BLAW 3175 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Abusive Head Trauma, Jury Duty, Subject-Matter Jurisdiction

• School: UConn
• Department: Business Law
• Course: BLAW 3175
• Professor: Robert Bird

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Question: is the mother guilty of murder, manslaughter, or not guilty. Statements from doctors, neighbors, teachers, mother, and father. Class result: mixed- there is no evidence beyond reasonable doubt that the mother committed murder. Learning outcome: juries are randomly chosen and could have different opinions based on personal beliefs and backgrounds. Juries can choose to rule in favor of the law or not. If you lose against, you can ask the us supreme court. They decide if they hear it or not. If lose can appeal to state appellate court. If you lose you can go to state supreme court. After no more state options, you can request us supreme court ruling if it could have been brought to federal system in the first place. Federal court does not handle federal questions or diversity. Us supreme court not always the highest case. A court needs both subject matter jurisdiction.