Cases Summary CJUS 350 Angela McIntosh The three cases that are mentioned and studied are Brady v. Maryland‚ Giglio v. United States‚ and United States v. Agurs. These cases are important to the history of how cases are presented and with what evidence is made available to the jury. With Brady v. Maryland‚ it was the first time that the Supreme Court recognized that the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause is to ensure and guarantee that the criminal defendants are given
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Case: Francisco vs. People Facts: Macario Linghon without knowledge went and sold to the shop of the petitioner Ernesto “Erning” Francisco the jewelries which was stolen by his sister Pacita Linghon to a certain Jovita Rodriguez. Sometime after the jewelries have been stolen‚ Jovita just discovered that the jewelries have been missing. She filed a complaint for theft against Pacita in the Counter Intelligence Group of the Philippine National Police in Camp Crame. Pacita was then invited for
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Following is an example of criminal law case that occurred in a business environment. Bio-diesel Fuel Company Titleholder Punished to 188 Months in Federal Jail for Misconducts Linked to Unlawful Fuels Scheme (Texas) Jeffrey David Gunselman is punished to 188 months in federal jail‚ and a fine of $175‚000 is charged and is ordered to pay more than $54.9 million in the case of restitution‚ following his shamefaced petition to an impeachment alleging 24 counts of money laundering‚ 51 counts of the
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A rare criminal case comes out to court‚ the case is on an out of hospital birth of two twins. The convict is a 57-year-old Utah midwife who was sentenced to half of a year in prison. The midwife committed manslaughter‚ the judge finally decided after he calls the trial‚ the most difficult trial he has ever had to decide. The midwife told the parents of the twins that she could surely deliver the twins safely‚ but whenever one baby came out purple and unable to breathe‚ Sorensen used outdated techniques
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FIRST CASE : Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and Another. This case is an appeal case. The plaintiff claim for compensation that he lost as a result of the PTSD. The claimant suffering ’Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ’ ("PTSD") following stress train crash. Effect of it‚ the claimant fatally stabbing a man. He pleading guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Claimant commencing proceedings in negligence against first and second defendant‚ as operator of the train and as entity
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Assessment 1: Are criminal cases won or lost on the evidence‚ or on the stories that are told. Word Count: 2500 The aim of this essay is to define the concepts of evidence and story telling by way answering the question of‚ are cases won or lost on the evidence or the stories told. To place the assignment in the correct context for the discussion‚ it will use illustrations from the cases discussed in lecture to describe the difference between actual criminal evidence and the stories
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WRITS IN INDIA mandamus The purpose of mandamus is to remedy defects of justice. It lies in the cases where there is a specific right but no specific legal remedy for enforcing that right. It also lies in cases where there is an alternative remedy but the mode of redress is less convenient‚ less beneficial or less effectual. Generally‚ it is not available in anticipation of any injury except when the petitioner is likely to be affected by an official act in contravention of a statutory duty
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ConSuLTATIon PAPeR Hearsay in Civil and Criminal Cases (LRC CP 60 – 2010) CONSULTATION PAPER HEARSAY IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES (LRC CP 60 - 2010) © COPYRIGHT Law Reform Commission FIRST PUBLISHED March 2010 ISSN 1393-3140 THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION‘S ROLE The Law Reform Commission is an independent statutory body established by the Law Reform Commission Act 1975. The Commission‘s principal role is to keep the law under review and to make proposals for reform‚ in particular
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In the criminal justice system the individuals are spoken to by two different yet similarly imperative gatherings. These gatherings incorporate the police who research the wrongdoing and the head prosecutors who arraign the wrongdoers. At the point when there is a trial‚ a specific number of people are called into the witness of the court which are known as the jury. It is not just the right and obligation of juries to judge the realities‚ additionally what is the law. To at last focus a decision
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system and therefore Nyaya Panchayats were considered to be the regular form for deciding differences within matters relating to property‚ family‚ criminal and other matters. These Nyaya Panchyats had a major role in the post independence period which influenced the Governments to set up LA or “People’s Court” in every state for the speedy disposal of cases. This was a new form of experiment in the area of Alternative Disputes Redressal Mechanism. Art. 14 and 21 of the Indian Constitution and Art.
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