CJ100
... 8. Which of the following is a NOT characteristic of defendants who are more likely to remain in jail pending trial? a) minority b) poor c) weak community ties d) female 9. What does a grand jury determine? a) whether there is probable cause that a crime has been committed b) guilt or innocence c) w ...
... 8. Which of the following is a NOT characteristic of defendants who are more likely to remain in jail pending trial? a) minority b) poor c) weak community ties d) female 9. What does a grand jury determine? a) whether there is probable cause that a crime has been committed b) guilt or innocence c) w ...
America`s Courts and the Criminal Justice System by David Neubauer
... • Three Systems • Assigned counsel: attorneys appointed by the judge on a case-by-case basis • Contract systems: attorneys hired to provide services for a specified dollar amount • Public defender: a salaried public official representing all indigent defendants ...
... • Three Systems • Assigned counsel: attorneys appointed by the judge on a case-by-case basis • Contract systems: attorneys hired to provide services for a specified dollar amount • Public defender: a salaried public official representing all indigent defendants ...
Dynamics Of Courthouse Justice
... Delays in Court • Delay: abnormal or unacceptable time lapses in the processing of cases. • The American Bar Association (ABA) recommends that all felony cases should reach disposition within one year of filing. • Court delay jeopardizes the 6th Amendment. • Number of states have enacted speedy tri ...
... Delays in Court • Delay: abnormal or unacceptable time lapses in the processing of cases. • The American Bar Association (ABA) recommends that all felony cases should reach disposition within one year of filing. • Court delay jeopardizes the 6th Amendment. • Number of states have enacted speedy tri ...
Briefing Paper for House Judiciary (August 31, 2009).
... ever-evolving criminal justice sciences. These underfunded and poorly administered systems compromise the ability of the lawyers employed by or under contract with those systems to meet their constitutional and ethical obligations to their clients. The states’ inability to provide necessary resource ...
... ever-evolving criminal justice sciences. These underfunded and poorly administered systems compromise the ability of the lawyers employed by or under contract with those systems to meet their constitutional and ethical obligations to their clients. The states’ inability to provide necessary resource ...
Read Me First (CJ Specific)
... pretrial process, jury selection, and trial, as well as the process of plea bargaining and its value in the criminal justice system. Discussion of a Key Point, Thread, or Objective While reading the assigned chapters, consider the rights of the accused, such as the right to a speedy trial, legal cou ...
... pretrial process, jury selection, and trial, as well as the process of plea bargaining and its value in the criminal justice system. Discussion of a Key Point, Thread, or Objective While reading the assigned chapters, consider the rights of the accused, such as the right to a speedy trial, legal cou ...
Chairman Finch and Committee on the Judiciary From
... Our federal courts use criminal asset forfeiture, but like civil asset forfeiture, assets are similarly removed from the defendant before trial. They’re frozen as the court’s assumption through probable cause suggests that one’s property must be ill-gotten gains. Common law dictates that one is inno ...
... Our federal courts use criminal asset forfeiture, but like civil asset forfeiture, assets are similarly removed from the defendant before trial. They’re frozen as the court’s assumption through probable cause suggests that one’s property must be ill-gotten gains. Common law dictates that one is inno ...
9163.Bio - Pennsylvania Bar Institute
... litigation and criminal defense. He has represented plaintiffs in a broad range of civil rights cases, including issues related to police misconduct, prisoners’ rights, homelessness, sexual assault victims, student violence issues, race and gender discrimination, and First Amendment violations. His ...
... litigation and criminal defense. He has represented plaintiffs in a broad range of civil rights cases, including issues related to police misconduct, prisoners’ rights, homelessness, sexual assault victims, student violence issues, race and gender discrimination, and First Amendment violations. His ...
Rights of the Accused in Criminal Justice System
... • 6th Amendment: Criminal Court Procedures – Impartial jury in district where crime occurred • issues related to impartiality include – pre-trial publicity – jury selection process, e.g., use of peremptory challenges based on race [Batson v KY, 1986 ] or gender [Georgia v McCullom, 1992]; J.E.B. v ...
... • 6th Amendment: Criminal Court Procedures – Impartial jury in district where crime occurred • issues related to impartiality include – pre-trial publicity – jury selection process, e.g., use of peremptory challenges based on race [Batson v KY, 1986 ] or gender [Georgia v McCullom, 1992]; J.E.B. v ...
Trial de novo - AJ 001 INTRO TO AJ
... How far to go to protect client? Ethical concerns: balancing rights of client with ...
... How far to go to protect client? Ethical concerns: balancing rights of client with ...
Washington and Lee University
... establishment of a guarantee to assistance of counsel. The lawmakers had offered little to no opinion on the matter. In a way, though, this shouldn’t be surprising “due to the political unpopularity of criminal defendants and their lack of financial and political capital.” 14 Before the Supreme Cour ...
... establishment of a guarantee to assistance of counsel. The lawmakers had offered little to no opinion on the matter. In a way, though, this shouldn’t be surprising “due to the political unpopularity of criminal defendants and their lack of financial and political capital.” 14 Before the Supreme Cour ...
United States' Suppliment Proposed Jury Instructions
... It is perfectly proper for prosecutors and defense attorneys alike to prepare their witnesses in preparation for trial. In fact, it would be irresponsible for a party to put on a witness without first preparing the witness. ...
... It is perfectly proper for prosecutors and defense attorneys alike to prepare their witnesses in preparation for trial. In fact, it would be irresponsible for a party to put on a witness without first preparing the witness. ...
Public Defender`s Office • County Attorney`s
... saw that justice and liberty were valued as the legal rights of all!” ...
... saw that justice and liberty were valued as the legal rights of all!” ...
Caryl Communications Inc
... “Our ReLeSe program has some direct parallels with FSSNJ in that we are assisting exoffenders with legal matters. Time and time again, we have seen first-hand how resolving an outstanding warrant affords a new lease on life. Very often, it paves the way for driver’s license restoration and meaningfu ...
... “Our ReLeSe program has some direct parallels with FSSNJ in that we are assisting exoffenders with legal matters. Time and time again, we have seen first-hand how resolving an outstanding warrant affords a new lease on life. Very often, it paves the way for driver’s license restoration and meaningfu ...
Gideon`s Ghost: Providing the Sixth Amendment Right to
... A. The Time for Change Had Come In 1963, as civil rights leaders marched on Washington, the Supreme Court announced one of its most far-reaching opinions. Gideon v. Wainwright" changed the landscape of the American justice system, announcing that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel was a fundamenta ...
... A. The Time for Change Had Come In 1963, as civil rights leaders marched on Washington, the Supreme Court announced one of its most far-reaching opinions. Gideon v. Wainwright" changed the landscape of the American justice system, announcing that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel was a fundamenta ...
chapter
... assigned bond if they fail to appear – like credit Signature bonds – written promise (for misdemeanor offenses) no assessment for danger ...
... assigned bond if they fail to appear – like credit Signature bonds – written promise (for misdemeanor offenses) no assessment for danger ...
14124 bytes - 10th Circuit Opinions
... of 31—his total offense level of 34, see United States Sentencing Guidelines (USSG) § 2D1.1 (c)(3), minus three levels for acceptance of responsibility, see USSG § 3E1.1 (a)-(b)—and his criminal history category yielded a guidelines sentencing range of 121-151 months. Defendant raised no objection ...
... of 31—his total offense level of 34, see United States Sentencing Guidelines (USSG) § 2D1.1 (c)(3), minus three levels for acceptance of responsibility, see USSG § 3E1.1 (a)-(b)—and his criminal history category yielded a guidelines sentencing range of 121-151 months. Defendant raised no objection ...
Hernandez 1 Valuing Gideon`s Gold: How Much Justice Can We
... http://www.txcourts.gov/tidc/pdf/RCPDOPlanningDocument93(April2011).pdf. The first public defender (PD) offices representing adults were established in the 1980s. The Dallas County PD office was created in 1983. A Review of Dallas County’s Indigent Defense System, SPANGENBERG GRP. 4 (Aug. 2004), htt ...
... http://www.txcourts.gov/tidc/pdf/RCPDOPlanningDocument93(April2011).pdf. The first public defender (PD) offices representing adults were established in the 1980s. The Dallas County PD office was created in 1983. A Review of Dallas County’s Indigent Defense System, SPANGENBERG GRP. 4 (Aug. 2004), htt ...
01-casestudy1 - Cambridge University Press
... The relevant barrister was a Queens Counsel and was also prominent in the Jewish community, a former president of Liberty Victoria (a civil rights organisation) and well known for representing a variety of high-profile criminal accused including Julian Knight (in his trial for the Hoddle Street mass ...
... The relevant barrister was a Queens Counsel and was also prominent in the Jewish community, a former president of Liberty Victoria (a civil rights organisation) and well known for representing a variety of high-profile criminal accused including Julian Knight (in his trial for the Hoddle Street mass ...
HOT TOPICS IN IMMIGRATION LAW
... The weight of prevailing professional norms supports the view that counsel must advise her client regarding the deportation risk. And this Court has recognized the importance to the client of “ ‘[p]reserving the . . . right to remain in the United States’ ” and “preserving the possibility of ” discr ...
... The weight of prevailing professional norms supports the view that counsel must advise her client regarding the deportation risk. And this Court has recognized the importance to the client of “ ‘[p]reserving the . . . right to remain in the United States’ ” and “preserving the possibility of ” discr ...
Powerpoint - Copyright of Dr Peter Jepson
... Legal Aid in Criminal Cases Initial advice and assistance are available to an individual who is held in custody at a police station. This will usually take the form of telephone advice. ...
... Legal Aid in Criminal Cases Initial advice and assistance are available to an individual who is held in custody at a police station. This will usually take the form of telephone advice. ...
III
... “actually imprisoned at the conclusion of the proceeding” and that “actual incarceration” is a sine qua non of a Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to assistance of counsel. Fried Brief at 14. Thus, the brief argues, if any sentence of incarceration is conditioned on future events, it is not a “lo ...
... “actually imprisoned at the conclusion of the proceeding” and that “actual incarceration” is a sine qua non of a Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to assistance of counsel. Fried Brief at 14. Thus, the brief argues, if any sentence of incarceration is conditioned on future events, it is not a “lo ...
Capital Punishment on the 25th Anniversary of Furman v. Georgia
... white Americans find one reality while African Americans see another." Yet when the criminal justice system decides whether an African American will lose his life or freedom, the decision is too often based only on the version of "reality" seen by white people. A prosecutor's decision to seek the d ...
... white Americans find one reality while African Americans see another." Yet when the criminal justice system decides whether an African American will lose his life or freedom, the decision is too often based only on the version of "reality" seen by white people. A prosecutor's decision to seek the d ...
executive summary
... consequences of such misconduct are minimal for the prosecutors involved, yet severe for affected criminal defendants. One study revealed that state and local prosecutors have “bent or broke[n] the rules to help put 32 innocent people in prison, some under death sentence, since 1970.”31 Likewise, as ...
... consequences of such misconduct are minimal for the prosecutors involved, yet severe for affected criminal defendants. One study revealed that state and local prosecutors have “bent or broke[n] the rules to help put 32 innocent people in prison, some under death sentence, since 1970.”31 Likewise, as ...
