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Trial Of Ed Cantrell
''State of Wyoming v. Ed Cantrell'' (officially the ''State of Wyoming v. Edward Lee Cantrell'') was a state trial of Wyoming police officer Ed Cantrell for the killing of Michael Angel Rosa, an undercover narcotics agent in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Rosa had previously been working towards uncovering the immense corruption in the city. After only three hours of deliberations, the jury accepted Cantrell's self-defense argument, and acquitted him of first-degree murder. Famed lawyer Gerry Spence won the acquittal of Cantrell in what was deemed an "impossible case". Background Outside a saloon in Rock Springs, in an unmarked police vehicle, Ed Cantrell shot Michael A. Rosa out of the belief that he was unstable and going for his gun to shoot, with two other officers present in the car during the shooting, those being officers Matt Bider and James Callas. Michael A. Rosa had been working towards uncovering the largest amount of corruption in the city, with Rosa being set to testify to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyoming District Courts
Wyoming District Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in Wyoming. The District Courts hears all felony criminal cases and civil cases with an amount in controversy in excess of $50,000. The District Courts also exercise exclusive original jurisdiction in all juvenile and probate matters. The district courts also hear appeals from lower Circuit Courts, which are courts of limited jurisdiction that hear small claims and misdemeanors, Like justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court, district judges are chosen via the Wyoming Judicial Nominating Commission. The Governor appoints a judge from a list of three qualified persons submitted by the Judicial Nominating Commission, and retention elections are held as for Supreme Court justices. District judges serve six-year terms. A district judge must be an attorney at least 28 years old, a United States citizen, and a resident of Wyoming for at least two years. Like Supreme Court justices, district judges have a mandatory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Trials In The United States
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.") This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is killing committed in the absence of ''malice'',This is "malice" in a technical legal sense, not the more usual English sense denoting an emotional state. See malice (law). such as in the case of voluntary manslaughter brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. ''Involuntary'' manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent, recklessness. Most societies conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
