The murder cases can be related to the Criminal Procedures, Section 5 in chapter 10. In all three of the cases, there was a mention that when the policemen had gotten a call at the station from witnesses or bystanders, they had a probable cause to go and investigate the crime scenes and search households of the accused defendant. Usually there would be a need for a warrant, but because of the bystanders and evidence that were shown (surveillance camera, audio record, witnesses, etc), policemen are able to go and investigate without a need to get a warrant. All of the evidence that was presented to the people of the court were obtained legally and to be established that the defendant’s guilt is “beyond a reasonable doubt.” For Johnathan Sanchez murder trial, there were many stolen goods that were involved before …show more content…
In his case, it can also be related to the Insanity defense that was in his opening statement a few days to a week ago. It was said that he had suffered from a mental illness that drove him to the point that he was not in his right mind when he was stabbing his teacher in order to avoid a heavier penalty; however, they still need some more evidence to show that it either have to do with his mental health or his age during that time. For Derek Medina case, it was said that he murdered his wife due to self-defense, like how it stated under Justifiable Use of Force that is also in Section 4 of Defenses to Criminal Liability. Derek Medina had said his wife had a knife in her hand and was trying to “harm” him at that time and because of that, he shot her. However, like it said in the textbook. it was used as a deadly force and in some cases it would not be justified as a reasonable
The defendant wife’s friend, Menarco stated that Linda had an argument earlier in the day with her husband, Elward Roe Wanoskia. Linda later on headed home and argued with Wanoskia and after all that, Linda was shot. The defendant testified that his wife shot herself after the argument. At trial, the government sought to show by expert testimony and a demonstration that the defendant’s wife didn’t shoot herself. The demonstration was all based in the length of an individual’s arm to see how far away your arm can be to shoot yourself in the head.
Therefore the defendant was capable to premeditated and intentionally followed through with killing the victim’s. The defendant was evaluated by Dr. Roland Levy the day of the shooting once he turned himself in. Dr. Levy had analyzed the defendant’s psychiatrist’s opinions and concluded the defendant had no mental
The suspects are believed to be armed and dangerous. The conclusion was that the suspects were to have headed east due to dropped jewelry in that direction. Deputies observed that the back door of the residence is kicked in, supporting that this is the suspects’ entrance. The wife and husband reported that they were tied up with a phone cord,
Two mega cases would be the Jodi Arias Case and the Casey Anthony one. In the Jordi Arias case, Arias was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander. She killed him at his home by stabbing him 27 times, slicing his throat and shooting him in the head. She changed her story several times. She initially denied the killing but later admitted to it, claiming it was self-defense.
A Chicago father of seven children used technology to sell his iPhone 6, that turned into a tragic decision for his family. Trinidad Bueno-Sanchez placed his phone for sale on the OfferUp app, he found a buyer and setup a meeting in a public place, a Meijer store parking lot, to exchange the phone for the $450 selling price, according to WGNtv. Five teenage girls were waiting with an envelope full of money for the 43-year-old father, but not all of the cash was in there. The teens realized Bueno-Sanchez figured that out as he was leaning into the car.
There was a killing in texas that left three people dead. On December 2014 the jury said that Eric Williams was the killer for these people and he should die for the killing of these people. Cynthia Mclellend and her husband Mike Mclellend were shot to death in there home close to a suburb east of Dallas and mark hasse death but hasn’t been to trial. Authorites said that Eric Williams had stole some computer equipment and he was very upset cause that coast him his law license and job. The court has now found evidence on Eric Williams and said that he killed the people in two different incidents and Eric wife Kim testified and said she drove the getaway car and help him destroy the weapons.
Murder in New Mexico and Three Cases that Illustrate how the Statute is Implemented The three cases that I will be looking at are: State v. Contreras, State v. Nieto, and State v. Garcia. To start off I will first summarize the case of State v. Contreras. The case number is 21455. The defendant was charged under the section 30-2-1 along with tampering with evidence and unlawful taking of a car.
During his confession, Dan could barely describe the actions that had taken place at the city hall that day. His lawyer, Douglas R. Schmidt, claimed that Dan had acted “in the heat of passion and not out of malice” because leading up to the shooting, Dan had become “s shattered individual” who was severely depressed, sleep deprived and engorged on junk food. Martin Blinder, one of Dan’s five defense therapists told of how in his meetings with him leading up to the shooting, Dan had given up his healthy diet and had begun indulging in sugary junk food such as coke, doughnuts and Twinkies. Blinder stated that he believed this was Dan’s way of coping with his depression. This was called a diminished capacity defense, which meant that they were attempting to lighten the severity of the conviction, since there was no way of proving he didn’t do it.
It is another form of evidence to help solidify and crack down the killer. The defense could have put more emphasis on the statement that William’s parents knew his son was home and that they had the vehicle and maybe that could cause more of the idea of him being framed. If I was a juror I know that Williams reaction in the courtroom would set me on
This gave prosecutors the authority to decide which cases should be filed in adult court. In the old charging system, judges who believe that a youth could be rehabilitated, even murder cases, such as the McInerney case, were kept in Juvenile Court. Even though the case was sent back and forth between the adult and juvenile system, at the end Brandon McInerney was punished for this because Maeve Fox, the prosecutor said that “Shooting someone in the back of the head for me is an execution-style murder. He thought about it. He planned it.
The Murder Trial of Biggie Smalls Rathbone, William Unit 7 Assignment CJ 101 Wallace Biggie was one of the most powerful rappers before getting murdered in drive by shooting in March of 1997. At time he was killed the police had many theories of why he got murdered on that day. The police had multiple suspects about who did it but wasn’t sure of who or why they murdered Biggie Smalls. On that day Biggie was on his way to the hotel from the music party. When his SUV came up to the stop light, he could hear someone call his name, so he rolled his back window down to see who that’s when he was shot multiple times in the torso and then the suspects drove away from the murder.
The police where deeply involved in the case before and all through the prosecution of Hauptmann. Fundamentally, they arrived right after they received the emergency call and searched the home and the
In the ESPN article, “Jury convicts Becker of murder,” it shares the news of the conviction of Mark Becker and tells more of the story behind the murder of Ed Thomas. Jurors, rejecting Mark Becker's pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity, was found guilty in the shooting of his high school football coach. Becker explained to psychiatrists that after months of torment, he shot Thomas at least six times in the high school weight room, then kicked his body before walking away. The article states that Jurors heard about Becker's delusions, how he believed that the community was against him and that Ed Thomas Applington-Parkersburg coach was satan. The defense claimed that Becker's delusions were so severe that he didn't know right from wrong.
Crime Report Jessica Silva - Murder Trial The night Jessica Silva allegedly stabbed her estranged partner to death; her neighbor says there was a scream like she’d never heard before. Jessica Silva, 24 was charged with the manslaughter of her ex partner James Polkinghorne, 28. The woman of 24 allegedly stabbed her former partner in her residency located in Marrickville in Sydney’s inner west on Mother’s Day 2012. Although, Silva was charged with murder, she pleaded not guilty at the NSW Supreme Court on the basis of self defence.
The judge declares the “Murder in the first degree—premeditated homicide—is the most serious charge tried in our criminal courts. One man is dead. The life of another is at stake. If there is a reasonable doubt in your minds as to the guilt of the accused … then you must declare him not guilty. If, however, there is no reasonable doubt, then he must be found guilty.