Jeremy Knoke Case Summary

In 1788, the ratification of the United States Constitution sought to establish the fundamental aspects of the nation’s government, laws, and protections of its citizens’ unalienable rights. Robert G. McCloskey’s The American Supreme Court (2016) explains that, during this period, the prospects of the Supreme Court were essentially unknown. As time progressed, however, the Court began strengthening its legitimacy with its decisions in major landmark court cases which, in turn, established its crucial role in shaping the judicial interests and values of the nation. As such, McCloskey (2016) traces the country’s judicial history by highlighting the Court’s great transitional periods regarding state rights, nation rights, property rights, and slavery. By the start of the 20th century, however, discrepancies began to emerge with the rise of

Case Facts: This particular case occurred in Lawrence County, Alabama on or about July 15, 2003, the defendant Eric Miller and co-defendant Colby Smith, beat a man to death with a bat and left him to die in a burning trailer and stole a three hundred and fifty dollar ($350) baseball card collection according to news reports. The victim in this case was Mr. Cole C. Cannon and he was listed at fifty-two (52) years of age at the time of the murder. The defendant’s mother testified in court in his behalf that he attempted suicide multiple times, lived in foster care for three years and had been in and out of psychological programs before the killing in 2003, when he was fourteen (14). She went on to say that she was a single parent and was

Edwin J. Delattre describes in “Some Reflections on Success and failure in Competitive Athletics” that competitive athletics require a touchstone relationship of competitors’ i.e. that competitors have a moral and logical obligation to not engage in cheating. Competitive sports leagues and organizations have taken several measures to achieve competitive balance or fairness in regards to the spirit of competition. Competitive leagues have implemented the draft process to ensure that teams with the worst records are able to acquire top draft pick players to help improve losing teams, and salary caps to prevent a select few teams from acquiring all of the talented players and depriving the rest of the league from being able

An emergency call came in at 9:45 am made by Doug Greene who is a neighbor of the victim Anna Garcia claiming that he had not seen Anna Garcia since her normal morning walk at 6:30 am the previous morning and that the dog had been barking for 2 hours, he had also mentioned that Anna Garcia was wearing a sweater when he had seen her the previous morning while experiencing a 92 degree heat wave. Mr.Greene had called Anna’s telephone with no answer, and had also rang the doorbell with no answer. The EMT and local police had arrived to the scene at 9:56 am, needing to break the door down. EMS discovered Anna Garcia laying face down, dead.

In 2001, a man named Danny Kyllo was suspected for growing marijuana in his house by the police. They used a thermal-imaging device to detect heat inside his house that might be caused by the lights needed to grow the illegal substance’ without natural sunlight. The police convicted Kyllo for his crimes, but Kyllo argued that the evidence cannot be used since it violates the Fourth Amendment. Did the government go too far? Or were they able to do what they did? This means that the police did not have probable cause to use the thermal imager, it wasn’t in plain sight, and it was not a situation where stopping to get a warrant was too inconvenient. The government definitely went too far because it was an invasion of privacy using technology to

Jeffery Calkin, the defendant, leased a vehicle for our client, Sage Rent-A-Car Inc., and was involved in a car accident with the plaintiff, Jane White. A negligence suit was filed by Ms. White against Mr. Calkin and our client, Sage Rent-A-Car Inc. The suit claims that our client is required to carry insurance and therefore has a duty to assume responsibility for this accident under the provisions of the Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act (MFRA).

The very concept of justice is based on the idea that law ought to be fair. This is why justice is personified as a blind woman holding a scale and a sword, to weigh guilt and execute justice. The Kenneth Young case presents a huge problem when it comes to the justice, legal liability, whether or not a guilty party should be held responsible for their actions. It seems simple at first, someone commits a crime, they should be arrested, right? But the situation is complicated by asking if people he was responsible for his life situation. In Kenneth Young’s resentencing, they attempt to use his rehabilitation as a defense, but in end the judge sentenced Young to 30 years in prison, with credit for time served, and 10 years of probation. From the

Adam Foss, makes his case for a reformed justice system that replaces wrath with opportunity, changing people’s lives for the better instead of ruining them…by shifting his focus from incarceration to transforming lives, reinventing the roles of the criminal prosecutor (Foss, 2016). To help understand individuals and how and why certain behaviors take place, the type of qualitative research chosen would focus on individuals by examining the criminal activity of the defendant in addition to their demographics and prior history and location of the crime. A prosecutor should not institute, or cause to be instituted, or to permit the continued pendency of criminal charges when the prosecutor knows that the charges are not supported by probable

On 09/02/2015, at approximately 1620 hours, your affiant and officer Moyer received a complaint at the police department from Wayne V. Kechula. Kechula was greeted at the front door by Officer Moyer. Kechula began screaming about a construction tool owned by Wesley Kacilowicz. Kechula stated the male in the vehicle he arrived with borrowed a tool and has not returned it. Kechula stated these events had occurred in Conyngham, Pennsylvania. Officer Moyer explained to Kechula several times that we have no jurisdiction of that area. Kechula became verbally hostile with Officer Moyer.

CONVICTED TRIPLE MURDERER Jeffrey MacDonald is serving three consecutive life sentences for the brutal murders of his wife Colette and daughters, Kimberley and Kristen.

I responded to Kersey Termite control in reference to a criminal mischief call. Upon arrival, I made contact with Terry Kersey. Kersey stated that his son(Max Kersey) came to the buisness Monday morning around 6:00 a.m and noticed that a window was busted out, a door knob knocked off and the window A/C unit was pushed through the window. Max also stated that his fillet kife was missing. The knife was loicated outside of the building. Max stated that there were a lot of valuable items inside, which made hoim think the offenders didn’t make entry to the room. Max also stated that there wasn’t anything damaged when he was there the day before.

To rebut petitioner McCleskey's alibi defense at his 1978 Georgia trial for murder and a related crime, the State called Officer Evans, the occupant of the jail cell next to McCleskey's, who testified that McCleskey had admitted and boasted about the killing. On the basis of this and other evidence supporting McCleskey's guilt, the jury convicted him and sentenced him to death. After the State Supreme Court affirmed, he filed an unsuccessful petition for state habeas corpus relief, alleging, inter alia, that his statements to Evans were elicited in a situation created by the State to induce him to make incriminating statements without the assistance of counsel in violation of Massiah v. United States, 377 U.S. 201 . He then filed his first

In 2003, Peggy Sue Thomas learned from her boss, Brenna Douglas, that her husband was abusive. After hearing this, Thomas told this information to her boyfriend James Huden, who then decided that he was going to kill Russell Douglas. It was speculated that Huden wanted to kill Douglas because he was abused as a child and was taking out his anger on Douglas (Sullivan, 2013). The two decided to come up with a plan and kill Russell. Then, on December 26, 2003, Thomas lured Douglas into a remote area on Whidbey Island saying that she wanted to meet him because she had a gift for his wife Brenna. Little did Russell know that Thomas’s boyfriend Huden was waiting for him. After arriving, Russell was confronted by Huden, who then proceeded to shoot Russell in the head with a .380-caliber

In the short video “Death by Fire” we learn of the story of Todd Willingham. We are presented with facts about a fire, which killed Willingham’s three children, which ultimately sent him to his death. The case begins in the small town of Corsicana, Texas. On December 13, 1991 Todd Willingham’s home was ablaze and his children were trapped inside. Neighbors say they witnessed Willingham outside, on the front porch screaming for his children and screaming for help. As the fire raged, firefighters arrived on the scene and were able to pull one of the children out of the home. Unfortunately all of the children died due to injuries they sustained in the fire. While the fire raged in the house Todd’s wife Stacy was out Christmas shopping and was unharmed. The attitude of Todd after the fire began to raise question with those who were close to him and also with investigators. The night after the fire, a local bar had a benefit to raise money for Todd’s family to help pay for the costs they would soon face. Many say that Todd became too involved with the festivities and seemed like he did not care his kids had just died. They say that Todd was bragging about how money would begin to roll in because people would feel bad for him. Having seen these things, investigators immediately labeled Todd as their prime suspect.

On April 05, 2016 at approximately 1518 hours, I was dispatch to 2004 Pine Street in reference to a death investigation. Upon my arrival, I met with Detective Campbell who was the lead Investigator at the scene. Detective Campbell stated that the victim neighbors reported a strong smell coming from the victim’s (Cortiz Lazarz) residence. The neighbors called 911 and Officer Volk was the first responded officer on scene. Defective Campbell and officer Volk stated that the victim located on the living room floor, fazing the south from the residence. Detective Campbell requested I process the scene for evidence and documentation.