jury proceedings

(noun)

The United States is the only common law jurisdiction in the world that continues to use the grand jury to screen criminal indictments.

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Examples of jury proceedings in the following topics:

  • The Exclusionary Rule

    • In strict cases, when an illegal action is used by police/prosecution to gain any incriminating result, all evidence whose recovery stemmed from the illegal action can be thrown out from a jury.
    • The exclusionary rule was passed in 1917, and does not apply in a civil case, a grand jury proceeding, or a parole revocation hearing.

  • The Sixth Amendment and the Right to Counsel

    • Brewer goes on to conclude that once adversarial proceedings have begun against a defendant, he has a right to legal representation when the government interrogates him and that when a defendant is arrested, "arraigned on an arrest warrant before a judge" and "committed by the court to confinement . . . there can be no doubt that judicial proceedings have been initiated."
    • Individuals subject to grand jury proceedings do not have a Sixth Amendment right to counsel because grand juries are not considered by the U.S.
    • Supreme Court to be criminal proceedings, which trigger the protections of that constitutional protection.
    • The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously held that, regardless of whether the proceeding is labeled as civil, criminal, or administrative, if a defendant faces a loss of liberty, she or he is entitled to appointed counsel if indigent.
    • A grand jury investigating the fire that destroyed the Arcadia Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts in 1913.

  • Civil Rights Act

    • Made it easier to move civil rights cases from state courts with segregationist judges and all-white juries to federal court.
    • Gives the jury rights to put any proceeding for criminal contempt arising under title II, III, IV, V, VI, or VII of the Civil Rights Act, on trial, and if convicted, can be fined no more than $1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months.

  • Impeachment and Removal from Office

    • A United States federal judge named Walter Nixon was convicted of committing perjury before a grand jury.
    • Impeachment is analogous to indictmentin regular court proceedings.
    • Trial by the other house is analogous to the trial before judge and jury in regular courts.
    • The proceedings unfold in the form of a trial, with each side having the right to call witnesses and perform cross-examinations.
    • Differentiate between the roles played by the House and Senate in impeachment proceedings.

  • The Collins Case

    • Collins was a 1968 jury trial in California that made notorious forensic use of statistics and probability.
    • Collins was a 1968 jury trial in California.
    • The prosecutor then suggested that the jury would be safe in estimating the following probabilities:
    • The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
    • The Collins' case is a prime example of a phenomenon known as the prosecutor's fallacy—a fallacy of statistical reasoning when used as an argument in legal proceedings.

  • The Disclosure Process

    • Example of Disclosures of Contingencies: "A jury awarded USD 5.2 million to a former employee of the Company for an alleged breach of contract and wrongful termination of employment.
    • The Company has appealed the judgment on the basis of errors in the judge's instructions to the jury and insufficiency of evidence to support the amount of the jury's award.
    • The resolution of the appeal of the jury award could have a significant effect on the Company's earnings in the year that a determination is made.
    • Here, the company discloses any significant pending law suit or other legal proceeding.
    • References to these proceedings could also be disclosed in the Risks section or other parts of the report.

  • The Sixth Amendment and Jury Trials

    • The right to a jury has always depended on the nature of the offense with which the defendant is charged.
    • Petty offenses are those punishable by imprisonment for not more than six months and are not covered by the jury requirement.
    • It has been held that twelve came to be the number of jurors by "historical accident," and that a jury of six would be sufficient, but anything less would deprive the defendant of a right to trial by jury.
    • Although on the basis of history and precedent the Sixth Amendment mandates unanimity in a federal jury trial, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, while requiring States to provide jury trials for serious crimes, does not incorporate all the elements of a jury trial within the meaning of the Sixth Amendment and does not require jury unanimity.
    • The Sixth Amendment requires juries to be impartial.

  • The Bill of Rights

    • They guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public.
    • Sixth Amendment: guarantees trial by jury and rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counsel.

  • The Bill of Rights

    • They guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers for the states and public.
    • Sixth Amendment: guarantees trial by jury and rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counsel

  • The Bill of Rights

    • They guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public.
    • The Sixth Amendment sets out rights of the accused of a crime: a trial by jury, a speedy trial, a public trial, the right to face the accusers, and the right to counsel.
    • The Seventh Amendment protects the right to a trial by jury for civil trials.