My Cousin Vinny: Three Trials For Murder

Three Trials for Murder

Police found Katie Eastburn and two out of three of her daughters stabbed repeatedly with their throats slit. Mr. Cone, a janitor the night the Eastburn woman was murdered, positively identified Timothy Hennis as the suspect. Hennis is a United States army sergeant who recently bought the Eastburn’s dog the night the girls were murdered. An eye wittiness identified Hennis as the man leaving the Eastburn’s home the night in question. Upon receiving a warrant, law enforcement searched Hennis’ home in search for any evidence. From chapter ten, it is discussed further that it is crucial to be as detailed and specific as possible in a warrant. They took Hennis into custody on the charges of three murders and a rape. Unlike

This can be a reliable source to prevent trials from being acquitted. This improved system would have been a useful tool in the movie My Cousin Vinny because Vinny the lawyer cross-examines all of the witnesses on the stand. Vinny revealed how the witnesses’ statements are false. Schmidle’s main argument is presented in the article is if the United States military ignored the double sovereignty. The defendant could not be re-tried by the state or the federal court; therefore, the United States Army took matters into their own hands and retried the defendant. The Military Justice Act of 1968 gave them jurisdiction to try and punish acts (page 75). On the Eastburn trial, the military jury consisted of three to five people who are provided in the book. The trial’s evidence reveals overall how effective DNA samples impact a case process and sentencing. Due to the case being a criminal case, personal jurisdiction exercises the court’s power to try the defendant due to him violating the law. The courts had original jurisdiction because they have the power to try a case and determine the outcome. Also, it is an original jurisdiction because they presented the eyewitness testimonies, has juries, and is conducting a trial. I did not agree with the eye witnesses that were presented in the case because they were testifying false information which leads to the possibility of them being co-rehearsed into what to say while being cross examined. While the author Schmidle is making the claim that the military did not consider the double jeopardy, he fails to consider the fact that they have the ability to try Hennis under the United States Army. The double sovereignty allows a person to be tried under the state and federal