pleads guilty to a criminal charge and in exchange he expects to receive some form of consideration from the state. (Neubauer‚ 2002‚ p. 323) Most cases never make it to trial‚ more than 80 percent of criminal cases filed ended with the defendant entering a guilty plea. (Fagin‚ 2003‚ p. 61) Plea bargaining became common sometime after the Civil War. The proliferation of cases‚ in the federal courts‚ brought on by prohibition was instrumental in the institutionalization of plea bargaining. (Neubauer‚ 2002
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plaintiff of this case is Harvest States Cooperatives and the defendant is Anderson. Harvest States Cooperatives sued Anderson for breach of contract‚ after Anderson failed to deliver 5‚000 bushels of corn. Anderson had spoken to a representative of the coop over the phone to inquire the price of corn which he had available for sale. Harvest States Cooperatives asked Anderson if he would like to see a contract and Anderson said yes. Following through‚ Harvest States Cooperatives sent Anderson an unsigned
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Dual Federalism Name Course Institution Date Dual Federalism This is a state of government where power is shared between the federal and the state governments. In dual federalism‚ both the national and the state governments hold sovereign power in their respective areas of authority. The separation of power‚ resources‚ and programs is clearly defined. Dual federalism is normally compared to a layer cake whereby the levels of powers do not overlap each other. In this case
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felony. In 2002‚ alleging that the evidence that the Arlington Police Department obtained from both his home and work computers was inadmissible claiming an unlawful search and seizure in violation of the First and Fourth Amendments to the United States Constitution and article I of the Texas Constitution‚ Voyles filed a motion to suppress. The Fourth Amendment and Article I of the Texas Constitution provides that a defendant has standing to challenge the admission
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evidence‚ as defined by the State vs. Dustin court case‚refers to “a witness testimony that the accused person’s spirit or spectral shape appeared to him/her witness in a dream at the time the accused person’s physical body was at another location”. The legal definition of the general term evidence is “information given personally‚ drawn from a document‚ or in the form of material objects‚ tending or used to establish facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in court”. Spectral evidence
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judicial system of the nation. There are many things that fictional accounts of lawyers‚ judges‚ and courts confuse or create simply to meet the needs of the fiction or make a specific point. Because the intricacies of the legal profession are not well known or explained in school or by the media‚ unfortunately‚ people often only have fictional accounts of the law to educate them. The result‚ unfortunately‚ is that the majority of Americans have incorrect beliefs of the law‚ judges‚ courts‚ and the
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Different types of Courts in India Indian Judiciary is the continuation of the British Legal system established by the English in the mid-19th century based on a typical hybrid legal system in which customs‚ precedents and legislative law have validity of law. Constitution of India is the supreme authority of the country. There are various levels of judiciary in India — different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance‚ in line with the order
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VOL 18 NO -301 REGD NO DA 1589 | Dhaka‚ Saturday September 3 2011 Mobile courts and independence of judiciary M S Siddiqui In a democratic country it is a prerequisite that all citizens get economic and social justice. The economically deprived people need either free or state sponsored legal assistance to get justice and fair trial. This will uphold human rights and equality. This is a component of rule of law for any society. It is not a charity‚ but a civil right of the citizens. It ensures
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1. What is the history and development of the juvenile court and justice process? The history of the juvenile court and system dates back to the year 1824 in the United States‚ which was “The House of Refuge” in New York. “The House of Refuge was the first juvenile house of the United States. In 1899‚ Cook County in the state of Illinois established the first juvenile court. Youth in the juvenile court system dating back before the year of 1967 did not have constitutional legal rights. It was not
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Graded Assignment Korematsu v. the United States (1944) Use the background information and the primary sources in the Graded Assignment: Primary Sources sheet to answer the following questions. (2 points) Score 1. What did Fred T. Korematsu do that resulted in his arrest and conviction? Answer: He challenged the government order to evacuate all Japanese into war camps. (2 points) Score 2. According to the first paragraph from the excerpts of the majority opinion‚ what did the U
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