Lisa Meade was allergic to latex. She asked her son’s Montessori nursery school to stop using latex powdered gloves. They refused and when she complained, they asked her to withdraw her son. A jury found that she had a handicap and that the school had discriminated against her. The Maryland Court Of Appeals decides if [...]
Archive of entries posted on March 2012
Case of the Week – 3/18/12 – Nevada v. Armstrong
Bobby Armstrong drove into another car at 1:30 am. He was arrested for drunk driving. At 3:51 am the police took a blood sample which showed a blood alcohol level of .18, more then twice the legal level of .08. The Nevada Supreme Court decides if the state can prove his BAC at 1:30 based [...]
Case of the Week – 3/11/12 – People v. Muhammad and Hill
Shadad Muhammad and Gregory Hill , in two unrelated cases, were both found not guilty of possessing a dangerous weapon with the intent to use it for a criminal purpose and guilty of assault by means of that same dangerous weapon. They both argue that the guilty verdict should be overturned because it is inconsistent [...]
Case of the Week – 3/4/12 – Hughes v. Arkansas
David Hughes was found not guilty of terroristic threats because of his mental disease or defect. He was placed in the custody of the Arkansas State Hospital because he continued to be affected by his mental disease or defect. The Arkansas Supreme Court decides if he has the right to appeal his not guilty verdict. [...]