Chap.+4

**The Court System**
 * Chapter 4.1 Notes **
 * [[file:Chap 4.1 Notes.docx]]

Analyzing Cases 4.1
 * 1) Nick at Ward Electronics is getting ready to enter into a series of contracts with a new group of suppliers. He is concerned with avoiding the delays and high costs of any litigation that might result from the new agreements. He asks you for your recommendation. Any ideas?
 * 2) Nick decides against the recommendations you made. Six months later, Kendra Supplies sends the wrong projection device in response to your order. Kendra Supplies then refuses to correct the mistake. Nick's boss hires an attorney at $250 per hour and takes you to lunch to admit he made a mistake in not following your ideas. Ultimately, the case is set for trial. What type of jurisdiction will this court have? What will be done during the trial?
 * 3) Melissa is convicted of 2nd degree murder for killing Chris, a guy she had been seeing over the last few months. The court sentenced her to 30 years in jail. Once year after her trial, Melissa admits that she withheld evidence that would have cleared her. She stated she did so to protect her twin sister Emma, who actually committed the crime, but who was dying of cancer at the time. She further states that she did not want her sister to spend the last years of her life behind bars. Her sister has since died. The evidence is conclusive as to her innocence. Should the court set aside her conviction due to the new evidence? What policies would support the court in not doing so?

Think Critically pg. 64
 * #1-6


 * Chap. 4.2 Notes **
 * [[file:Chap 4.2 Notes.docx]]

Think Critically pg. 67
 * #2-7


 * Chap. 4.3 Notes**
 * [[file:Chap 4.3 Notes.docx]]

Thinking Critically pg. 71
 * #1-10

1. Create a chart of Pennsylvania State Court System (diagram of the hierarchy of your movement through the state court system)
 * PROJECT:**


 * SCAVENGER HUNTS: WHERE WOULD YOU GO?**
 * [[file:Scavenger Hunt #1 (where would you go?).docx]]
 * [[file:Scavenger Hunt #2 (Where would you go?).docx]]