Should Depictions of Animal Cruelty Be Protected by the First Amendment? Congress enacted 18 U.S.C. § 48, which criminalizes commercial creation, sale, or possession of a visual or auditory depiction in which a living animal is intentionally maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded, or killed, if that conduct violates federal or state law where the creation, sale, …
Read the prompt, review the case, and then decide whether enough evidence exists to meet the burden of proof. The defendant was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to sell. The defendant possessed seven individual packages of white powdery substance, but only one package was tested (and it tested positive for cocaine). Is this …
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Read the prompt, review the case, and then decide whether enough evidence exists to meet the burden of proof. The defendant was convicted of third-degree robbery, which requires a threat of immediate use of physical force. The defendant entered a McDonald’s restaurant twenty minutes before closing dressed in sunglasses, a leather jacket, and …
Read the prompt, review the case, and then decide whether enough evidence exists to meet the burden of proof. The defendant was convicted of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer when he shot a sheriff. The defendant contended that he did not know the victim was a peace officer. The sheriff was in a …
Read the prompt, review the case, and then decide whether enough evidence exists to meet the burden of proof. The defendant was convicted of possession of a handgun with an altered serial number. The defendant contended that he did not know the serial number had been altered. The prosecution offered evidence that the gun …
Read the prompt, review the case, and then decide whether you would accept or reject the case if you were the lawyer. You are an expert in constitutional law. Would you accept or reject this case? Read Wilson v. Layne, 526 U.S. 603 (1999). The case is available at this link: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/98-83.ZS.htmlLinks to …
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Read the prompt, review the case, and then decide whether you would accept or reject the case if you were the lawyer You are an expert in constitutional law. Would you accept or reject this case? Read Wilson v. Layne, 526 U.S. 603 (1999). The case is available at this link: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/98-83.ZS.htmlLinks to an …
Read the prompt, review the case, and then decide whether you would accept or reject the case if you were the lawyer. You are an expert in criminal law, not criminal procedure. Would you accept or reject this case? Read People v. Wrotten, 2010 N.Y. Slip Op 04501 (2010). The case is available at …
Read the prompt, review the case, and then decide whether you would accept or reject the case if you were the lawyer You are an expert in criminal law, not civil litigation. Would you accept or reject this case? Read Cetacean Community v. Bush, 386 F.3d 1169 (9th Cir. 2004). The case is …
Jenna sues Max for $25,000, based on a car accident that occurs in Indiana. Jenna loses at trial and appeals to the highest state appellate court in Indiana, where she loses again. Can Jenna appeal her case to the US Supreme Court? Why or why not?
