Please follow instructions .each case brief has to be two pages
1ST CASE BRIEF :Weeks vs United States
2ND CASE BRIEF :Silver throne vs UNITED STATES
INTRO. TO EVIDENCE: STANDARD CASE BRIEF FORMAT
USE FOR CASE BRIEF PREPARATION: Before initiating the "CASE BRIEF" be sure to read the entire case thoroughly.
FACT : Extract the facts of the case and put them into your own words....RELEVANT QUOTATIONS ARE PERMISSIBLE !
ISSUE : Determine the main issue. What is it that the court is attempting to decide? Other related / lessor issues may also exist.
Rat OF LAW: What "RULE OF LAW" did the court use in determining their final decision regarding the main issue?
RATIONAL REASONING: What was the basic reasoning used by the court to reach a decision?
"OPINIONS" for and against the decision will be provided.
FINDING : Was the CASE AFFIRIVIED or "REVERSED" and for "WHOM" the "PLAINTIFF" or DFENIDANT"?
MIINIMUM OF (2) TYPED WRITTEN PAGES
THE COURSE TEXT PROVIDES MANY INTERESTING CASES FOR POTENTIAL
REVIEW AT THE END OF VARIOUS CHAPTERS. SOME OF THESE ARE MAJOR
PRECEDENT SETTING DECISIONS INVOLVING VIRTUALLY EVERY AREA OF
‘EVIDENTIARY LAW'. THESE ARE BUT POSSIBLE SUGGESTIONS.... SELECT CASES THAT YOU FIND PARTICULARLY INTERESTING!!!
CASE BRIEF" RESEARCH IS THE HEART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS
WITHIN THE " _EVIDENTIARY LAW" PROCESS USED BY THE COURTS.