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Analysis of Rowell v. STATE 666 So.2d 830, 831 (1995) Level of Court: Supreme Court of Alabama/Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals Facts: Manuel Dee Rowell was arrested for illegal possession of cocaine following a police search of an automobile co-owned by him and a friend who has recently passed away. At the time of his death he has pending cocaine charges against him. The search that was conducted after his death was under a proper search warrant. During the search a matchbox containing crack cocaine under the carpet of the floor on the driver’s side, along with $800 in cash hidden in a boot in the trunk of the car. At the time of arrest Rowell was wearing a telephone pager.
The case of California v. Greenwood involves police who were investigating a potential drug trafficker, Greenwood. The police, who were acting on information that suggested that Greenwood could possibly be engaged in narcotics trafficking, obtained trash that Greenwood had left on the curb in front of his home. Considering the trash included items indicative of narcotics use, the police then obtained warrants to search Greenwood’s home, discovered controlled substances during their searches, and subsequently arrested respondents on felony narcotics charges. The issue in this case was whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the warrantless search and seizure of trash left for collection outside the curtilage of a home.
Bath, N.Y. (WENY) -- In a few days Thomas Clayton will be sentenced for his role in orchestrating his wife 's death. However on Thursday, the attorney for the convicted murderer made his first motion for a new trial. Thomas Clayton appeared in a dark green prison jumpsuit, shackled at his hands and feet, as his attorney Ray Schlather argued against the expert testimony of cell phone analyst Sy Ray. Schalther said the jury got it wrong
Clarence Earl Gideon was falsely accused of burglarizing a cigarette machine and jukebox inside a poolroom. When Gideon was sent to court to receive his sentence, he had no lawyer, therefore he had to defend himself. Despite his valiant efforts, Gideon was sent to 5 years in prison. While there, Gideon filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus hoping to challenge his conviction. His ability to file for a petition is a positive right, so even though he was not given a lawyer, despite his need and right to one, some of his positive rights—filing a petition—were still upheld.
State of Georgia V. Marcus Dwayne Dixon (2003) Marcus Dixon was a highly recruited high school football player. His life suddenly took a tragic turn when he was falsely convicted of raping a 15 year old girl. The elements around his false conviction could have been avoided with some reform to the criminal justice courts system. Dixon initially had many charges against him but were narrowed down to statutory rape and aggravated child molestation. There was much racial disparity surrounding the jury on Dixon’s case, in that the county that Dixon committed his “crime” was a predominantly white population.
This document is from the dissent of Mr. Justice Harlan in the Plessy v. Ferguson trial decided on May 18, 1896. His audience is the assenting Justices, and any citizen of the United States that reads the decision handed down by the court. Justice Harlan wrote his Dissent to the case to establish that the assenting judges were amiss in their decision to uphold the Louisiana Separate Car Act. Justice Harlan believes that the decision of the court is wrong on the basis that, if read as purported the U.S. Constitution has no caste, and is therefore color blind. He says “the white race deems itself to be the dominant race in this country.
Countless people are getting placed in the criminal justice system on meager charges. Then, the system offers them “Legal Misrepresentation,” even though Gideon v. Wainwright (Alexander, 2012, p. 85) stated that they are entitled to an attorney if they are accused of a serious crime and indigent. Yet, public defendant attorneys lack resources and are overburdened with a substantial caseload that they cannot give defendants suitable representation. Subsequently, these accused people are forced into a plea deal to offset spending the mandatory maximum sentences in prison. Bad Deal
The Supreme Court understood that in “in our adversary system of criminal justice, any person hauled into court, which is poor to hire an attorney, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided. The second trial finally occurred in 1963, were Gideon was found not guilty and was appointed by an attorney. Gideon was finally, set free acquainted by the Supreme Court jury. In contrast with the two trials Gideon faced an intense hardship. As the first trial occurred Gideon did not have a lawyer to his defense, the witnesses who testified on his behalf did not help prove his innocence in not being guilty; nor did Gideon know how to work the stance position towards his case.
Another basis to make Murray’s claim viable is the 1983 Church V Commissioner’s case. The court adopted a similar analysis to the Roemer decision. In the church, the taxpayers got $250000 compensatory damages and a punitive damage of $ 235000 in a defamation lawsuit. The court focused on the nature of the claim and identified that the award for compensation was as a result of humiliation, ridicule and total embarrassment. Those injuries were personal tort-type claims contrary to the physical injuries.
Lennie v. Curly is an inciting incident because they both are opposite of each other. They are opposite of each other because in pages 63 – 64 Lennie was getting beaten up by Curly, but Lennie stopped Curly’s fist and broke it. Lennie acts like a baby but Curly acts like a grown up adult bully. Lennie is like a baby in an adult body. Lennie doesn’t know how strong he is and he doesn’t try to be mean and hurt people.
He got a phone call and then he asked if his friend could go back to trial because he couldn’t read. So when he was going to go back to trial he said he wasn 't ready and that he wanted a different lawyer. So when he got another lawyer he went to trial and when the jury came back they said he was innocent. this case was important because clarence earl gideon didnt have a
We see multiple successes of voting equality attempted through amendments, however, the Supreme Court’s decision on Shelby County v. Holder has pushed back years and years of effort for voting rights. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling was in Shelby County’s favor, stating that the Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional along with Section 5. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr, who wrote the majority’s opinion, said that the power to regulate election was reserved to the states, not the federal government. As a result to the court’s decision, the federal government can no longer determine which voting law discriminates and can be passed. After the case, many states had freely passed new voting laws; the most common voting law states passed
Barker v. Wingo 407 U.S. 54 (1972) Tomica Brown-Wright Strayer University SOC 205 Society, Law, and Government Dr. Terry Lunsford October 26, 2014 Introduction According to Justia (2014) Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case that tried the determinations of whether or not the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial for defendants in criminal cases have been violated must be made on a case-by-case basis, and set forth four factors to be considered in the determination the (1) length of delay there isn’t an absolute time limit that is just one factor used in determining whether a speedy trial has been denied.
The issue in Marbury VS Madison originated when John Adams named forty-two justices before he left office. This was done to keep a check on the anti-federalist once Thomas Jefferson was elected. The ant-federalist were outrage, resulting in Thomas Jefferson deciding to not honor the commissions. The reasoning Jefferson gave was that “they had not been delivered by the end of Adam’s term.” This was a result of John Marshall failure to deliver them before Adams had left the presidency.
