In the case State v. Mark Ducic, Mark is on trial for the murders of Barbra Davis and Donald (Don). Ducic had allegedly murdered Barbra for thinking she was going to tell the police about him dealing drugs, and Don for being the only witness to the murder. When Barbra died, her body was found with numerous drugs in her system and later her friend, Don was found dead too. When the coroner first received the bodies, she believed they had died to accidental overdoses, then after reviewing the police reports changed her mind to homicides that were done out through strategic planning. Ducic was said to have mixed oxycontin with other drugs to create a “hot shot” to make the drug injection look like an overdose. Mark Ducic has been in the systems …show more content…
Their main argument was the Don was a pathological liar who was just trying to impress Weiss on the recordings. The defense had related Ducic to Walter Smitty since Walter would daydream about being somebody or something that he was not. They also wanted to convince the jury that Weiss had a lot to benefit from being cooperative with the police and helping them, meaning he would get Ducic to saying anything incriminating in order to help his own case. They also wanted to show that Weiss was an unreliable source who could not be trusted since during his time of being an undercover was on crack. While on the stand, the doctor had said that Ducic was hard to evaluate since he was a drug addict who had lied for the majority of his life. Ducic and his mother had also taken the stand. Mrs.Ducic, 85 years old at the time, spoke of how her son was an avid churchgoer who had promised to help her in any way possible once her husband had passed away. While on the stand, she was very emotional and cried when conveying to the message how firm of a believer she was that her son did not do anything wrong aside from lying about killing. Ducic too was emotional while making his closing statements and on the stand. His main objective was to make the jury feel bad for wanting to sentence him to death by saying “if you do sentence me to death, you will have to live with that fact”. In the end, the defense has succeeded in their goal of saving their defendants life by getting him charged with life without
Case Brief: Maryland v. Pringle Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 124 S. Ct. 795 (2003) Facts: In Baltimore County, a car was stopped by a police officer for speeding in the early morning hour. The car was occupied by three men identified as Donte Partlow (driver/owner), Joseph Pringle (respondent/front-seat passenger), and Otis Smith (back-seat passenger). When the officer asked Partlow for his registration, he opened the glove compartment where the officer observed a large roll of money inside the compartment, later confirmed as $763. The officer asked Partlow for consent to search the vehicle, which he consented.
Laura Richart S. DioGuardi Criminal Law & Procedure 22 September 2016 CJ2300 Assignment 1: Case Brief Case: Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) Procedural History: Fred Korematsu was a Japanese- American who was sent to an internment camp following the enactment of Executive Order 9066 in 1942. This executive order required that all Japanese- Americans, some Italian- Americans, and some Jewish refugees be taken from their homes and placed in internment camps around the United States, with many being on the West Coast. This was in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor and was intended to prevent supposed espionage. Korematsu refused to transfer from the original camp in Manzanar, CA that he was placed in and was arrested and
In Arizona, relocation of a minor child when there is a written agreement or court order between two parents (both residing in the state of Arizona), is regulated by Arizona Revised Statute 25-408. In most cases, application of this statute’s regulations becomes necessary when one parent wishes to relocate with the minor child out of state. In some cases, such as Thompson v. Thompson, the statute can be cited in relation to relocation within the state of Arizona. A Brief History of the Case: Thompson v. Thompson:
The two attorneys will present their case before a judge. During the trial the CA will introduce Blanco-Garcia’s confession in which he admits killing Vanessa Pham as she drove him to the hospital. The DA will offer a counter argument that his client attacked Pham because he believed that she posed a danger to him. Furthermore, that the PCP his client took earlier that day decreased his mental capability. The CA will reason that the amount of times the defendant stabbed the victim indicates an intent to kill.
On October 14, 2015, I went to the Arizona Superior Court at Downtown Phoenix. I went to the room 503 in the Central Court Building, which is a family court. The judge that was in the room is Paul J McMurdie. He begin hearing at 1:30 P.M. and there are a 5 hearing during the day that I visited. One of the case that he hearing is FC2010-006759, Hall vs. Gollins.
Mapp vs. Ohio On June 19, 1961, the Mapp v. Ohio case was taken to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C. The situation addressed in court was a violation of the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment states that people have the right to be secure in their houses, and it forbids unreasonable searches and seizures.
Even when the toxicology tests conducted by the medical examiner revealed that Diane was heavily intoxicated with both alcohol and
Overview of Clements v. State The case of Clements v. State is an example of how the legal framework of stalking laws in Texas should be interpreted and the effectiveness of this law to ensure justice for the victims. The case depicts how the law should operate despite certain vagueness in aspects of the First Amendment. The decision of the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas to uphold the conviction while disagreeing with some conclusions arrived at by the trial court proves that stalkers will not be allowed to slide through cracks in the legal system. The case, based on a sequence of events where the complainant, Jennifer Clements, was subject to psychological trauma accompanied by an imminent physical threat to her from Nathan Clement, her estranged husband, is a forthright condition of stalking which complies with the Statues of
In Marbury v. Madison (1803) it was announced by the Supreme Court for the very first time, that if an act was deemed inconsistent with the constitution then the court was allowed to declare the act void. Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, James Madison, denied William Marbury of his commission. President John Adams appointed William Marbury the justice of peace for the District of Columbia during his last day in office. Madison denied Marbury of this commission because he believed that because it was not issued before the termination of Adams presidency, that it was invalid. Marbury himself started a petition, along with three others who were in a similar situation.
Justice Scalia of the United States Supreme Court produced a dissent after the decision made in Obergefell v. Hodges and expressed his reasons behind what he believed to be an incredibly poor decision made by the Court. In the dissent Scalia explains how the decision could be a threat to the way the American Government works and could have a serious effect on our future. Past decisions made by the Court as well as past interpretations of the Constitution are both a part of Scalia’s argument. These components of his argument all contribute to his overall strategy to in the dissent. To explain his vote against gay marriage, Scalia uses his knowledge of the US system of government and plays on the emotions of the US citizens who have a strong
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
The Incident In 1998, Dr. Linda Reynolds of the Brooke Surgery in Hyde reached to John Pollard, who was the coroner for the South Manchester District, about Dr. Harold Shipman’s high rate of deaths of all of his patients. This was brought to the police attention and the police did not pay so much attention to it, assigning some of the newer police officers, which of course had little experience in being a police officer. These assigned police officers were unable to find enough evidence to charge Dr. Harold Shipman. Shipman’s investigation was then dropped and that same year Shipman killed 3 more people, with last victim being Kathleen Grundy, whose death certificate was recorded by Shipman stating that the cause of death was “old age.”
They have told you the true story of what happened that fateful night on June 17, 2016. Their testimonies show you that the defendant was not helpless and that she had many opportunities to leave her husband. In addition, their testimonies showed you that the defendant knowingly and premeditatedly murdered her unconscious husband. Unlike the defense, the prosecution and its witnesses have no gain by lying to
Throughout the murder cases, Legalism played an important role in helping Judge Dee expose the truth. Harsh and strict punishments were inflicted anytime even a slight variation of the truth was presented to Judge Dee. For example, when Warden Pang is questioned about his involvement in a crime during the case of The Double Murder at Dawn, he is given one hundred strokes with heavy bamboo for not instantly giving the response Judge Dee expected (Gulik 15). In the case of The Strange Corpse, Mrs. Djou was questioned by Judge Dee under torture even though others in the courtroom believed her story and felt sympathy for her. Judge Dee knew she was guilty of a crime and abided by the philosophy of legalism by punishing her for not being honest in her testimony and for committing a crime
Not seeing the case through the given facts, this juror just rants about how the background of the boy provides sufficient reasons for him to die. The astonishing scene is when, upon hearing the real reasons behind his