Goldberg And Wheeler Court Case Summary

Jake Ruksakiati V-220 HW 3 Case one: Graham v. Connor (1989) Case two: Kingsley v. Hendrickson (2015) Graham v. Connor: Facts: Graham is a diabetic and asked one of his friends to take him to a convenience store so he could purchase juice to counteract an insulin reaction he had been experiencing. While in the store Graham noticed that the line to check out was extremely long and decided to leave the store. Graham left the store extremely fast, raising suspicion about his activity to police officer Connor.

People of the State of New York v. Jennifer Jorgensen was criminal court case that went to the Court of Appeals in New York. Judge Pigott gives his/her opinion. Jennifer Jorgensen was 34 weeks on the date of the crime. Defendant was under the influenced of both drugs and alcohol. Jorgensen was driving under the influence on Whiskey Road in Suffolk County.

United States v. Morrison was a supreme court case about violence against women. In 1944 while enrolled at Virginia polytechnic institute, Christy Brzonkala alleged that Antonio Morrison and James Crawford sexually assaulted her. Both male students were varsity football players. In 1995 Christy filed a complaint against Morrison and Crawford under Virginia Tech 's Sexual Assault Policy. After a hearing, Morrison was found guilty and Crawford was not.

United States (Court, 1983)Supreme Court HECKLER v. CAMPBELL, (1983) No. 81-1983 Argued: February 28, 1983 Decided: May 16, 1983 http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us (Heckler vs. Campbell, 1983)-supreme-court/461/458.html https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/461/458 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/461/458 Carmen Campbell was a 51- year old woman who worked as a maid and a seamstress in a hotel. Ms. Campbell was born in Panama where she had been educated until the sixth grade.

Ronald Watts, 48 years old, a District tactical sergeant, and a patrol officer named Kallatt Mohammed, 47 years old, were both parts of the 2nd District tactical team in the Chicago Police Department. On the eve of February 13, 2012, both officers were formally charged in the U.S. District Court of Chicago by the Northern District of Illinois United State Attorney, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, with government funds theft. Mr. Watts was an 18-year police veteran and Mr. Mohammed was with the Chicago PD for 14 years. Their arrest was due to unseal complaints of police criminal misconduct by two whistleblower officers, Shannon Spalding and Daniel Echeverria , followed by a thorough investigation of, special of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert D. Grant and the police department’s Internal Affairs Division.

Issue six is concerning Dr.Doctormans involvement in this case. He had not participated in injection of the lethal dose of medication that would soon kill Mr.Conners. One could argue that he knowingly acted in a manner that accelerated Mr. Connor's death. (Section 2 provision A) But his only contribution was directing Mrs.Connors to a website that could be found by anyone with an internet connection.

The 1990 case of Employment Division v. Smith is about Smith and Black who were both members of a Native American Church and counselors at a private drug rehabilitation clinic. They were both fired because they had taken peyote as a part of their religious ceremonies, at that time the possession of peyote was a crime under the State law. The counselors filed for unemployment in the state, but were denied by the Employment Division because the reason for their unemployment was work-related misconduct. Smith and Black argued, stating that under the First Amendment the government is forbidden from prohibiting the "free exercise" of religion in this case the free exercise of peyote. Court of Appeals reversed the ruling, saying that denying them unemployment benefits for their religious use of peyote violated their right to as it was a part of their religion.

Gordon Hirabayashi v. United States On December 7th, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The immediate reaction of the United States government was to enforce curfew on all people of Japanese descent, and even to go as far as force people into internment camps. Though most people of Japanese descent followed the United States government’s commands without question, Gordon Hirabayashi was one of the few that stood against this discrimination. Gordon Hirabayashi was born in Auburn, Washington in 1918 and was a part of the first generation of Japanese Americans in his family.

In my first case, I will analyze the Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. In this case, in a 5-4 decision, the Court overrules its decision in United States v. Miller, in which, it stated that the Second Amendment only protects the right to keep and bear arms in relation with service in a well-regulated, government sponsored militia. In the majority opinion of Heller, Scalia divides the Second Amendment into two parts: the prefatory clause and the operative clause. The prefatory clause is the first half of the Second Amendment, it reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,” while the operative clause is the second half of the Amendment: “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall

“Shipp”). He was taken outside to the chants of the rest of the mob and was then marched to the Tennessee River, where he was thrown in (Pfeifer, “Historic”; “Shipp”). After waiting a couple minutes, Johnson was pulled up (Pfeifer, “Historic”). There were signs of life from Johnson, so the mob shot him (Pfeifer, “Historic”). His last words were: “God bless you all.

Michael M. vs Superior Court is the case that brought gender-neutrality in the criminal justice system to the light. Before this case was presented to the court, few states had adopted a gender-neutral statutory rape case and California, where the case took place, was not among them. The defense argued that California’s rape laws went against the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Then there was case of Mary Kay Letourneau, a former schoolteacher that was engaging in a sexual relationship with her 12 year old student. Letourneau was sentenced to 6 moths in jail while Michael M. received 10 years.

The people of the State of California vs Conrad Murray was a very high profile case due to the celebrity status of the victim. On June 25 2009 legendary singer Micheal Jackson died of a drug overdose from a heavy sedative called propofol, this mixed with other drugs found in Jackson system caused the overdose to happen. While this occurrence looked to be a tragic accident the fault of this accident only pointed to one person. Conrad Murray was Michael Jackson personnel physician that travel with him during the preparation of the This Is It tour.

The Texas versus Johnson case is a case where the state of Texas is arguing that Johnson should be charged and reconvicted. Johnson was a criminal, and he was wrong in his actions. Texas understands that, and they are going to argue the side of justice. Johnson should’ve turned himself over while he had the chance, but he decided to fight his side of the case. He has those rights.

In 1945, the High Court of Australia heard the case of Gratwick v Johnson and ultimately decided to dismiss the appeal in a unanimous decision by the Judges. While different reasoning was employed, all five judges drew the conclusion that the appeal should be dismissed as the statute the defendant was charged under was inconsistent with s.92 of the Australian Constitution. To provide some context for this case in 1944, Dulcie Johnson was charged with an offence against the National Security Act 1939-1943 in that she did contravene par.3 of the Restriction of Interstate Passenger Transport Order by travelling from South Australia to Western Australia by rail. In brief terms par.3 of the Restriction of Interstate Passenger Transport Order provided that no person shall, without a valid permit, travel from state to state or territory.

Case Citation: Nix v. Williams, 467 U.S. 431 (1984) Parties: Crispus Nix, Plaintiffs / Appellants Robert Anthony Williams, Defendant / Appellee Facts: After hiring counsel and surrendering to police in Davenport, Iowa, Robert Anthony Williams was arrested for kidnapping and murdering, 10 year old Pamela Powers of Des Moines, Iowa. In the meantime, a massive search went out for the young girl’s body and Robert Anthony Williams was transported back to Des Moines, Iowa. Police confirmed to counsel that they would not question the defendant during the transport, but they did and Williams led them to the body of 10 year old Pamela Powers only a short distance from where the search team was looking. Robert Anthony Williams Miranda