Category: Court

The proceeding I observed was a continuation of a trial. It was on November 1st, the courthouse was Robert S.K. Welch Court House and the trial was for the case R. v R.C., which occurred in room number 5. The judge in charge of the trial was Justice Huge K. Atwood. The trial was about…

In the article written by Patrick Keefe, Can a Brain Scan Tell if Youre Lying?, Keefe writes about experts that side with fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and their ability to be used as a lie detector test. The lie detector test would be used in court cases to determine if the offender is guilty…

Roper v. Simmons is a court case that managed to progress all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005. This case dealt with the issue of whether or not it is constitutional for someone to be given the death penalty when they committed a crime under the age of eighteen. Christopher Simmons brought…

The purpose of this essay is to examine the credibility and validity of forensic hair morphology. This study examines the morphological physical characteristics of human hair. Microscopical hair analysis only compares class characteristics and does not obtain any genetic information linked to an individual. In recent years there has been increasing controversy over the admissibility…

Introduction The courts system in Nigeria and elsewhere has been composed to settle disputes, ensure public order, prosperity and sustain societal peace. This has been the practice of civilized states to ensure that as important as justice is, its not left in the hands of political and social interests. The courts system in Nigeria as…

Introduction Equity is accepted as a wonderful creation of court of chancery which expects the perfection of the justice for all, surpassing the boundaries of Common law and it came to ensure the fairness in Common law system where justice delivered through rigid and inflexible series of actions. The concept of equity derived from of…

PlayNation served Velex with a complaint that stated Velex was infringing on PlayNations trademark. The district court ruled in PlayNations favor. The court employed seven factors when making the determination: the strength of the plaintiffs mark; the similarity of the marks; the similarity of the products the marks represent; the similarity of the parties retail…