Hostile Witnesses – Structure of Answer 1. “The issue here is whether [counsel] can discredit their own witness‚ [witness’s name]‚ in the witness box?” a. When calling a witness‚ the caller expects their testimony to be favourable to the case. When this doesn’t happen‚ the caller will want to attack the witness to destroy the effect of the evidence. b. Whether you can do this depends on whether the witness is hostile or merely unfavourable. c. Usually crops up in examination-in-chief
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The Role of the Prosecutor All serious criminal cases require the participation of three individuals: the judge‚ counsel for the prosecution‚ and counsel for the accused. If any one of these are absent from the procedure‚ Athe criminal justice system is incomplete@ (Congress). The prosecutor stands at a critical stage in the criminal justice system as well as playing a critical role before‚ during and after the trial. They serve many functions throughout the criminal process. Some of which are investigating
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how a jury is summoned and selected‚ including the constitutional limitations on these processes. Potential jurors are summoned to court using master jury lists. The people who are summoned‚ called‚ the “venire‚” come to court to participate in voir dire‚ a process designed to select a fair and impartial petit jury by asking members of the venir about potential biases concerning the case. Those who cannot serve as fair and impartial jurors are exused for cause. A few other memebers of the venire
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Criminal Trial Procedures The pretrial procedures are the formal process taken after arrest is made all away up to the trial. Once an arrest has been made the prosecutor will decides to file charges if there is probable cause to the crime‚ which he or she is charged with. The next step will be the preliminary hearing. The preliminary hearing will establish whether probable cause is sufficient for trial. The preliminary hearing is conducted before a magistrate or a judge‚ were the prosecution
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Communication in the courtroom Peggy S. Torres Western International University CRB-360-3722-Communication Criminal Justice-03/2010 Professor Raymond November April 5‚ 2010 Communication in the courtroom Introduction Communication influences the way people perceive one another and how facts are interpreted. Information given and received is dependant on how successful the communication is conveyed. Communication in a courtroom involves several participants‚ similar to a theatrical
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Selection. To start the process of jury selection‚ a group of ordinary citizens are summoned to the courtroom by way of a juror summons that he or she has received in the mail. Once in the courtroom each juror must go through a process called voir dire. Voir dire is a questions and answers session that is facilitated by both the prosecutor and defense attorney along with the judge. This process is done to see if any of the potential jurors are biased or have been predisposed by anyone or prior information
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My Cousin Vinny is a hilarious rendition of the American criminal justice system. It taps into various elements of the system as a whole. Most people probably never realize the formality that goes into actually being convicted of a crime. My Cousin Vinny explores many of the steps such as pretrial stages‚ key actors in the court process‚ and the criminal trial. There are some difference and similarities between what the movie portrayed and the actual criminal justice process which will be explored
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SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS: BUSA 2106 Test 1 1. The “preponderance of the evidence” standard used in civil cases is significantly higher than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard used in the criminal law. 2. A court’s order to a party to do or to refrain from doing a particular act is a rescission. 3. When confronted by a case of first impression for which there is no binding precedent‚ a court can refuse to decide the case. 4. Sources of federal law include all of the following
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Jury Trial Analysis Paper By: xxxxxxxxxxCJA/364 August 18‚ 2014 James Secord Jury Trial Analysis Paper In this paper I will provide an analysis of a jury trial; my analysis will focus on the right of the defendant. I will articulate how a defendant ’s rights at trial can be assured when it comes to The defendant’s right to a speedy trial‚ the defendant’s right to an impartial judge and the defendant’s right to an impartial jury. There are six steps in the trial process; these steps include
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The Trial Process Samantha Jones Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on March 4‚ 2014‚ for Callie Kidder Lacy’s J100 Introduction to Criminal Justice course. The Trial Process The law deals with two kinds of cases. Civil cases that involve conflicts between people or businesses matters. A civil case usually begins when a person or organization determines that a problem can’t be solved without the intervention of the courts. In civil cases
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