shows that there are two types of courts in which sentencing takes place Magistrate’s court and the Crown court. Criminal cases are dealt with in either of these two courts (Newburn 2007). Firstly‚ this essay will look at the functions and roles of both Magistrates and Crown courts. Secondly it will describe what cases are expected to be handled at each court and their jurisdictions. it will then go on to discuss various strengths and weaknesses of these courts. Furthermore it will examine the roles
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1. Which court did you attend and what was the date of your attendance? (e.g. Magistrates Court in Brisbane; Supreme Court in Sydney etc) 2. What kind of hearing did you attend?(e.g. sentence‚ summary trial‚ committal hearing‚ jury trial‚ mention‚ call-over etc.) I attended an appeal against sentence. This is when the accused feels the sentence they were given is too severe‚ in which case a request is put forth to a higher court for the review and rehearing of evidence to change the decision
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aim of the court report is to get you out of the classroom and into the courtroom to see how the law works in practice! We would like you to visit a court to observe proceedings for a couple of hours and then write a report on your visit. Planning your court visit It is important to have an understanding of the court system before you embark on your visit. Therefore‚ please complete the required reading for Week 1 and 2 before visiting a court. Your best chance of seeing a court case from
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brief investigation of the court listings for the 21st November 2013‚ I viewed the Court & Tribunal Services website that can be seen at the following URL‚ http://www.courts.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/courtlists/default.aspx Upon review of the daily listings‚ discussions with Court personnel and review of the proceedings in progress at the time of my visit to the District Court of Western Australia (500 Hay Street‚ Perth 6000)‚ I attended the following Criminal Proceedings which is Trial by Jury before
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secondary evidence was tendered and admitted. An objection was taken to its admission; Held: That such evidence was properly admitted and that the provision in the relevant statute “that no statement made by any person in answer to any question put by the Commission shall‚ except in cases of indictment for perjury committed in such answers‚ be admissible in evidence in any proceedings‚ civil or criminal” was not applicable‚ and did not prevent the admissibility of such evidence. In the
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usually easy…”1 Adrian Keane and Paul McKeown have noted down that evidence is merely information by which facts tend to be proved‚ and that the law of evidence is the body of law and discretion managing the means by which facts may be proved in court of law‚ tribunals‚ and even arbitrations where strict rules of evidence apply.2 Ian Dennis has also a very similar view regarding the definition for evidence‚ he is also stating that evidence is information‚ he goes on stating that the information provides
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1ST SLIDE: Identity theft starts with the misuse of a person’s personally identifying information‚ such as name and Social Security number‚ credit card numbers or other financial account information. For identity thieves‚ this information is as good as gold. 2ND SLIDE: What do thieves do with a stolen identity? Once they have your personal information‚ identity thieves use it in a variety of ways. Credit card fraud: They may open new credit card accounts in their victim’s name. When they
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progressively eliminate the amount of time spent for physical education. They believe that this approach is necessary to vacate time in the day for more possible time in the classroom learning core subjects; such as math‚ English‚ reading‚ etc. This may seem like a productive way to better educate their pupils‚ but in fact they could be limiting their potential learning capacity by restricting their daily physical education. In children‚ daily physical activity leads to more productive brains. Elementary
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kidnapping with the intent to transport a person against his/her will. The defendants later extorted the victim and the victim’s family. The issue before the court today is whether the charge of kidnapping subsumes the charge of extortion or if the charge of extortion is an independent act from that of kidnapping. Were the proceedings cooperative or adversarial? The cooperative nature of the trial was characterized by the affable titles used by the lawyers and the judge when addressing each
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CONTEMPT OF COURT Introduction: In a democracy people should have right to criticize judges. The purpose of should not be to upheld the majesty and dignity of the court but only to enable it to function. Anything that curtails or impairs the freedom of limits of the judicial proceedings must of necessity result in hampering of the administration of Law and in interfering with the due course of justice. This necessarily constitutes contempt of court. Oswald defines contempt to be constituted by
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