The prosecution is charging the defendant Alex palmer with first degree murder of Jes Markson. Critical aspects of four witness testimonies will be analyzed and discussed. Furthermore, the prosecution will explain the importance of each testimony and how the testimony helps link the Defendant Alex Palmer to the crime. The first witness Detective Dana Brown should state that she has been working for the Hollywood police department for eighteen years, seven of which have been as a detective. Disclosure of this information to the jury will help establish her credibility.
Case Analysis. Prosecutor’s Case Against James Earl Ray: The prosecutors have enough efficient evidence in establishing guilt against James Earl Ray concerning the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. First, James Earl Ray was in close enough vicinity of the Lorraine Hotel to successfully fire a clear shot to kill Dr. King from only a block away. The location of Bessie Brewer’s boarding house was in the perfect position of being only a block away, in making the kill shot that killed Dr. King. Second, The high-power rifle with a scope mounted on it was in a bundle with a couple beer cans, the receipt, as well as the binoculars, all had fingerprints that belonged to Ray on them.
Dudley’s statements contained inconsistencies. Further, it led to the belief that Dudley was simply trying to exonerate himself as a witness when giving his statement against Moir. In addition to Dudley, another key witness Mr. Gordon’s statements also had inconsistencies. Gordon claimed that he had given a shovel to Moir prior to Acorn’s death. This may lead the jury to believe that Moir’s involvement in Acorn’s murder was planned and deliberate (para. 27).
James King is one of two people being tried for the murder of Alguinaldo Nesbitt, as well as the robbery of his drugstore. He is guilty of felony murder, and there is much evidence to support this verdict. Bobo Evans, another perpetrator of this crime, “places Mr. King in the drugstore with him on the 22nd of December. This testimony was backed up by Lorelle Henry” (Myers 256-257). This is significant because Henry is a reliable witness, and she is an elderly, retired librarian with no criminal activity.
Many people today get involved with the wrong people, as a result, many people are wrongly accused and incarcerated for crimes they didn’t commit. In the book MONSTER, there is a witness named Steve, who is on trial for the murder of a drugstore owner. Steve was the lookout in the robbery, however, he was not responsible for Mr. Nesbitt’s death. First of all, Steve was the lookout because he planned the robbery with James King.
The prosecutors in the Wayne Williams case presented evidence and witnesses in the case. None of the witnesses, in this case, witnessed Wayne Williams commit any murders. The witnesses were there to testify about what they noticed Wayne Williams do, that was not normal or unusual. The testimony which was the most damaging was Angelo Foster who was a former press secretary to the mayor. He gave information about a conversation that he had with the defendant’s father.
Throughout the trial of Tom Robinson v.s. Mayella Ewell four testimonies were heard. The first testimony was stated from Mr. Heck Tate. From his statement we know that the attacker was left handed, there was no doctor called to confirm the alleged rape, and also there were hand marks around Mayella's neck. After Mr. Tate came down from the stand Mr. Robert Ewell was called to testify. when he had first started to speak, he acted very stuck up and snotty, however, Judge Taylor straightened him up.
Mr Bennett should be found not guilty of murder because there is reasonable doubt. Although the prosecution says Mr. Bennett is guilty, he is not because Mr. Alfaro’s fingerprints were found on the coffee mug and the rat poison that was found was only available to exterminators and Mr. Alfaro was an exterminator also Mr Alfaro poured Mr. Adams a cup of coffee five minutes before the death, Mrs. Reid was Mr. Adam’s closest relative she believed she was gonna inherit everything from him but she was also very jealous and often spread nasty rumors about Mr. Adam’s, Mrs, Swanson said that Mr. Adams sugar looks very similar in size, shape, and color. The strongest piece of evidence is that Mr. Alfaro’s fingerprints were found on Mr. Adam’s coffee mug, and that the rat poison used was only available to exterminators and Mr. Alfaro was the only exterminator.
Mr. Bennet should be found not guilty of the murder of Mr. Adams because reasonable doubt exists. Although the prosecution claims he’s guilty, they are incorrect because Mr. Alfaro was an exterminator with access to the poison, Mr. Alfaro left Mr. Adam’s alone 5 minutes before, and many more significant pieces of evidence prove he shouldn’t be convicted of guilt. To begin, Mrs. Reid was Mr. Adam’s closest living relative, and she believed that she would inherit his wealth because of this. She often attempted to spread nasty rumors about Mr. Adams and Mr. Alfaro was brought to the party by Mrs. Reid and both were seen whispering together throughout the evening.
In 1838, Henry B. Truett was convicted of the murder of Jacob Early. Early (a physician) and Truett became enraged in a political quarrel; a quarrel that was provoked by Truett. His young, inexperienced attorney—who had been practicing law for less than two years—spoke to the jury in a controversial yet engaging tone. The young attorney painted the events that led to the murder of Early in vivid color for the jury. While Truett had provoked Early, Early’s rage grew to such levels Truett felt his life was in imminent danger.
James King Is Guilty Monster, by Walter Dean Myers. The book is about a sixteen year old boy named Steve Harmon, who tells his story about the trial for murder he is on. He is also with a twenty two year old man named James King for the same crime. Petrocelli is trying to prove both of them guilty. They each have a defendant to defend them.
James King is guilty because of the witness, Lorelle Henry’s testify. Sandra Petrocelli asks witness, Lorelle Henry, what had happened that day and what she overheard. Lorelle replies with, “The gentleman sitting at that table was one of the men arguing [points to King]” pg 164. Mrs. Henry- who had only gone to the store to get medicine for her sick granddaughter- had seen an argument between 2 men, one of them being identified as Mr.King, with the store owner. She left before anything got out of hand.
Found in his book “Murder in Brentwood”, Mark Fuhrman describes his personal interests about the trial as well as the prosecution. He finds that
She urges jurors to remain skeptical of eyewitness identifications of defendants, and demonstrates how mistakes have been made. This book is built around descriptions of cases in which Loftus has been involved as an expert witness for the defense. The book begins with a brief description
This man will to try to convince this court that his is innocent of murdering his aunt, who treated him like a son. However, Devon Emmerson has no alibi, money matching the exact amount of cash from the church offering was sound in Emmerson’s house, and shoe prints from the scene of the crime match only to his
