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Eldridge V. Arms Case Essay

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Dear Jury Members: David Eldridge should be found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the murder of Mr. Arms. The evidence against Eldridge is his prints were found at the scene of the crime, there was no sign of a forced entry, and that he had asked Mr. Arms for a raise after working at the Family Fun restaurant for years but he was denied, leaving him to get upset and he has been heard saying negative things about Mr. Arms. The strongest reason in the case of David Eldridge is that Mr. Eldridge's prints were found at the crime scene and there had been no sign of any form of break-in. Police investigators had found fingerprints on the spatula that was used to murder Mr. Arms and came to the conclusion that the prints belonged to David Eldridge. …show more content…

This only proves that Mr. Eldridge had committed the crime because according to William Warden, Mr. Eldridge and Mr. Arms were the only two people to have keys to the establishment. If Mr. Eldridge hadn’t killed Mr. Arms, why were his fingerprints on the spatula? With Mr. Eldridge’s prints being at the scene, and there being no sign of a break-in, it leads me to believe that he is the one responsible for Mr. Arms’s death. The next reason that Mr. Eldridge is guilty of Mr. Arms' murder is that he has a motive and the motive is that Mr. Eldridge had asked for a raise because his house was getting repossessed and he was in desperate need of money but was denied, leaving him to be upset. According to Mrs. Sandy Smith, Mr. David Eldridge had asked for a raise from Mr. Arms but was denied. Patrick Lewis has stated in court that Mr. Eldridge has told him that Mr. Arms was a greedy pig and that he was going to regret not giving him a raise. Mr. Eldridge has even said that he has never gotten a raise in his entire time working at the Family Fun restaurant. Also, the only reason that the court was aware that Mr. Eldridge needed the money was because his house was going to get repossessed by the

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