Nix V. Williams Case Brief

Tuan Taruselli-Stormes Professor Monica Swaner English 102 February 20, 2017 A Rhetorical Analysis of “State of Oregon v. Kipland Philip Kinkel” October 16, 2002, P.J. Haselton filed court documents from the case of Kipland Philip Kinkel. This was a trial based on the 111 years and 8 months’ life term sentence Kinkel had received form an earlier trial for four counts of murder and 26 counts of attempted murder. Through this trial, they recapped the original trial, and deliberated over the evidence presented by Mr. Kinkel’s lawyers. Judge Haselton entertained the courts with their premises for grounds of inhumane violations of article I, section 15, and Article I, section 16, of the Oregon State Constitution.

Faisal Alanazi Prof. Meredith Doench ENG 200 11/1/15 Annotated Bibliography Robertson, Campbell. " Deal Frees ‘West Memphis Three’ in Arkansas. " The New York Times, Aug 19 (2011). Web.

Holding: "The trial court then concluded that the state had made reasonable efforts to produce the witness and admitted the hearsay. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that "more

In the case of Harris v. CSX a railroad worker by the name of Ronald K. Harris filed against his employer, CSX Transportation Inc., under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and the Locomotive Inspection Act. Mr. Harris suffered from cancer, specifically multiple myeloma, which he believed was caused by his exposure to diesel exhaust fumes in his line of work. Unfortunately, after filing and while the case was pending, Mr. Harris succumbed to his cancer and legal proceedings against CSX Transportation were taken over by Deborah Kay Harris, administratrix of his estate. The amended filing by his estate stated Mr. Harris died of cancer, specifically multiple myeloma, brought on by exposure to diesel exhaust fumes. The circuit court of Marshall

The court cases Goldberg and Wheeler do not stand for the proposition that only welfare benefits for people in extreme circumstances are entitled to pre-termination hearings. However, this is one situation where cutting off benefits with little or no notice could affect the well-being of the family or person. Any programs that offer they type of assistance people rely on to survive could benefit from pre-termination hearings, not just the welfare program. Welfare is one of the main public assistance programs, although I think housing assistance and food stamps might fall into the welfare category, they are also in need of a pre-termination hearing. In the Goldberg and Wheeler cases, California and New York did not want to give anyone a hearing

The United States v. Lopez case was about Alfonzo Lopez, a 12th grade student from San Antonio, who came to school carrying a hidden weapon. Under Texas law he was charged with possession of a firearm. Later on he was dismissed of this violation and was later charged with “federal criminal statute”. He was found violating “ The Gun-Free School Act”, which was created in 1990. His sentence was 6 months in prison and two years of being supervised while being released.

After compelling testimonies, Bryant received the charges of second-degree murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Bryant then appealed his conviction four times, and the fourth time being appealed to the Supreme Court of Michigan, the court allowed his case reopened. During his appeal, Bryant stated that Covington’s allegations were hearsay, and their inability to cross-examine Covington, under the Sixth Amendment, carry through as inadmissible in court. Upon the Supreme Court’s decision, Bryant was issued to appear for a new trial, without Covington’s statement to the police. Bryant won his second trial, and reversed his second-degree murder charge, and the possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony charge

Williams vs. North Carolina (1942) The Williams v. North Carolina case is a Supreme Court case in which the court decided that the federal government determines divorce and marriage statuses between state lines. It casted doubt over the validity of thousands of interstate divorces. Mr. Williams and Ms. Hendrix, who were both married, moved to Nevada for six weeks to become citizens of the state, and filed for divorce from their spouses. Their spouses, Carrie Wyke and Thomas Hendrix, were unaware that the divorces were being filed.

Brown held that the murders did not have a blueprint tying them together, but his testimony actually had the reverse effect and this allowed ten other cases to be used as evidence against Williams (The Atlanta, n.d.). Finally, based on extensive testing and investigating by experts on the carpet and vehicle fibers, the prosecution was able to show some devastating statistics, which sealed Williams fate (Case Study, n.d.). The prosecution successfully showed the carpet fibers odds of that fiber being found in a home in Atlanta were 1 in 7,792 while the odds of the vehicle fibers would have been 1 in 3,828 (Case Study, n.d.). Combining these stats, was a crushing realization that the jury took to heart when the statistics showed the odds were now 1 in 29,827,776 that someone else could have committed the murders besides Williams (Case Study,

In 1983, Archie Williams was sent to prison after being accused of rape and attempted murder in Louisiana. At the time of his accusation, he was struggling with his economic stance as a 22 year old. During his trial, multiple pieces of evidence were presented that should’ve proved his innocence. The police had found fingerprints at the scene of the crime, but when they ran them, they didn’t match Mr. Williams’. Along with the Victim never identifying Williams (Only did after police forced her to), and multiple witnesses attesting for Archie being in his bed when the crime was committed.

One of the greatest Supreme Court decisions is Brown v. Board of Education. Children during the 1950’s were racially segregated in public schools which violated the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment (“Brown v. Board of Education, par 1.) A significant amount of the United States had segregated schools in 1954 because the court case Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, states that segregated schools were constitutional as long as the black and white facilities were equal. The black families had to send their children to all-black schools that were usually miles away from where they lived. The schools were not as great as the white schools, and the buildings were often run down and dangerous.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you are here because one person in this courtroom decided to take law into her own hands. The defendant, Mrs. Dominique Stephens, murdered the man that she vowed to love. This sole act by the defendant is violation of all morals and her husband’s right to live. Afterwards, she even felt guilty about this violation of justice and called the cops on herself, and she later signed a written statement stating that she is guilty of the murder of Mr. Donovan Stephens. Then the defendant later recanted this statement and said that she only killed Mr. Stephens in self defense.

Seamons vs. Snow Theodore W Brown SPT 610: Sport Law May 31, 2015 Dr. Brent Estes Seamons vs. Snow CASE CITATION: Sherwin SEAMONS and Jane Seamons, v. Douglas SNOW, Nos.  98-4152, 98-4155.

Lindsay Weeks Legal Brief 1. Title and Citation Clinton v. City of New York 524 U.S. 417 (1998) 2. Facts of the Case This case dealt with the introduction of the Line Item Veto Act which merged two primary acts that caused immense controversy among Congress. The first provision “gave the president the power to rescind various expenditures, it established a check on his ability to do so”.

Case: State v. Mire (2016 WL 314814, 2014-2295 (La. 1/27/16)). Facts: On February 9, 2011 Quint Mire shot and killed Julian Gajan during an out-of-season deer hunting trip In Little Prairie marsh. Mire picked up all of his shell casings and did not attempt to help Gajan. Mire did not go straight to the authorities but he tried to cast suspension on others.