A Delaware felony defendant demands a prompt trial, and the court delays trial for several months because no courtroom is available. Which statement best describes the speedy-trial analysis? This question tests Delaware...
Citations: Delaware Superior Court Criminal Rule 48(b), Barker v. Wingo, People v. Engram
A patient sued a Delaware hospital after a medication error. The patient noticed the hospital's Rule 30(b)(6) deposition and listed topics including medication-administration policies in the surgical unit, training on ba...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6), 30(c), 34, 37, Del. Super. Ct. Civ. R. 30(b)(6), 34, 37
A software company sued a former employee in Delaware Superior Court for breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, and fraud. The court granted the employee's Rule 12(b)(6) motion on the contract claim without l...
Citations: Del. Supr. Ct. R. 6, Del. Supr. Ct. R. 42
...g risk. He is convicted after trial and receives nine years. Dante promptly files a motion alleging ineffective assistance. The prosecutor testifies that the three-year offer would not have been withdrawn, and the judge...
Citations: Strickland v. Washington, Missouri v. Frye, Lafler v. Cooper, Hill v. Lockhart
Mateo is tried before a Delaware jury for assault with a deadly weapon. The jury is sworn, the only alternate juror is excused for hardship, and the prosecution presents two days of testimony. On the third day, a sitting...
Citations: Arizona v. Washington, United States v. Perez, Oregon v. Kennedy, People v. Batts, Penal Code Section 1023
...aint alleged a fractured wrist, chronic pain, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and lost earning capacity. The gym served requests for admission asking the plaintiff to admit the genuineness of a signed waiver, the date of...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 35, 36, 37, Del. Super. Ct. Civ. R. 35, 36, 37
...cessary killing of animals in a ritual or ceremony." The ordinance exempted hunting, fishing, pest control, slaughterhouses, veterinary euthanasia, and restaurant preparation of live shellfish. During the council meeting...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Employment Division v. Smith, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
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