CRJU375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jury Trial, Public Defender, Exculpatory Evidence

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJU375
• Professor: Jurden Jan

Document Summary

Office of defense services: represent anything that you can be incarcerated for. Conflict of interest: one attorney can"t represent multiple defendants in the same case (more than one co-defendant) Allegiances have to be to your client and your client alone. Office of conflicts counsel represent these conflict of interest cases. Developing trust with your client most important part of being a public defender. No jury trial; just judge trial: fact finder is the judge rather than the jury. Jurisdiction over all juvenile offenses: misdemeanors and felonies. A day in the life of a public defender story about guy with possession of cocaine. Preliminary hearing-10 days after arrest if you are incarcerated; 20 days if you are on the street. You need to be able to break it down into the elements. Constructed possession: when you have a gun for example in your car. Not on your body but in your possession.