Criminal Law - Courtroom Observation

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By now, you should have observed a court proceeding for a criminal case.

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)
  • 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

Be sure your paper includes all information asked for in the assignment.

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Running head: CRIMINAL LAW – COURTROOM OBSERVATION.
Subject: LAW.

THE COURT PROCEEDING OF CORY BATEY RAPE CASE.
The judges finally gave a verdict on a court case of sexual assault (rape case) this court
procession took place in Davidson County Criminal Court, on a Friday, July 15th 2016 in
Nashville in the state of Tennessee at about 5:55 p.m.
This court proceeding was a sentencing session which I watched from the internet (you tube).The
accused was a young man by the name Cory Batey who, according to the information given, was
an ex footballer of Vanderbilt University.
People present in the court
The courtroom had the following in attendance, during the sentencing, Judge Monte Watkin,
Johnny Grimes, a witness (Cory’s church pastor), Audrey Batey (defendant’s mum) and Rev
James Thomas (witness).Prosecutors available were Tom Thurman and Jan Norman, the defense
attorney was Cou...


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