1.) Prosecutor, on the night of June 16th, where were you? - Hunter, Calkin Cliffs, above Midlands Marina.
1.) Defense, and why were you there? - Hunter, To see the lunar eclipse.
2.) Prosecutor, could you see the marina fairly well from where you where? - Hunter, Yes, it was just starting to get dark.
2.) Defense, where their any lights on around the arena? - Hunter, No.
3.) Prosecutor, when you got to the cliffs, did you see anyone else there? - Hunter, no, not until the maserati came.
3.) Defense, was there enough light from the moon to see someone on the dock? - Hunter, yes the moon made it brighter but it was getting darker.
4.) Prosecutor, how could tell the car was black and not dark blue?
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4.) Defense, how come you knew it was a maserati? - Hunter, Because they are my favorite kind of car.
5.) Prosecutor, you said that the car had xenon light bulbs that were purple, would you be able to know the same car if you saw it again? - Hunter, yes because those lights are very rare.
5.) Defense, you said that the purple lights where custom and didn't come with the car? - Hunter, yes.
6.) Prosecutor, why do you suppose the car turned off it’s headlights when it came into the parking lot? - Hunter, it probably didn't want anyone to see him.
6.) Defense, how soon did the car turn off it’s lights? - Hunter, right after it turned into the parking lot.
7.) Prosecutor, the person who got out of the car, could you tell us anything about them? - Hunter, no, only that the person was normal sized.
7.) Defense, where did the person go? - Hunter, onto a ship called “The Help
On the evening of Ms. Heggar¡¦s death she was alone in her house. Eddie Ray Branch, her grandson, testified that he visited his grandmother on the day that she was killed. He was there till at least 6:30 p.m. Lester Busby, her grandnephew, and David Hicks arrived while her grandson was still there and they saw him leave. They then went in to visit with Ms. Heggar. While they were there, Lester repaid Ms. Heggar 80 dollars, which he owed her. They left around 7:15 p.m. and went next door to a neighboring friend¡¦s house. David Hick¡¦s went home alone from there to get something but returned within ten minutes of leaving. Because he was only gone for 5-10 minutes, prosecution theorized TWO attacks on Ms. Heggar because he could not have killed his grandmother during this 5-10 minute period alone. At 7:30 p.m., 15 minutes after the two had left, an insurance salesman called to see Ms. Heggar. He knocked for about 2 or 3 minutes and got no reply. Her door was open but the screen door was closed. Her TV was on. He claimed to have left after about 5 minutes and then he returned the next morning. The circumstances were exactly the same. With concern, he went to the neighbor¡¦s house and called the police. His reasoning for being there was because the grandmother¡¦s family had taken out burial insurance three days before she had died.
- If all of the options were explored, and patient is given antibiotics and is treated without any pain or suffering than the treatment identifies with the ethnical principles of autonomy, non-maleficence, and veracity. In turn, Mrs. Dawson will be happy with the outcome of the procedure.
That night, many witnesses reported having seen a man changing the tire of his van and waving any possible help away angrily while others reported seeing a woman wandering around the side of the dangerous highway. More witnesses reported that Kenneth and his wife were having many violent disputes at their home that usually resulted in Kenneth pursuing an angry Yvonne around the block. The most compelling evidence against Mathison, however, is purely scientific. Detective Paul Ferreira first noticed that the extensive blood stains inside the Mathison van. After hearing Mathison’s original account, he summoned the assistance of famed forensic expert Dr. Henry Lee to analyze what he thought was inconsistent evidence. Blood stains on the paneling and the spare tire in the cargo area reveal low-velocity blood stains meaning that the blood probably dripped from Yvonne’s head onto the floor. The stains found on the roof and steering wheel were contact transfer patterns probably caused by Mathison’s bloody hands. Blood stains on the driver’s side of the van were contact-dripping patterns which indicate that Mathison touched the inside of the van multiple times before and after moving his wife’s body. The final groups of blood stains on the instrument panel of the van were medium-velocity stains which show investigators that Mathison probably struck his wife at least once in the front seat causing the blood to fly from her open head wound. The enormous amounts of blood inside the van lead prosecutor Kurt Spohn to investigate the Mathison case as a murder instead of a misdemeanor traffic violation.
According to the defendant he was aware that the youths did not possess any firearms or guns but was afraid based on his experience of being “maimed”. The conductor of the train , after hearing shots fired , instructed the motorman to call for emergency assistance. When the conductor went into the seventh car of the train, where the shooting took place, he saw the Goetz sitting on one of the benches while the four youths were injured lying on the floor or slumped against a seat. The defendant claimed to the conductor that the four youths were try...
When horrific crimes occur in large cities, many of them can be chalked up to gang violence or to the larger population of that specific city. But when horrific crimes happen in small cities like Lincoln, Nebraska, people begin to ask questions like who did this and why. In 1958, a nineteen year old man named Charles Starkweather put the entire state of Nebraska and possibly the entire nation in a state of terror. With his murder spree taking only three days, Starkweather had collected a body count of ten bodies, including two teenagers and a young child. Understanding Starkweather’s past and state of mind begins to answer the second question of why.
As she began to formulate her first question, she ran over the outline of this case. The District Attorney produced a case of a man who is charged with having broken into an office building to steal company tax files and killed a cleaning lady who ran into him as he was rummaging through the file cabinet. The prosecution had adequately established motive and opportunity for the murder but the question of how Isaac had gotten in the building troubled all who were in the courtroom. No doors were broken into. No alarms were triggered. How could the killer have gotten in? The only direction the jury was pointed in was to a small narrow window overhanging the trash disposal entrance. That single window was the focus of the majority of the trial. Window experts were brought into testify and cross-examined and cross-examined again. Crime scene pictures of the window were shown, examined, measured, and shown again. The window seemed much too small for the defendant to get through. Both attorneys focused much of their closing arguments on the window, and there was running joke among the jurors (except for Judy) that a murderer was going to come through the jury room windows one day with all the attention windows were
Pierce stated that Jeleesha Hampton was in a blue tahoe and was ramming Spiveys vehicle.
The woman said that when she looked out the window she saw the murder taking place. Juror eight show how her testimonial doesn’t prove that it was the boy who killed his father. (PG.61) -'juror eight-' I think it's logical to say she was not wearing her glasses in bed, and I don't think she'd put them on to glance casually out the window. . . . She testified that the murder took place the instant she looked out, and that the lights went out a split second later. She couldn't have had the time to put on her glasses then. Now perhaps this women honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father. I say that she only saw a blur'. He show that their were doubt that could have been found in the testimonial that was
3. How can police and the Manhattan district attorney interview a woman who has been murdered on screen?
Headlights always were intensely bright at night. They’re intimidating. It’s hard to move or react after being stunned by them. These lights were enormous circles, the first sign before the crunch of metal that followed afterwards. An impact side swept the vehicle into the snow. The spinning made the girl dizzy and she was sick upon her dress. The screams of a man and woman joined together in a terrifying harmony before they cut off
located the vehicle and had stopped it in the Fred Meyer parking lot. I arrived
This Article thoroughly investigates in great detail many methods that prosecutors should use in order to accurately analyze eyewitness testimonies. These methods will significantly enhance the ability of the criminal justice system and those within it to assess eyewitness accounts and the accuracy of the accounts that are given. These methods will help to reduce and hopefully eventually eliminate wrongful convictions throughout not only the US but throughout all of the world. One of these many methods goes as follows: First, you must come to a personal understanding about whether the law enforcement officers or officials at the scene conducted the eyewitness interviews
9) Legal Considerations at the Crime Scene are of utmost importance in ensuring that the evidence is admissible. Discuss this in the context of Mincey v. Arizona case and the Michigan v. Tyler
As I walked in and I went through the same metal detector. Same guard and lackadaisical nature. Same elevator and third floor. I quickly used the restroom and waited in anticipation for the doors to open to the courtroom. I was finally ready to use the notebook I had brought every time to get down the best notes possible for the assignment given so long ago. As the doors were opened the same jurors walked in and I recognized the judge and deputy assigned to this case from before. This time, I walked in after the jurors and sat in the very back right corner of the room. The room looked exactly the same as before but I did notice there was one other person in the room. I assumed it must be the prosecutor for the case. As I waited for everything
“You guys are quiet.” Graham looked in the rear view mirror and switched the car to autopilot. He saw for the first time the strong resemblance between the two. They were both tall and athletic with thick blonde hair. They had millions of freckles dotted across their nose. The only big difference between the two was their eyes. Warner’s were glossy blue and Sayde’s were a kind of green that made grass look colorless. Both kids were dressed for the outdoors with hiking boots, green shorts with lots of pockets, and a green handkerchief for Sayde. Feeling that the lack of conversation was creating an awkward silence, Graham turned the radio to the police scanner. Sayde and Warner sat up and began to listen. They were calling all available units to St. Lucy’s local hospital that was apparently burning at a very rapid pace. Things like this