FACTS: Douglas E. Metzger lived in an apartment in Lincoln, Nebraska. About 7:45 a.m on April 30, 1981 a residence of the apartment complex was parking his vehicle directly in front of Metzger’s apartment window. Metzger was standing naked with his arms at his side for five seconds. At 8:00 a.m two officers had arrived to the apartment, they observed Metzger standing naked in front of the window eating cereal. The officers said that Metzger was nude from mid-thigh on up and he was standing a foot of the window. Douglas Metzger had violated the Lincoln Municipal Code which stated, that it was unlawful for a person in the city of Lincoln to commit any indecent exposure in the presence of another person. ISSUE(S): 1). Would it be considered
In 2010, Kalief Browder a young teenager was accused of a wrongful theft of stealing a backpack with a camera, 700$, a credit card, and a iPod. Kalief Browder was imprisoned for 3 years in jail at the age of 16 for a crime he did not commit.
CONVICTED TRIPLE MURDERER Jeffrey MacDonald is serving three consecutive life sentences for the brutal murders of his wife Colette and daughters, Kimberley and Kristen.
“A boy was accused of stealing a backpack. The courts took the next three years of his life.” Stated Jennifer Gonnerman in her article Before the Law.
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein, P.C. have named Meghan Buckwalter the new managing attorney in their matrimonial and family law department.
The City of Aiken’s efforts to suspend certain police reports from public view is a blatant skirting of state law. This decision – outlined in a story published in Saturday’s Aiken Standard – stems from an alleged sexual assault that took place between two juveniles at a local middle school.
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
On 09/12/2016, Johnathon Lussier contacted the Pasco Sheriff`s Office by telephone to report a delayed vehicle burglary and grand theft.
This part opens with a tale about a man named Lee Harding. In August of 1997, he turned into the casualty of nourishment harming from solidified ground sirloin sandwich patties, which contained E. coli 0157:H7. The meat originated from a genuinely new, best in class Hudson Foods plant in Columbus. Open authorities reported a review on the hamburger when it was followed to the plant, however it was past the point of no return. 25 million pounds of the ground hamburger had as of now been eaten. Schlosser characteristics the late increment in foodborne disease to the way American sustenance is delivered. Since American meat creation is so "incorporated," more individuals are influenced at whatever point defilement happens. The uniform framework
Terri’s husband, Micheal, cama home one day in 1990 and found Terri lying on the floor unconcious at age 26. He called 911 and the peremedics found out that her heart had stopped. They had put her on a ventilator to help keep her breathing. She was in a coma for two months but when she woke up she was unable to speak and the doctors diagnosed being in a vegative state. She had low potassium levels from hospital tests which can cause her to have seizures.
Peyton Enterprises has encountered many problems in the last year of operation. Sales have been declining and control over their costs has been slipping as well. After bringing in a new CEO, Sarah McNeilly, there has been some discussion over changing some of the accounting policies that are currently in place to help gain a more accurate view of Peyton’s financial situation.
Don Tolliver, a single father was accused of shooting his girlfriend in 2011 while his children was upstairs asleep. Don married twice, had four children, worked 60 to 70 hour work weeks twelve years providing a home for them. A devoted father with no domestic violence in his back ground, testifying in court, I was afraid of her, they lived together four months.. Don's family and friends know he is innocent.
The Trauger Case was the first case to be tried under the Sarbanes-Oxley § 1519, was filed against Ernst & Young (E&Y) partner, Thomas Trauger. The complaint, filed on September 4, 2003, claimed that Trauger altered key documents relating E&Y's audit of NexCard, a credit card company. The government contends that beginning in 2000, NextCard began classifying some of its credit losses as fraud losses, which triggered an investigation by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in August 2001. The government claims that Trauger was aware of this investigation and even helped draft the company's written response. Allegedly, in response to OCC's request for certain working papers of NextCard's financial statements, Trauger and a colleague,
At 1601 hours I was dispatched to 12625 Wetmore, SATX, Suite 436, Room 1163 to meet with Mr. Jose Robledo concerning the positioning of 4 mannequins in an apartment room in a sexual manner. I arrived on scene at 1604 hours along with several other officers. Upon arrival we met with Mr. Robledo and he explained that the mannequins had been removed from their storage location under the stairs leading to classroom 2 and positioned in a sexual manner in front of a window in the apartment room. Earlier in the day Mr. Robledo had given a tour to Converse Police Department recruiters and at that time the room had not been disturbed. This tour took place shortly before the junior cadet class was dismissed for lunch at approximately 1210. Mr. Robledo returned to the apartment at 1520 and noticed that the mannequins had been positioned in an obscene
It took our legal system a long time to move towards a stricter interpretation of statuary law. At first, it did not have to be written in law that a behavior was wrong as long because back then our legal system just looked at if it caused to society like in the case of Ohio vs. Lafferty. Today the supreme court has decided it must be written in statutory law to fall under a crime or interpreted through a case law. The law must be written out clearly on what an individual must do to break the law and to prevent any misunderstanding “the void for vagueness doctrine” and “overbreadth doctrine” were created to combat any vague laws. The State vs. Metzger case determined that it was unconstitutional to prosecute Metzger for eating his cereal naked because determining what is unlawful is very subjective. The Nebraska law does not specify what is considered to be unlawful behavior and prosecuting him would have been unconstitutional.
Even though Metzenbaum was an indirect manager and leader, she was skillful and also had a wealth of experience due to the past positions and she’s had in the government. As she was not in control of other agencies which she also had to work with, and improve their performance