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[11] The term inward light was first used by early Friends to refer to Christ's light shining on them; the term inner light has also been used since the twentieth century to describe this Quaker doctrine. Rufus Jones, in 1904, wrote that: "The Inner Light is the doctrine that there is something Divine, 'Something of God' in the human soul". [12]
Alabama v. White , 496 US 325 (1990), is a U.S. Supreme Court case involving the Fourth Amendment . The majority opinion ruled that anonymous tips can provide reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop provided that police can factually verify the circumstances asserted by the tip.
This list of U.S. states by Alford plea usage documents usage of the form of guilty plea known as the Alford plea in each of the U.S. states in the United States. An Alford plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea [1] [2] [3] and Alford doctrine [4] [5] [6]) in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal court, [7] [8] [9] where the defendant does not admit the act and ...
OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER 2 APPEARANCES: SHELLER, P.C. BY: STEPHEN SHELLER, ESQUIRE CHRISTOPHER A. GOMEZ, Esquire E-mail: Sasheller@sheller.com E-mail: Cgomez@sheller.com 1528 Walnut Street, 4th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone: (215) 790-7300 Fax: (215) 546-0942 Counsel for Plaintiff(s) KLINE & SPECTER, A Professional Corporation
Right to light is a form of easement in English law that gives a long-standing owner of a building with windows a right to maintain an adequate level of illumination. The right was traditionally known as the doctrine of " ancient lights ". [ 1 ]
Unless a court has previously found that a particular use of force constituted a constitutional violation, a defendant is given the benefit of the doubt under the doctrine. The Supreme Court ...
In United States law, an Alford plea, also called a Kennedy plea in West Virginia, [1] an Alford guilty plea, [2] [3] [4] and the Alford doctrine, [5] [6] [7] is a guilty plea in criminal court, [8] [9] [10] whereby a defendant in a criminal case does not admit to the criminal act and asserts innocence, but accepts imposition of a sentence.
In Alabama, state Supreme Court justices are elected in partisan races. Parker was barred from running again because he is older than the state’s mandatory retirement age for state Supreme Court ...