10.10.17

Class Notes

Tonight we will discuss court experiences and court decisions.

We are looking at a case a college guy and girl hook up at a party. The girl claims she was raped afterwards. This guy had no record.

This happened in 2014 and we watched a video where the accused had to disclose embarassing details to a jury and family.  is the defendant. He was 25 years old at time of the trial. He grew up in Charles City, graduating from Charles City. Then, he started at UNI for Business Management and then to Elementary Education. He changed his major his sophomore year. His grades improved. Prosecution objective that the defendant was answering with too much narratives. Judge agreed. He graduated from UNI and went onto student teaching. The party happened in October 2011. He had just finished his student teaching in Rockford. He was living north of Rudd. He graduate from UNI in December of 2011. Holdin, his good friend, invited him to a party. It was Holdin’s cousin. Daniel started inviting people to make the party have more attendees. Daniel arrived at party at 10:30. He was mainly drinking Natural Light. Estimates suggest there were between 60 and 70 people at the party. The girl accusing Mr. Farmer of rape was stumbling a bit while they were walking to his car to get more beer. They started making out, the went to get more beer. The got close in the car and started to kiss more. “It was an intense make-out session.” She took off all her clothes

Expanded media rules forbid journalists of showing the jury.

The biggest issues is that the case is entirely he-said, she-said.

Most court stories are not reported because they do not have