if substantial evidence, or “evidence sufficient to deserve consideration by the jury,” supports the giving of that instruction. People v. Barton, 12 Cal 4th 186, 201 & n.8 (1995)” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). “The state trial court conducted an extensive hearing to determine
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v. Morgentaler, Morgentaler was accused of setting a clinic to perform abortions for women who had not obtained a certificate from a therapeutic abortion committee of an approved hospital. My role in researching about the case is to offer an overview of the argument of the appellant and the respondent for the case R. v. Morgentaler and review the viewpoints of both parties using new pieces. Morgentaler argued
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