MGMT 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Emergency Medical Technician, American Bar Association, Misdemeanor
CRIMINAL LAW
rules and regulations that define and specify punishment for offenses of public nature
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRIMES
- STATUTORY LAW- laws or statutes made by legislature or government body with power to make such
law.
- CASE LAW- law made by a judge in a previously adjudicated case that has stood up (decision or
presidents that have accumulated attorneys refer to)
- CIVIL LAW- governing relationships between different parties normally involves contracts a verbal
agreement
PENAL CODE 148
willfully resist abstract or delay an officer or an emergency medical technician in the discharge of their
duties -148.1a (filling a false bomb report) -148.3 (filling a false report of an emergency)
ADVERSARIAL SYSTEM
The ultimate goal is to find the truth
ETHCIAL DILEMMA
when conflict arises usually when defense complimizes ethics, integrity, and truthfulness in the best
interest of their client
- AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
reviews complaints, monitors judge and attorney conduct, sets ethical codes and conduct, and
administers discipline for violations.
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT-
evidence that demonstrates no substantial doubt that the defendant is guilty evidence is strong
sometimes overwhelming this standard is used most in criminal trials. (Video tape, eyewitness)
- CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
establishes a reasonable certainty that the defendant is guilty the evidence is not overwhelming and a
bit less than a reasonable doubt is the minimal standard required in court
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Document Summary
Criminal law rules and regulations that define and specify punishment for offenses of public nature. Statutory law- laws or statutes made by legislature or government body with power to make such law. Case law- law made by a judge in a previously adjudicated case that has stood up (decision or presidents that have accumulated attorneys refer to) Civil law- governing relationships between different parties normally involves contracts a verbal agreement. Penal code 148 willfully resist abstract or delay an officer or an emergency medical technician in the discharge of their duties -148. 1a (filling a false bomb report) -148. 3 (filling a false report of an emergency) The ultimate goal is to find the truth. Ethcial dilemma when conflict arises usually when defense complimizes ethics, integrity, and truthfulness in the best interest of their client. American bar association reviews complaints, monitors judge and attorney conduct, sets ethical codes and conduct, and administers discipline for violations.
