Description
In this module, you will submit a paper summarizing the court proceeding you observed and other relevant information. Your Module 03 Course Project should include the following information:
- Date, time, city, state, name of courthouse, of court proceeding
- What kind of court proceeding did you observe?
- Trial, hearing, plea bargain, sentencing hearing?
- If you watched recorded content, you must be sure to explain the source (You Tube, etc.)
- What was the defendant's name?
- Name of all participants (judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, any witnesses)
- What is the crime/specific criminal law that the defendant allegedly violated? (This will be important for the next part of the assignment.)
- What individuals did you observe in the court proceeding? (prosecutor, judge, etc.)
- What was the role of each individual you observed?
- How were the defendant's constitutional rights protected during the proceeding?
- Examples:
- Defendant's right to notice of charges
- Right to counsel (Sixth Amendment)
- Privilege against self-incrimination (Fifth Amendment)
- Right to confront witnesses (Sixth Amendment)
- Right to present evidence (Sixth Amendment)
- Right to a jury trial (Sixth Amendment)
- Exclusion of illegally obtained evidence (Fourth Amendment)
- Examples:
- What was the outcome of the proceeding? (guilty plea, set for trial, conviction, sentence)
- Student's reflection and overall thoughts about the proceeding.
- Was it more/less formal than you expected?
- What student learned from the experience
- How experience helped student learn more about criminal law and procedure
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Running Head: COURTROOM CASE ESSAY
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Courtroom Case Essay
Institutional Affiliation
Date
COURTROOM CASE ESSAY
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The date of the trial as it can be seen in the video was on 16th April 2013. The case
was heard by Justice John Kissinger, one of the justices in the Superior Court located in New
Hampshire. The kind of court proceeding which can be seen in the video is a trial. The trial
was held for three days where the judgment was given on the third day, that is, on 18th April
2013. The court proceedings include the swearing in of the jury. The prosecutor and defense
attorney deliver their opening statements. A good number of witnesses are called by the
prosecution for the next two to three days. The closing argument is provided on the third day
as well as the delivery of the verdict. The source of the content will be freekeene.com since
the company was involved with the recording of the case.
The defendant's name as provided in the video is Rich Paul. However, his full name is
Richard Paul who was convicted for the crime he wa...