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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CHAPTER 1 THE COURT STRUCTURE - The present court structure has been in effect since June 1994 following the Constitution (Amendment) Act 1994. - The judicial powers are exercised by the Subordinate Courts and the superior courts organised in a hierarchy where the Subordinate Courts are at the lower level and the superior courts at the higher level. THE SUBORDINATE COURTS (The Subordinate Courts Act 1948) THE PENGHULU’S COURT - The Penghulu’s Court is presided over by a Penghulu who has
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Court Report Cases: District court 10:00-11:30 14/03/2013 * R v Daniel 2012/00617533 (x1) (Trial) Judge M Finnane * R v Reynold Glover 2009/00188829 (x3) (Trial) Judge P Zahra * R v Jorge Eliecer Henao Palacio 2010/00401797 (x3 ) (Trial) Judge G Woods * R v Amanda Lee Roberts 2011/00165714 (x2) (Trial) Judge J Bennett District Court 21/03/2013 * R v Jorge Eliecer Henao Palacio 2010/00401797 (x3) (Trial) Judge G Woods * Case List Thursday 21 March 2013 Downing Centre
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Federal v. State Courts The United States is at the forefront of modern democracy. Its unique three branched system allows the government to operate under a quasi-idealistic form of checks and balances. As outlined by the U.S. Constitution‚ the judicial branch of government serves as the interpreter of the law and is “one of the most sophisticated judicial systems in the world.”1 This complexity is a product of balance and structure in the form of a judicial hierarchy‚ with the Supreme Court at the top
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Explain the hierarchy of courts in Malaysia. Discuss in details. Law is defined as any system of regulations to govern the conduct of the people of a community‚ society or nation. It is the governmental response to society ’s need for both regularity‚ consistency and justice based upon collective human experience. A statute‚ ordinance‚ or regulation enacted by the legislative branch of a government and signed into law‚ or in some nations created by decree/judgement without any democratic process
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notes‚ and a very small proportion has seen a live courtroom trial. Most people ’s perceptions of lawyers come more from popular fiction than from reality. (Voelkel‚ 1997). In the movies and on television lawyers often win in dramatic ways; they bring in surprise evidence near the end of the trial‚ or a spectator in the courtroom jumps up and confesses to
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is today. The very first jury had acted as witness and provides information to the court. Later‚ Henry II changed the function of jury to one who deliberates on evidence. Slowly‚ the jury system mold into the system we have today. [1] The system by which we are familiar with today‚ i.e. juries giving verdicts on the basis of what is related to them by witnesses at the court hearing was coming into prominence in trials of serious offences as early as the fifteenth centur The main act that governs the
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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate (but largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and over state court cases involving issues of federal law‚ and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. The Court‚ which meets in the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington‚ D.C.‚ consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States
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COURT VISIT Date of court visit: 25 October 2010. Court name: Snaresbrook Crown court. Courtroom visited: court 1. Judge: T. Lamb QC. (Queen’s Counsel) Name of case viewed: Trial part heard; Remo Rossi. (Rape of a juvenile family member). Representation: V.Girling QC (Instructed by L.Lewis solicitors) for the defendant. G.Reece QC (Instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. On Monday the 25th of October 2010‚ I attended Snaresbrook Crown court at court 1 which was hearing
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AJ 101 Course # Court Visit On November 29‚ 2011‚ I had the opportunity to go to Los Angles Superior Court and was able to sit and observe during a Preliminary Hearing. The case that I sat in was about a rape case in which a young girl of approximately twelve years old said that her grandfather‚ who was about sixty years old would sexually touch her and do certain things to her everytime she would go over to her grandparents house. The prosecutor asked the young girl a serious of questions such
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