reserve sufficient property to pay all debts contracted before the donation. FACTS Gutierrez Hermanos filed an action for recovery of a sum of money against Oria Hermanos & Co. and herein plaintiff filed an action for recovery also for the same defendant. Before the institution of the suits‚ members of the Company dissolved their relations and entered into liquidation. Tomas Oria y Balbas acting in behalf of his co-owners entered into a contract with the herein plaintiff for the purpose of transferring
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Detective Mark Whatney arrested Defendant after finding cocaine in his Asheville‚ North Carolina home and the dead body of Donovan Delliouse in his trailer near that home. Defendant alleges that he has not been to his Asheville home in almost year‚ and he had a piano delivered to start taking piano lessons there. Furthermore‚ he claims he does not know Delliouse‚ he is unaware of any illegal activity at his Asheville home‚ and his trailer was used for storage. These events took place after Whatney
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weapon Specific intent to cause GBH * Woollin (1998): harm‚ virtual certainty * Morrissons (1989): level of intention is lower when the defendant is trying to resist/prevent an arrest/detention Direct Intention: do an act and want the result from your actions. The consequences is the defendants aim or purpose - Mohan (1976) Oblique Intention: the defendant indented the act but not the consequences - Woollin
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Defendant Marcus Brutus is a murderer and based on the U.S. text‚ there were other ways the defendant could have handled his situation. Good afternoon‚ my name is Imani Griffith and I am one of two prosecutors in this case. On March 15‚ 44 B.C.‚ the defendant‚ Marcus Brutus and his conspirators‚ were involved in the assassination of Julius Caesar. At the conclusion of the case‚ we would like you to say that the defendant is guilty. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury‚ this is a case about the defendant
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Miranda v. Arizona was not the first case where the officers did not let the defendant know about their counsel rights. For example‚ on December 19‚ 1963‚ Miss Lucile O. Mitchell was beaten and robbed; she was found on her porch dead. Prior to this case (People v. Stewart)‚ the local officers have been investigating a series of robberies
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FOUNDATION IN ARTS LAW OF TORT ASSIGNMENT On the facts‚ the claimant Garfield suffered smashed panes of glass in his green house and sustains a fractured skull when he is hit on the head by a cricket ball. The local cricket club owner(defendant) may have an action bought by Garfield(claimant) under the tort of negligence or private nuisance.The author will first discuss on negligence and then later on to private nuisance. In the novel cases where the existence of a legal duty is less
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Law School" (2010)‚ “plea bargains are agreements between defendants and prosecutors where defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors” (para. 1). Plea bargains allows for prosecutors and judges to focus their time on more important cases. The way plea-bargains work with prosecutors is reducing or dismissing certain crimes committed by the defendant. The defendants part in a plea bargain is to give up information about
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DEFENDANTS’ JOINT MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE Defendants‚ Monclaire Saint Louis and Ulriste Tulin‚ through undersigned counsels‚ pursuant to Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure‚ and hereby respectfully moves the Court for a continuance of the trial in this matter. As grounds for this Motion‚ counsel submits the following Memorandum in Support: MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT 1. The defendants‚ Haitian Nationals‚ are charged with Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking‚ 18 U.S.C. § 1203‚ two counts
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get them to plead guilty ("Plea Bargain.”). The prosecutor offers to reduce the severity or the length of the defendant’s punishment in exchange for the defense’s agreement to plead guilty ("Plea Bargain."). Sometimes plea deals even require the defendant to testify against someone else‚ so that they can be convicted of a crime ("Plea Bargain.").
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bargaining has become a common procedure in the criminal justice over the years‚ as it serve as a method of forming an agreement between the prosecutor and defendant in which the accused pleads guilty in exchange for a lesser sentence or reduced charge. Plea bargaining has become a prevalent method for several reasons. It benefits defendants in that it allows to avoid the time and expense of defending themselves during trial as well as the chance of harsher punishment. Plea bargaining also serves
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