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¶ H, lines 72-74. After that March 1 appearance by Liverpool, the facts of this case were presented to a panel of 23 people from the community who also issued charges against Liverpool. The charge provided by that panel was presented to Liverpool at the next court appearance on April 1.What is the name for the panel discussed in this part of the fact pattern?

¶ C, lines 31-36. Another driver, Walter Wayward, was driving drunk after drinking cherry vodka shots at PruBerrys. Wayward was easily distracted by all the activity, and Wayward crashed his vehicle into the old Manias Manor building that was being prepared for demolition. (See Exhibit 4.) Because there was no fencing around that building, once Wayward hit the building, bricks easily fell upon Wayward’s car causing much more damage than if Wayward had hit a “regular building.” Because of the extensive damage to Wayward’s car, Wayward decides to sue the owner of Manias Manor and the demolition crew. Under “new” negligence law, even though Wayward had some fault in incident, the result of Wayward’s suit would likely be:

¶ L, lines 108-109.  At one point, Nadiya considered telling the authorities what Pru was doing, but she feared retaliation and the financial hardship of probably losing her job. If Nadiya had done this, that is notified the authorities of a fraud on the government, and the government recovers money from the company and persons committing a fraud, Nadiya may be able to tangibly benefit how?

¶ G, lines 62-63. “You have that prior conviction for battery when you tried to poison the judges at the food competition, so you go into a trial with the label of a convicted felon.”This statement by the police violates the presumption of innocence contained in which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

¶ L, lines 106-107. Pru also considered issuing stock, but the Securities and Exchange Commission did not approve of her proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) because of those same financial statements.  If Pru had been caught doing this, she could have been charged with the crime of:

¶ G, line 67. “At one point Liverpool finally said “I want an attorney,” and yet the questioning continued.”The continuing of questioning violated Liverpool’s rights under which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

¶ C. line 31. Another driver, Walter Wayward, was driving drunk after drinking cherry vodka shots at PruBerrys.Wayward will be liable for driving under the influence only if the prosecutors are able to show that his mental state at the relevant time was: 

¶ B, lines 20-22. As Liverpool was leaving, Fielding believed his pockets looked bigger than when he came into the store. Fielding physically detained Liverpool, suspecting him of shoplifting. Assuming Liverpool was not shoplifting, and Liverpool was detained an unreasonable length of time, Liverpool would have a cause of action against Fielding for the tort of:

The legal principle of tort law developed in the case of Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. was:

We discussed the cases of James Holmes and John Hinckley in class.Their defenses to the crimes they committed were based on: