The courtroom that I chose to attend for my observation was the Toronto Courthouse located on 2201 Finch Ave. West. Since this was not my first experience at the courthouse I chose to observe plea bargains which addressed traffic and other bylaw matters. The reason for my decision to observe this form of courtroom proceeding was because I was curious what made people accept a plea bargain? The first thing I observed when I arrived at the court room was the structure of the space. The justice at peace…
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This paper discusses three evidentiary issues that arose during a court case observation. The court case was trying to decide whether or not a woman's parental rights should be terminated for her children. During the case, the defendant was trying to show that she could be a good parental figure, while the plaintiff was showing that the mother was not able to provide for the children. For these three evidentiary issues, the judge that was presiding was Honorable Scott Sparks. The three issues dealt…
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Business Law 115 Superior Court Observation The Superior Court session I observed was an alcohol impairment case. The defendant in this case, had been found guilty in District Court, but had filed an appeal to the District Court’s decision. The morning began with the juryselection process. The potential juror pool began with approximately 30 people. The Clerk of Court, Wendy Williams,drew twelve names at random form a bowl to begin the selection process. Once the initial twelve names were…
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On November 17, 2017 I visited the Queens County Criminal Court. The court is located at 125-01 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. There was a sign on the wall that said In God We trust which the judge, honorable Kenneth C. Holder was sitting under. There was a current case in session when I arrived. A man name Rodney S. Charlemagne was indicted with the possession of an illegal semi-automatic pistol. His indictment number is 756-16. He was arrested on November 18, 2015. Rodney plead not guilty…
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On November 5th 2015, I visited Old City Hall and observed it’s mental health court. The hearing’s began around 2:40pm and ended around 3:40pm. The court heard four varying mental health cases addressing; mental health assessments, individualized treatment plans and prescribed further rulings. This report will address each defendant as “W”, “X”, “Y” and “Z”, and will specifically focus on the representation of X, which I believe is a patient being treated for catatonic schizophrenia; a type of of…
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injury when she witnessed her stepdaughter, from fifteen to twenty yards away, get shot twice, once in the head and once in the chest, by Sarah O’Brien (“O’Brien”) as O’Brien negligently shot five shots in Sybil’s direction? 2. Does Crowley’s observation of Sybil’s death constitute the cause of her emotional distress when she had been hospitalized, diagnosed by a psychiatrist as clinically depressed, and had not return to work since the incident involving O’Brien shooting Sybil? 3. Is Crowley considered…
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and after leaving the apartment, the officer arrested them. Carter and Johns argued the officer’s observation through the window was an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The trial court dismissed the argument, and the Minnesota Court of Appeals held Carter did not have standing because he used the apartment for business purposes when packaging the drugs. The Minnesota Supreme Court reversed, stating Carter and Johns had a right to Fourth Amendment protection because they had…
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My foray into this realm began with a burgeoning curiosity, sparked by the sight of enthusiastic players converging on local courts. Intrigued by the sport's inherent blend of athleticism and camaraderie, I embarked on a journey of discovery armed with a notebook, camera, and a genuine desire to delve into the heart of this captivating world. Unlike traditional ethnography, where the researcher might enter a completely foreign culture, pickleball existed within a familiar social landscape. Yet, the…
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Equipment/Resources Needed: Proper stance(s), proper way to hold the racquet, lob & smash hits. Tennis court(s), racquets, tennis balls, Psychomotor Objectives: To effectively defend designated half of court.. Cognitive Objectives: verbally identify the basic techniques learned. Affective: verbally…
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“In fact, it is the concurrence’s insistence on the exclusivity of the Katz test that needlessly leads us into ‘particularly vexing problems’ in the present case. This Court had to date not deviated from the understanding that mere visual observation does not constitute a search … We accordingly held in Knotts that “[a] person traveling in an automobile on public thoroughfares has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his movements from one place to another. Thus, even assuming that the concurrence…
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