The following essay will outline the variances of two case” Illinois v. Gates and Spinelli v. United States. It will discuss the Supreme Court requires to establish probable cause for a warrant. Illinois v. Gates In Illinois v. Gates, law enforcement received a letter (that was anonymous) stating that the Gate family was in the drug transporting business, and operating between the states of Florida and Illinois. Upon investigation, law enforcement discovered that Gates had made the purchase of an Air Line ticket, traveling to Florida.
Upon reading and visiting the locations of the murder of Katrina Suhan in the South Amboy State Vs Thomahl Cook Case, I have had mixed reactions and feelings. Also, upon reading online that the defendant (Cook) had appealed his conviction, several questions were raised. If you have read the Supreme courts documents of Thomahl Cook’s appeal you will notice like I did, that there are multiple discrepancies in the police investigation.
Arthur. State of Florida vs. Ruby McCollum, Defendant. S.l.: LuLu, 2007. This first source has origin in Live Oak Florida, publish by C. Arthur Ellis,
Abstract Miranda v. Arizona took place in 1996. The case involves a Hispanic man named, Ernesto Miranda and the state of New York. Miranda is being charged with rape and kidnapping. He was held in interrogation for a lengthy amount of time until he eventually confessed. He was found guilty and the conviction was approved by the supreme court because he did not request a lawyer.
This year at Elon University, all first-year students were given a summer reading. The author Bryan Stevenson, a gifted attorney, who founded the Equal Justice Initiative; fights to raise awareness about the injustices in the United States legal and social systems. Just Mercy, his book magnifies his early career, where he fought for people on death row. This book talks about the injustices that happened back in the 80’s and 90’s but, these same injustices by the police are still around today, but justified by law now.
Introduction. On the date of July 10, 2015, Sandra Bland was arrested and accused of assaulting a police officer after she was stopped for a traffic violation of failing to signal a lane change. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Sandra Bland became “argumentative and uncooperative. It was not until the video of the arrest was released that we saw exactly what happened during the incident. Cannon Lambert, who played the role as the attorney for Bland’s family, reported to CNN that Sandra Bland was asked to put out her cigarette and when she refused she was asked to step out of the car.
Wow! Another young unarmed black teenager killed. Trayvon Martin was a 17-year-old African American boy from Miami Gardens, Florida. Trayvon would usually have a hoodie up with his earphones on and it could be 100 degrees and Trayvon would still have a hoodie on. The hoodie became a symbol of being a thug.
SB 436: Stand Your Ground Law On April 26, 2005, Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed into law SB 436 or what is currently known as the Stand Your Ground law. While the government recognizes a person’s right to use self defense, including deadly force, to protect one’s self, the highly controversial law expanded the right to use deadly force in Florida. Before SB 436, common law was meant to ensure each persons protection with two exception. The common law state that the use of deadly force was justified to use against another person if it was a necessity, if the proportionality in which force was used was equal to the amount one was being threatened with and if another person in the same position would reasonably react in the same manner. However
The central issue being looked at is the 6th Amendment, which is the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses. The point of the 6th Amendment Confrontation Clause is to give the defendant more rights at trial. These rights include, the right to confront their accuser and the witness that are against them. The 6th Amendment also establishes the guidelines for out-of-court
The second argument was including three case, Rosen is trying to explain the epistemic relativism with the case. First, the case 1 talking about Kate was standing on the “State Street”, her mind is very clear and she does not any special reason to suspect the street sign is wrong and nothing accurate than the street sign. Therefore, Rosen think that Kate should be really confident to believed that the street sign and she should not doubt the street sign. Second, the case 2 is talking about I need Kate to find me on the “Main Street”, or I will die at 12:00 AM. When Kate arrived at the Main Street, her eyes without any problem and the street sign is accurately to show she is on the street.
In 2005 Florida passed the country 's first titular Stand Your Ground (SYG) law. In only nine years after the SYG law had been passed in over twenty-three states, changing the lawful scene of self-protection. SYG law states that one has the right to use deadly force when his life, properties, family and home are in danger. Generally, the law means that one can shoot first and then ask questions. The Florida legislators, who passed the nation 's first SYG law, use every available opportunity to tell the story of James Workman, “an old man from Pensacola, FL. who shot an intruder who tried to loot his hurricane-destroyed home” (Montgomery, 2012).
In the first trial, the judge's reasoning for denying Carl Lee’s bail is a known as a logical fallacy called the Appeals to Tradition. The judge wanted to get the trial done with right away, and he resorted to the tradition of denying bail for men who have killed people. A Claim of Policy was done when they attempted to change the location of where the trial was being done believing that Carl Lee Haley had no chance in Canton, Mississippi. The Claim Policy is a claim that asserts specific courses of action should be taken for solutions to problems. Omar illustrated ethos when he used familiar or regular tone of language that allowed his audience to feel closer and more familiar with
This statistic shows that because of the Stand Your Ground laws, people may have an altered view on what may become a dangerous situation and act quickly to protect themselves rather than waiting to see if the situation is truly dangerous. Another study proving that the Stand Your Ground laws led to an increase in homicides stated that Stand Your Ground states had an 8% increase in justified homicides when compared to non-Stand Your Ground states, amounting to an additional 600 killings. Stand Your Ground laws have led to an increase in homicides, which in turn, contribute to unnecessary violence and wrongful
Law enforcement has gone through many controversial ligations involving racial profiling, such as one of the most notorious incidents of the 21st century, being the shooting of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman. This case was
On that note; does ‘Black Lives Matter’ mean that only black lives matter; or is it the concept that Black lives mattering is a precondition for all lives mattering? This paper will discuss in the rationality of the movement. The movement was created by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman for Trayvon Martin’s death. It underlines the “racism and policing that shatters the illusion of a colour-blind , post racial United States” (Keeanga-Yamahtta, T., 2016).
