[PDF] Top 20 Vignettes from the Criminal Court II

... If juries in this type of a murder case return verdicts fixing the penalty at life imprisonment, or imprisonment for any term of years, the message is sent to these hold-up men that they[r] ... See full document

... It was unfortunate that this attorney should be called into the criminal court to defend a case where the death penalty was the probable verdict, if the jury found the defendants guilty.[r] ... See full document

... The fact that the defendant was out on bonds was observed by the jury; a policeman had testified for the defense; the state's star witness had been impeached; an eye-witness for the stat[r] ... See full document

... 3. Other countries have a different system such as an "inquisitional system" in which the judge is active in questioning witnesses and controlling the court process, including the gathering and presenting ... See full document

... international criminal law issues involving in particular, but not exclusively, Latin American ...International Court, (Bruxelles, ...Vol. II, Constitutional Issues, Cooperation, Enforcement (Nomos – ... See full document

... She admitted saying, "See if you can bring about our escape without shooting him." This was very favorable testimony for Dodd even though she did add, "I did not know, at that time, that[r] ... See full document

... The theory of the State was that the defendants had been mistaken as to the identity of their victim, the defendant appearing at the trial as a witness against them.. Although the State'[r] ... See full document

... Fortunately for the defendant, the jury did not believe the testimony of the contractor's son as to these quarrels, probably because of his hatred for the man charged with the murder of [r] ... See full document

... The defense then called a South the state asking you to come in and tell what you knew about this af- Park Traffic Officer who was at the fair?" With this foundation, the corner of Jacks[r] ... See full document

... The right to bail existing in every charge except a murder case where the evidence is great and the presumption strong that the defendant is guilty, he asked the state to furnish evidenc[r] ... See full document

... The evidence in this case not only fails to show the elements of confidence game but proves clearly, on the other hand, that there was no intent on the part of the defendant to defraud K[r] ... See full document

... To be guilty of perjury, a man must have violated the perjury statute with all the elements of that offense." The defense attorney was well-acquainted with the distinction between "false[r] ... See full document

... guilty." Following are additional sidelights upoft the trial: When the officer testified that he would not believe the defense witness who spoke of the attack upon the accused, under oat[r] ... See full document

... One of his questions was, "Were you ever in a position where you were deprived of work because of the interference of labor unions?" Upon learning of any experience which might make the [r] ... See full document

... the homicide and had not seen a gun, the defending attorney maintained The defense admitted that the ac- that these girls had not testified at the cused had fired the shots that killed t[r] ... See full document

... the Court of Common Pleas, he switched places with his friend Justice Joseph Yates for a judgeship on the Kings ...the Court of Common Pleas, and served until his death in ... See full document

... The court-martial practice: 1 allows a super-majority to reach a guilty verdict; 98 2 dictates a verdict of acquittal whenever guilt is not established to the satisfaction of the requisi[r] ... See full document

... The study pays particular attention to two critical points in the processing of juveniles arrested for serious assaultive behavior: waiver to criminal court and the criminal court trial.[r] ... See full document

... Statistics on the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals SMU Law Review Volume 49 Issue 4 Annual Survey of Texas Law Article 26 1996 Statistics on the Texas Supreme Court and the[.] ... See full document

... Statistics on the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas SMU Law Review Volume 46 Issue 4 Annual Survey of Texas Law Article 30 1993 Statistics on the Supreme Court of Texas[.] ... See full document