Part II: Criminal Cases – Jury Selection and Standard of Proof Scenario A:   Ron is on trial for first degree murder of a state trooper. Jury selection is underway. Ron’s defense attorney learned that Juror A’s husband was a police officer shot and killed in the line of duty. When questioning the jurors, Ron’s defense […]

Personal and Subject Matter Jurisdiction Evaluate the scenarios below and respond to the items following each scenario.   Scenario A:  Tony lives in Maryland. Charlie owns and works at a store in Maryland and lives in Pennsylvania. Charlie drives from Pennsylvania to work at his Maryland store 6 days a week and has been doing so […]

An initial post responding to the following: In light of the above, why do you think that the Court has taken an arguably more relaxed stance to valid waiver of counsel determinations under theTovar pragmatic approach?

You are a member of the staff of a state legislator who was the chair of the technology committee.  You’ve been meeting with representatives of several companies that engage in genetic engineering research and the production of genetically engineered products.  In particular one of the companies wants to begin testing a manufactured virus that it […]