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Ocean View Luxury Condo near Paradise Village in Paradise Village
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Playa Royale
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/ night
$ 850 - $ 1,200 / week
$ 3,000 - $ 4,010 / month
vacation rental description
Two Bedroom, Two Bathroom, Luxury Condominium in brand new complex. Fully Air Conditioned. King-size bed in master bedroom, Twin Beds second bedroom, Queen-size sleeper sofa in living room. Sleeps 6.
Located near the beautiful Paradise Village resort at Nuevo Vallarta, on the shores of the famous Banderas Bay, this is the ideal place to get away from it all.
Sit on your balcony and listen to the waves crash on the white sand beach, or sit under a palapa and sip your margarita.
The entire complex uses filtered water, and there is security 24 hours. A full time manager/concierge is available each day.
Maid Service available during stay.
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Last modified on 07-25-2014 at 8:51 PM.
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Paul at Lauline Escapes Mexico 510-703-4237
condo rental amenities
Large lanai with ocean view. Fully stocked luxury condo. In room washer/dryer. Full kitchen. Condo has beach chairs, ice chests, etc. Satellite TV in every room. Air Conditioned. Free Wi-Fi for our guests. Stereo, IPOD Dock, etc. Near Paradise Village Golf Course and Spa.
activities and attractions in Paradise Village Pacific Coast
The best beaches in Mexico. Near all Banderas Bay attractions, including 20 min from downtown Puerto Vallarta. Beach and Golf, Spa services close by. Hiking, diving, swimming snorkling, surfing, all close by. Great restaurants in walking distance, and a free resort shuttle to move you around the Paradise Village area. Short ride or walk to grocery store. BBQ grills available for no charge. Great place to go to be active, or just get away and sit by a quiet beach or pool.
vacation rental rates
Peak Season (Thanksgiving and Dec 15 - Mar 30): $180 per night, $1200 per week.
Off Peak Season (all other dates): $125 per night, $850 per week.
10% deposit due at booking. Balance due 15 days prior to arrive Off Peak, 60 days prior to arrival (Peak).
Rate includes all required taxes and fees.
Paul at Lauline Escapes Mexico 510-703-4237
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Top things to do in Paradise Village
- The Beach
- The Spa
- Pools
- World-Class Golf
- Relax and Enjoy!
Top things to do on a budget
- Swimming
- Snorkling
- Beach combing
- Hiking
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SALISBURY, Md. - Black Friday, it's a shopper's delight, the never-ending game to find the cheapest items in the fastest time.
It's the Summer Olympics for shopping athletes.
"We're on the prowl," said Mandy Mullins.
Her friend Darah Abbott responded back, "For the best sales."
For some shoppers, it's so much more.
"[It's about] family bonding," said mother Staci Morris. "[It's] kind of window shopping and just getting an idea of things she [my daughter Alex] wants for Christmas."
Her daughter, Alex Morris, said she "was like half-awake when we first got here."
Though many store-goers are Black Friday pros, some ventured out to the stores for the very first time. Like this grandmother and grand daughter duo, the Willoughby family. Grandmother Becky Willoughby said it's her seventh-time shopping on Black Friday morning and it has become a holiday tradition.
She wanted to spend the time with her grand daughter Morgan Willoughby, who said her first initial reaction was "there's a lot of people."
As the Centre at Salisbury opened up at midnight, a flood of shoppers came rushing right through the doors, each trying to find the best deal.
"When we opened up the doors, I motioned to them 'wait one second so we can get the doors open,'" said Kathy Piasecki, store leader, JCPenney. "We opened up the doors and whenIi told them to go for it, they came rushing in."
She added that customers were "very, very well behaved."
While businesses like Toys R Us and Target opened Thursday night, JCPenney opened at 6 a.m. Friday morning.
"Corporate decided they were going to honor the team members and customers and ask them to spend the Thanksgiving traditional day with their family and friends," said Piasecki.

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Usher said on his Facebook page that his stepson was declared brain dead after an accident over the weekend.
Officers said alcohol was not a factor. They have not filed charges, but they are still investigating.
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Posted: 1:57 pm Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Letter: Why women might vote Republican
By Opinion Staff
Editor's note: This letter prompted many responses, some of which will be published in The Post on Monday, July 9.
Why women might vote Republican
I wish to respond to the writer who stated, "Any woman who votes Republican should have her head examined."
Well, upon examination, she would find out why we vote Republican:
1. We see our freedom and liberty slowly eroding under the current administration.
2. We see our current president "downgrading" our nation in his travels around the world.
3. We see a president who is trying to manipulate our mind and body.
4. We see high unemployment with no work programs offered — such as upgrading our infrastructure, roads and bridges.
5. We see no initiatives to develop our rich reserves in oil and gas.
6. We see the lowering of our morale and dignity when we are encouraged to rely on the government to take care of us.
7. We see no action or attempt to keep our nation militarily strong.
8. We see the encouragement of abortion — decreasing our future populations.
9. We see no strong encouragement to offer the many facilities already available to encourage family planning and other health programs to the needy.
Yes, Republican women's heads should be examined to show that we are willing to stand up and speak out before our precious freedoms are lost forever.
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Would losing the 3L year really reduce students' costs? Bloggers discuss
Posted Aug 30, 2013 8:30 AM CDT
By Sarah Mui
Discussion of a two-year J.D. has picked up since President Barack Obama said in a speech at Binghamton University in New York that he thought "that law schools would probably be wise to think about being two years instead of three years." He suggested that students would be better off clerking at a law firm—even if the pay was low—than attending a third year of law school, and posited that it would help students' debt loads.
Blogging law professors are glad the president has weighed in on the discussion, but think Obama was perhaps a bit hasty.
At Prawfsblawg, St. Louis University Law professor Matt Bodie thinks that if the J.D. standard became two years, then law schools would probably end up charging the same amount for two years as they once did for three. What would there be to prevent them from doing it? "What if, in the new two-year law school, we added a clinical component, an externship component, and a 10-person small section component to the basic contracts class, and then assigned it to a doctrinal professor, two clinical professors, and four adjuncts? That would be a better class, no? But it'd also be a lot more expensive. A school could easily justify spending $60,000 or more a year per student—again, if the market rewarded schools for offering such classes."
Albany Law School professor Mary Lynch has this to say about Obama's "shoot from the hip" remark: "The President confuses unpaid interning with a 'clinical experience,' " she writes at Best Practices for Legal Education. "As we know from the medical and other professional settings, clinical experience is NOT the same as allowing barely trained law students to 'HAVE AT IT' in a practice setting. Nor is every environment appropriate for clinical training and supervision. The whole point of 'clinical education' is supervision, feedback, mentoring, and learning to learn from observation, experience and mistakes."
New York University Law School professor Stephen Gillers raised a number of questions at Legal Ethics Forum: "Should there be post-graduate experiential requirements for a two-year graduate before she is fully licensed? What should they be? If a requirement is some sort of law office clerkship, how can we be confident that those positions will be available and that graduates will not be exploited?"
The Law School Tuition Bubble's Matt Leichter doesn't think changing the third year to clerking would necessarily be cheap for students. "Law schools can use their market positions to charge students for firm placement, wiping out any monetary gains to the students."
Number-crunching aside, University of California at Berkeley law professor Dan Farber notes at Legal Planet that cutting the 3L year might rob students of a chance to specialize. "A two-year law school wouldn't leave any time for specialized courses like environmental law that aren't on the bar exam," Farber wrote. "It would also leave no time to participate in law school's environmental law clinics or environmental law reviews. (Or for corporate tax or intellectual property, for that matter). To the extent that education in environmental law is valuable to students, another mechanism would be needed: maybe a master's degree program, maybe just very extensive Continuing Legal Education programs from private companies."
And Los Angeles lawyer and At Counsel Table blogger Alex Craigie (who states for the record that he graduated from law school in 1993 with $80,000 in debt that took him 11 years to pay off), based on his own experience, writes that the 3L year should stay. "Beyond reducing the cost/debt of law school, it will not benefit newly-minted lawyers, who would spring from the costly but generally encouraging womb of law school with even less to offer than at present," he writes. "It will not benefit most law firms that (unlike my own) do not or cannot afford to invest in providing their lawyers with systematic, ongoing training on how to write, argue, advocate at trial or negotiate. Most importantly, it will not benefit clients who find themselves saddled with a new lawyer that was not sufficiently trained before being ejected from the nest."
That said, if increasing the amount of real-world experience students receive before they graduate can be accomplished at a lower cost to them, "then it would be a win-win."
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Johnson is the fourth player in school history to hit seven three-pointers in a single-game. The other three to accomplish the feat were Simona Petronyte in 2010, Trinette Tucker in 1996 and Tara Rottet in 1992.
The game was a back and forth affair that featured two ties and 11 lead changes.
Towson jumped out to a quick 12-8 lead with 15:51 to go in the half as junior guard Markell Smith connected on a lay-up. Johnson had a pair of threes during the early action for the Tigers. A triple from Megan McGurk at 13:09 started an 8-4 run that gave Bucknell a 19-16 advantage with 9:43 remaining in the half. The two teams traded baskets before a jumper from redshirt junior forward LaTorri Hines-Allen gave Towson a 24-23 edge with 7:32 to go in the half. Bucknell scored seven unanswered points to take the lead back 30-24 with 4:07 to go in the half. The Bison lead would fluctuate between two and five points over the final four minutes of the half as the home team took a 37-33 lead at the break.
Bucknell (4-4) shot 54.2% from the field in the first 20 minutes while Towson shot 36.8%. The Tigers held a 21-16 edge in the rebounding battle.
Bucknell opened the second half on a 9-5 run and pushed its lead to 46-36 with 16:16 to play. Towson (2-5) responded with a 14-2 run of its own to take a 50-48 lead with 11:39 remaining in the game. Johnson had eight of the Tigers' 14 during that run. A free throw and a lay-up from Claire DeBoer gave Bucknell the lead back for good with 10:32 to play. The two teams traded baskets as Johnson hit a pair from the foul line at 7:52 to cut the Tiger deficit to one, 56-55. That was as close as the Tigers would get the rest of the way. Bucknell went 13-for-15 from the foul line in the final seven minutes to seal the 78-62 victory.
Bucknell shot 47.6% from the field in the second half and 51.1% for the game. The Bison were 25-of-32 from the foul line for the game. Towson shot 34.4% from the field in the second half and 35.7% for the game. The Tigers were just 5-for-16 from the charity stripe in the contest. Towson won the rebounding battle, 40-33.
Johnson led all scorers with her 31 points after going 11-for-18 from the field and 2-for-2 from the line. She added four assists and two rebounds. Hines-Allen had 17 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers while Smith had a team-high nine rebounds.
Audrey Dotson led Bucknell with 22 points and six rebounds while Shelby Romine had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Towson is back in action on Saturday, Dec. 7 when the Tigers travel to George Washington for a 2 p.m. game.


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Trial Jury Handbook
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Part III: The Trial
Statutes and Rules on Juries and Jury Procedure
Your call to jury service is a call to a most important task. If you are selected to be a juror, you will be asked to hear evidence presented at a trial, decide the facts, apply to the facts the law explained to you by the judge, and return a verdict. The case you hear may be a criminal case, civil case or a coroner matter.
A criminal case is an action in which a defendant is accused by the government (the state or a city) of having committed a crime.
A civil case is an action to enforce private rights. It is a lawsuit involving either (a) one private party suing another private party, or (b) a private party suing or being sued by the government, other than a criminal case. The controversy could be about property rights, claims for damages, or matters generally dealing with money.
There are two types of coroner matters: inquests and presumptive death hearings. Inquests determine the cause and manner of a person's death (for example, homicide, suicide, accident, etc.). Presumptive death hearings determine if a missing person should be declared dead. These coroner hearings are not trials. Therefore, the jury selection and trial procedures described in this pamphlet do not apply to coroner hearings.
As a juror, you are providing an important public service. You are also helping to uphold an essential part of the American system of justice - the right to a trial by a jury made up of persons representing a fair cross section of the community. The right to trial by jury is guaranteed by both the United States Constitution and the Alaska Constitution.
You do not need any special skills or knowledge to be a juror, but you do need to be fair, impartial, and willing to keep an open mind.
Thank you for the service you are providing.
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Potential jurors are selected randomly by a computer from the list of all adults (18 years of age and older) who apply for the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend.
Yes. The summons to jury service is an official court summons. If you do not respond, you could be held in contempt of court.
The information you provide on the questionnaire helps the court determine whether you qualify to serve as a juror. The Alaska Statutes require a juror to be
In addition, a person is disqualified from serving as a juror if the person has been convicted of a felony and has not been unconditionally discharged for that offense (meaning the person is still on parole or probation for the offense).
The questionnaire also gives you an opportunity to request that your jury duty be postponed as explained later in this booklet.
No. A person is not disqualified from serving as a juror solely because of the loss of hearing or sight in any degree or a disability that substantially impairs or interferes with the person's mobility. The court is required to provide an interpreter or reader when necessary to enable a person with impaired hearing or sight to act as a juror. The court is also required to make its facilities accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need any assistance because of a disability, you should immediately notify the jury clerk.
If jury service would be a significant hardship because of your disability, you can ask to be temporarily or permanently excused as explained in the paragraphs below.
If jury service at the time for which you are summoned will cause hardship, you may request deferral of service to another time within the next ten months. If you need to seek a deferral, you should do so as soon as possible. Do not wait until the time you are to appear. To reschedule your jury service, follow the instructions for question #12 on the Jury Questionnaire. If you have already sent in your questionnaire, call the jury clerk as soon as possible for instructions.
The Alaska Statutes and court rules allow the following persons to be temporarily excused from jury service:
To request a temporary excusal, you must write your request and reason on the Jury Questionnaire in #13 (the Comments section). If you have already sent in your questionnaire, call the jury clerk as soon as possible.
If your request is granted, you will be excused from service for the current jury year (except the teachers described above, who are only excused during the school term). However, you may be summoned for another term of service in the future. To be permanently excused, see the next question.
The court rules provide that you may be permanently excused from all jury service if you:
To request a permanent excusal if you are over 70 years of age, answer "yes" to question #4 on the Jury Questionnaire.
To request a permanent excusal if you have a permanent physical or mental disability, you must
If you are permanently excused, you should not receive any further jury summonses.
Your employer cannot fire, demote, or otherwise penalize you for missing work while performing jury service. Some employers will continue to pay your salary while you are in jury service even though they are not required to do so. Contact your employer to find out what the policy is at your job.
Ask the jury clerk for a Certificate of Jury Attendance either at the end of each day of trial or at the completion of the trial. The certificate will indicate the dates and times you served.
You will be paid $25 per day, starting with the second day you report to the courthouse during your period of jury service. There is no payment for the first day you are summoned to the courthouse.
Exception: State employees are not paid for jury service (unless they serve on days they are not scheduled to work for the state).
You will also be reimbursed for mileage (at the rate paid to state employees) if you live more than 30 miles from the court. If you must fly or use the Marine Highway System, the court will make those arrangements for you.
Jury pay is processed twice each month. The first pay period is the 1st to the 15th and the second is the 16th through the end of each month. You can expect to receive your check about 15 days after the end of the pay period in which you served. If you serve during two pay periods, you will receive two checks. If you have not received your check within 15 days after the end of your pay period, please contact the jury clerk.
If the check is less than six months old, contact the court system's Fiscal Operations division in Anchorage at 264-8254. The clerk will be able to re-issue the check for you.
If the check is more than six months old, the court system cannot reissue it and, if you find it, you will not be able to cash it. After six months, the funds are automatically transferred to the State's Unclaimed Property Division. To request payment, contact Unclaimed Property at (907) 465-3726 or e-mail them at firstname.lastname@example.com. Website: treasury.dor.alaska.gov (click on the unclaimed property tab).
The court does not pay for juror meals during the jury selection process or during the trial (unless the jury is sequestered). However, the court does pay for juror meals while the jury is deliberating (that is, after all the evidence has been presented and the judge has referred the case to the jury for decision).
Free parking is available at most courts. If parking is an issue, there will be instructions about it on your service reminder notice and on the Jury Services website: www.courts.alaska.gov/jury.
The time period during which you must be available to serve (called your "term of service") depends on the size of the court location where you serve. During your term of service you may have to call in or report to court periodically. You may not have to call in every day, but you must call on the days you are directed to do so.
In Anchorage, where the population is large and many trials are held each day, the term of service is either 5 consecutive days or, if you are selected to serve on a jury, the length of the trial.
In other courts, your term of service is either 30 days, 90 days or 1 year depending on the population of the area. In these courts, you may have to call in several days each month, and you may be selected to serve on more than one trial. The most days you might actually have to be present in court is 30 per year. However, you must complete any trial for which you are selected to serve as a juror regardless of how long the trial lasts.
Yes, but only if you had to appear in court during your term of service.
Once your term of service is complete, you cannot be required to serve again for at least one year after your last day of actual court appearance.
You will not get the one year off if you
It is very important that all jurors report each day they are told to report and that they be on time. Your absence may delay a trial. If you have an emergency (such as a sudden illness or a death in the family), call the jury clerk immediately.
You should report to the court at the date and time shown on your jury summons or as instructed when you call in. At that time, you will be told the procedure for reporting to the court for the rest of the term.
Once you are sent to a courtroom for jury selection, the judge will explain the anticipated schedule for that trial. On occasion, a trial will continue beyond the court's normal working hours. If this happens, you may need to arrange your schedule to allow you to stay longer.
Probably not. Usually, jurors go home at the end of the day and return the next morning. However, in extremely rare cases, a jury will be "sequestered" during the trial or during deliberations.
"Sequestered" means that instead of going home at the end of the day, jurors stay in a hotel, where their access to other people and to television news and newspapers is limited. This is done to keep them from accidentally hearing something about the trial that was not presented in court or from being influenced by news reports. This is important because juries must reach their decisions based only on what they have heard in the courtroom during the trial.
In almost all Alaska jury trials, however, the jury goes home at the end of each day and is ordered by the judge not to discuss the case with anyone nor to watch, read, or listen to news reports about the case. The law requires you to follow these instructions.
Yes. You usually will have to wait a while before the jury selection process begins. In addition, if you are selected to serve on a jury, the jury will be sent to the jury room whenever the judge and attorneys discuss legal issues which the jury is not allowed to hear.
Yes. Bring a book, needlework, or other quiet activity; solve a crossword puzzle; write a letter; sketch a picture; or get to know your fellow jurors. Of course, when the court is in session, you should not talk, read, or do other activities. You need to devote your full attention to what is happening in the court.
Remember that as a juror you are a vital part of the justice system. Part of the job of many court employees, such as the bailiffs and the clerks, is to help make your jury service comfortable and convenient. Do not be afraid to ask them for help.
Note about knitting: You may bring knitting needles (and blunt scissors) to use while you wait. However, you will need to put them away when you enter the courtroom for jury selection and when you serve on a jury.
Yes. However, you must turn off all such devices whenever you are in the courtroom or the jury deliberation room. You must not use these devices at any time to communicate with anyone about the trial or to investigate information about the trial. Jurors must decide the case before them based solely on the evidence presented in the courtroom. Jurors must not conduct any independent research about the case or the people involved in the case.
Also, court personnel may collect these items and hold them for you when jury deliberation begins.
Childcare is not available at the court, so please do not bring children with you when you appear for jury service.
For security reasons, weapons are not permitted in courthouses. Some examples of things you should not bring to court are: firearms, knives of any size, other sharp objects, and chemical agents such as mace, bear spray and other forms of pepper spray.
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You may or may not sit on a jury. The parties involved in a case generally seek to settle their differences and avoid the expense and time of a trial. Sometimes the case is settled just a few moments before the trial begins. So even though several trials are scheduled for a certain day, the court does not know until that morning how many will actually go to trial. But your time spent waiting is not wasted — your very presence in the court encourages settlement.
There are several methods a judge may use to select a jury. The following is the most common.
When a trial is ready to begin, a group of potential jurors will be called into the courtroom. The clerk will ask the potential jurors to swear or affirm that they will truthfully answer the questions about to be asked of them.
You will be told the names of the parties and their attorneys and the nature of the case. You will be asked such things as whether you know or are related to anyone involved in the case, have any financial or other interest in the outcome of the case, have formed or expressed an opinion, or have any personal bias or prejudice that might affect how you decide the case.
Depending on your court location, one of two methods will be used to select the first group of potential jurors to take seats in the jury box. Method #1: The names of all potential jurors will be placed on slips of paper in a small box. The clerk will then draw a certain number of names from the box and ask those persons to take seats in the jury box. Method #2: A computer will produce a list of potential jurors in random order and the clerk will ask the first group of jurors on that list to take seats in the jury box.
The judge and the lawyers for each side will ask you some questions. If a question is of such a nature that you are reluctant to answer it publicly, you may ask the judge to be examined privately on that issue.
The lawyers will be allowed to ask that certain potential jurors be excused "for cause." The lawyer must explain why the lawyer believes the juror would not be a fair and impartial juror in the case. The judge may or may not grant these requests. After all seated jurors have been "passed for cause," the lawyers will be allowed to peremptorily disqualify a certain number of jurors (that is, disqualify them without stating a reason for doing so). The number of peremptory disqualifications allowed depends on the type of case.
After the required number of jurors has been accepted, the jurors then take an oath swearing or affirming that they will hear the case and give a verdict based solely on the evidence introduced and the instructions of the court. The trial is then ready to begin.
Allowing both sides to participate in selecting the jury gives the parties the opportunity to determine that jurors will be fair and impartial when they decide the case. Being excused from a jury in no way reflects on your character or your competence as a juror, so you should not feel offended or embarrassed if you are excused. The law does not permit jurors to be excused because of their race, sex, age, or religious background.
Juries usually consist of 6 or 12 jurors, depending on the kind of trial. Frequently, one or two additional jurors will be chosen during jury selection. This is to ensure that if one or more jurors are excused during the trial for an emergency, such as illness, there will be an adequate number of jurors (6 or 12) at the end of the trial to deliberate.
Some judges will designate which jurors are the "alternates" at the start of the trial. Other judges will not designate which jurors are the alternates until the end of the trial. The alternate jurors will be released by the judge at the time the jury begins deliberations.
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In any trial, two kinds of questions will have to be decided at various times. These are questions of law and questions of fact. The judge decides the questions of law. You decide the questions of fact. After you have decided the questions of fact, you will apply the law to the facts as directed by the judge at the end of the trial.
Questions of law involve the determination of what the law is. They may be about procedural matters (what information can be admitted as evidence, what kind of questions can be asked, which witnesses can appear, and what they can testify about). Or they may involve questions of substantive law, which create, define, and regulate the rights of parties.
Quite simply, it is deciding what really happened in a case. Do not be surprised if the evidence given by both sides is conflicting or if the testimony given by one witness contradicts another. After all, if everyone was in agreement about what happened and what should be done about it, the dispute probably would not be in court, and a jury probably would not be needed. Your job is to listen to all the testimony, consider all the evidence, and decide what you think really happened.
A number of people will be in the courtroom besides the judge, the jury, and the attorneys. The list below explains who they are and what they will be doing.
Plaintiff. In a civil case, the person who brought the case to court is called the plaintiff. In a criminal case, the plaintiff is the government (state or city).
Defendant. In a civil case, the person being sued is called the defendant. In a criminal case, the person charged with a crime is the defendant.
Lawyer. A lawyer is a person licensed to practice law. Other words for "lawyer" include "attorney" or "counsel." In criminal cases, the government's lawyer is often referred to as the "prosecutor."
In-Court Clerk. The in-court keeps the official record by operating the recorder which records every word spoken during the trial. The in-court clerk also makes a written log of the recording, keeps track of exhibits, administers oaths to jurors and witnesses and performs many other duties.
Bailiff. In Alaska, a bailiff is in charge of the jury when the jury begins deliberations or is sequestered. The bailiff makes sure no one communicates with the jury during deliberations, acts as a messenger between the jury and judge, and assists the jury with phone calls, meal arrangements, etc.
Witnesses. Each side in a trial will probably have a number of witnesses who have information about the dispute. Usually, the judge will ask them to wait outside the courtroom until it is their turn to testify. This is done so they will not hear each other's testimony and be influenced by it.
I. Selection of a Jury
II. Opening Statements
III. Testimony of Witnesses and Presentation of Evidence
IV. Closing Arguments
V. Judge Reads Jury Instructions to the Jury
VI. Jury Retires to Deliberate
VII. Verdict of Jury
Presentation of Evidence. The witnesses for the plaintiff are then called and questioned by the attorney for the plaintiff and cross-examined by the attorney for the defendant. After cross-examination, the plaintiff's attorney may re-examine some of the witnesses and the defense may then recross examine them. After all the plaintiff's witnesses have been called and all the plaintiff's evidence has been presented, the attorney will tell the judge that the plaintiff rests.
Witnesses for the defendant may then be called. This time, the defendant's attorney questions the witnesses, and the plaintiff's attorney cross-examines them, followed by redirect and recross examination. When all the defendant's witnesses and evidence have been presented, the defense will rest. After the defendant has finished, the plaintiff has the right to offer testimony in rebuttal.
Note: In a criminal case the defendant has an absolute right not to testify. The jury cannot hold it against the defendant in any way if the defendant does not testify. In addition, a criminal defendant need not present any witnesses or other evidence because the defendant is not required to prove his/her innocence. It is up to the prosecution to prove the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Closing Arguments. The attorneys then make their closing arguments. The closing arguments let each attorney tell the jury what the attorney thinks the evidence proves and why the attorney's client should win. These closing arguments may help jurors recall many details of the case, but they are not evidence. The plaintiff's attorney speaks first, followed by the defendant. Finally, the plaintiff's attorney speaks again and closes the case.
Jury Instructions. The judge reads instructions to the jury. These instructions explain the law which the jury must apply to the case.
Jury instructions tell the jury what laws govern a particular case. Although the main body of instructions is usually given at the end of the case, instructions may be given at any time during the trial. Regardless of when they are given, jurors must accept and follow the law as instructed by the judge even though they may have a different idea about what the law is or ought to be.
In a civil case, the jury not only decides on a verdict for one side or the other, but also awards damages. That is, if the jury determines that an award of money should be made, the jury decides how much the award should be.
There are two kinds of criminal offenses: felonies and misdemeanors. A felony is a crime for which a sentence of imprisonment of more than one year is authorized. If the maximum punishment allowed by law is one year in jail, the offense is called a misdemeanor.
An important part of an attorney's job is to make sure the client gets a fair trial. This includes making sure that the only evidence presented during the trial is evidence that is proper, relevant, and allowed by law. So if evidence is submitted that the attorney feels is improper, or if the attorney feels that the other side is asking questions that are unlawful, the attorney will call out "Objection" and state the reason for the objection. By doing this, the attorney is asking the judge to rule on whether the law allows that particular piece of evidence or statement or question to be admitted. If the judge determines the evidence is proper, the judge will say, "Objection overruled." If the judge determines that the evidence in question is improper, the judge will say, "Objection sustained." How often an attorney raises objections during the trial and how the judge rules on them must not bias you against either attorney's case.
The judge may send the jury out of the courtroom during a trial. While the jury is gone, the attorneys and the judge will discuss points of law or whether certain evidence can be admitted. The purpose of these discussions is to make sure that the jury hears only the evidence that is legally valid before making its decision.
Sometimes the jury hears testimony that they should not have heard. The judge will tell the jury to disregard the testimony, that is, to consider the case as if they had never heard the improper testimony. You must follow the judge's instructions so that the parties in the case receive a fair trial.
No. As long as the trial is still going on, do not discuss the trial with anyone. Do not even discuss the case with your fellow jurors until you begin your deliberations. When the trial is over, you can discuss it with anyone if you want to, or you may keep silent if you prefer.
No, not as long as the trial or jury deliberations are still going on.
If you hear something outside the courtroom, or if someone contacts you about the trial while it is still going on, or if you realize during the trial that you have some special information that relates to the case, ask the in-court clerk or bailiff to tell the judge immediately what has happened. Tell no one else about the incident until you receive instructions from the judge.
The judge will take regular recesses during the trial. However, if you need to take an additional break for some reason, raise your hand to get the judge's attention. If you know before the trial starts that you will need breaks because of a medical condition, be sure to tell the judge.
Raise your hand to get the judge's attention and then explain the problem.
The judge will usually tell you at the beginning of the trial if you can take notes. If the judge does not, you can ask the judge for permission.
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After you hear the attorneys' closing arguments and the judge gives you instructions, you will leave the courtroom and go to the jury room to begin your deliberations. "Deliberation" is the process the jury uses to reach its verdict. During deliberations, the jury will discuss evidence and review the law and the facts.
Only the jurors and any interpreter necessary to assist a juror who is hearing or speech impaired can be present while the jury is deliberating or voting.
But, if you have any questions or need any help, the bailiff will be nearby to pass your written questions to the judge.
The first thing you should do is elect one member of the jury to be the foreperson. The foreperson will preside over the deliberations, seeing that everyone has an opportunity to participate and that the discussions remain orderly. The foreperson takes part in deliberations and votes on the verdict along with everyone else.
The judge will give the jury a written copy of the jury instructions. If you do not understand the instructions, you may ask the judge to explain them to you. You must put your questions in writing and ask the bailiff to give them to the judge. Before the judge can answer a question, all the parties and attorneys must return to court to discuss it. Thus, it may take some time for you to receive an answer.
Each juror may have a different opinion at the start of deliberations. To reach a verdict, some jurors may have to change their opinions. You should keep an open mind; listen carefully to other jurors' opinions, and the reasons for their opinions. You should be prepared to tell the other jurors what you think and why you think it. Be fair and carefully consider what your fellow jurors are saying. Do not let yourself be intimidated into changing your opinion, and do not intimidate anyone else. Change your opinion only if you genuinely agree with what another juror is saying.
No. If you believe you know information about a party in the case, a witness or a subject brought up at trial, you cannot discuss it with any juror, nor can you personally consider it. You cannot discuss or consider any information you have unless the information was also presented as evidence at trial.
Exception: You and the other jurors can consider common information which is generally known by everyone, such as rain is wet; the sun provides light.
Possibly. You can make a written request to the judge to listen to the recording of part or all of the testimony of any witness. The judge will discuss your request with the attorneys before deciding whether to grant your request.
It depends on the type of trial. In criminal cases, every juror must agree on the verdict. In civil cases, unless otherwise instructed by the judge, five-sixths of the jury must agree on the verdict (5 of 6 or 10 of 12).
The foreperson will write down the jury's verdict on a form provided by the judge, sign it and notify the bailiff that a verdict has been reached (but not what the verdict is). The bailiff will notify the judge, who will call everyone, including the jury, back to the courtroom. The judge will ask for the jury's verdict, and either the judge, the in-court clerk or the jury foreperson will read it out loud. At this point, the jurors may be "polled" (that is, asked individually in open court if they agree with the verdict.)
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The list below defines some terms used in this pamphlet, as well as some terms you might hear at the court or during a trial.
action, case, cause, suit, lawsuit - These terms all refer to a proceeding in a court of law.
acquit - To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
affidavit - A written statement made under oath.
answer - A formal response made by the defendant in a civil case, which admits or denies what is claimed by the plaintiff.
burden of proof - The responsibility of proving a disputed charge or claim.
cause of action - A legal claim.
charge - (1) A formal accusation that someone has committed a crime, or (2) the reading of the jury instructions to the jury by the judge.
counterclaim - A claim presented by the defendant in a civil case alleging that the plaintiff owes damages to the defendant.
cross-examination - The questioning of an opposing witness, that is a witness who was called to testify at the trial by the other side in the case.
damages - Money that a court orders paid to a person who has suffered a loss or injury by the person who caused it.
deposition - Sworn testimony taken and recorded outside the courtroom.
evidence - Any form of proof legally presented at a trial, including records, documents, photographs, and testimony of witnesses.
exhibit - A paper, document, or other physical object presented to the court as evidence during a trial.
grand jury - A jury of 12 to 18 persons selected to inquire into alleged crimes in order to determine whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant a trial. Only the prosecution presents evidence to the grand jury.
impeachment of a witness - An attempt to show that the testimony of a witness is not truthful, accurate, or reliable.
inadmissible - Testimony or exhibits that cannot be admitted or received as evidence under the law.
indictment - A written accusation by a grand jury charging someone with committing a crime. An indictment is not evidence of a crime.
leading question - A question that suggests to a witness the answer the attorney wants to hear.
litigant - An individual who brings or defends a lawsuit.
motion - A request made by an attorney for a ruling or an order by a judge on a particular Issue.
perjury - Lying under oath, which is a criminal offense.
petit jury - The trial jury whose functions are described in this document.
plea - A defendant's answer to a criminal charge. In Alaska, the possible pleas are "not guilty," "guilty" and "no contest."
pleadings - Formal, written statements by both sides of their claims.
polling the jury - Asking jurors individually in open court after the verdict has been read whether they agree with the verdict.
pro se or pro per - Latin terms often used in court to refer to a party who represents himself or herself without a lawyer.
rebuttal - Providing evidence or argument that refutes or opposes the other party's evidence or argument. Rebuttal is also the name given to the stage of the trial, after the defense has rested its case, at which time the plaintiff may offer evidence to contradict the defendant's evidence.
search warrant - A written order issued by a judge or magistrate judge, directing a law enforcement officer to search a particular place for evidence of a crime.
stipulation - An agreement by the attorneys concerning court procedures or certain facts in the case. Facts that have been stipulated do not need to be proven in the trial.
testimony - Any statement made by a witness under oath in court.
tort - An injury or wrong done to another person or the person's property, that does not involve a contract, and for which the injured party is seeking damages in a civil case.
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Article III, Section 2. . . . The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; . .
Amendment VI. Right to speedy trial, witnesses, etc. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusations; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment VII. Trial by jury in civil cases. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Article I, Section II. Rights of Accused. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of twelve, except that the legislature may provide for a jury of not more than twelve nor less than six in courts not of record. The accused is entitled to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be released on bail, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Article I, Section 16. Civil Suits; Trial by Jury. In civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds two hundred fifty dollars, the right of trial by a jury of twelve is preserved to the same extent as it existed at common law. The legislature may make provision for a verdict by not less than three-fourths of the jury and, in courts not of record, may provide for a jury of not less than six or more than twelve.
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Thanks so much to Teen Vogue magazine who let us know actress Emma Watson is the subject of their new cover. As seen via this link, you can see a new photo of Emma as she graces the cover, plus bonus photos of the actress sporting some highstyle new frocks here, and video of the shoot here.
Of interest in the article with all the new photos are comments from Emma on the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Quotage:
Be sure to check a fashion time for Emma over the years here, and tips on how you can get Emma's look and make it your own. Plus if you register at Teenvogue here, you will get a special free Emma Watson poster. The August issue of Teen Vogue magazine will be on stands shortly on July 1st!
Of course, personal style pretty much goes out the window when Emma's spending six days a week working on the latest Harry Potter, as she has done since last February. Much of her performance in The Half-Blood Prince focuses on Hermione's not-quite-budding romance with her buddy Ron—"At the beginning," Emma says, "it looks like they're on their way to finally being together, but of course Ron screws it up. So she's jealous, and doesn't quite realize it, and they have all these arguments." Meanwhile, Harry's hot on the trail of the eponymous Potions wizard and trying to convince their new professor, Slughorn, to reveal some crucial information about Harry's evil nemesis, Voldemort. All in all, a fairly exciting plot, even if Emma has to strain to remember it: The seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is being split into two films, which means that she's currently promoting one movie, shooting another, and in pre-production on a third. "I don't think I've ever been this tired in my life!" she says. "I literally wear my pajama bottoms to set. I roll out of bed and put on a hoodie and some Ugg boots."
This current wardrobe will, at least, fit right in at college, which Emma plans to start in the fall. Her schedule will be tight with filming but, as Emma puts it, "I've been saying that I wanted to go to university since I was eleven, so if they didn't let me, I'd be pretty upset." (She'll likely have to shoot over her winter break, she says, and since the plot does involve polyjuice potion—"Helena Bonham Carter will be playing Hermione for a bit.")


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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker made headlines when he was seen walking out of Churchill Downs after the Kentucky Derby handing out $100 bills to his fans. Now, Churchill says Welker should hand some of those bills back to the track because they made a mistake.
Churchill Downs said Friday the money Welker was handing out was not all his. According to the track, Welker and the group he was with were accidentally over paid $14,898.55. In a letter addressed to one of Welker's group members, the track stated the over payment happened because of a misunderstanding between a tote tech who was working to fix the machine and a teller.
The tote tech was under the understanding the $14, 898.55 Welker and his group had won before the tote malfunction needed to be added to the total amount owed, bringing their winnings to $57,193.90. The error was not noticed until the end of the day when the clerk was checking out and the cash drawer came up short.
Churchill reviewed the terminal log and found the amount the group had actually won totaled $42,295.35. In the letter Churchill asked Welker and his group to mail them a check for the difference.
Churchill Downs spokesman Darren Rogers explained of the wad of tickets cashed in at once by Welker's friend, "After the first few tickets, the terminal malfunctioned and the screen went clear." He said when the tote technician got it back up and running, they processed the rest of the winning tickets. Then they added the total of the first few tickets, accidentally paying them twice.
Welker said on the Dan Patrick Show Friday, "We had no clue. They could have underpaid us and we wouldn't have known."
Race fan Shawn Huffman said, "Wes made a legitimate bet and Churchill should honor that."
Most race fans agree with Attorney Patrick Schmidt who said while he smiled, "I'd say sorry." Schmidt said there's a regulation on the books, if there's an error computing a winning payout that results in overpayment, it's the track who must eat the money. "They don't get a chance to go back against the bettor."
Casinos with cameras on every move can get the money back. What's the difference? Schmidt explained, "Racing at Churchill Downs or most tracks is parimutuel wagering so your not actually betting against the house," he said. "I'm betting against you and I take your money or you take my mine and the house just gets a small cut."
Churchill acknowledged Friday that they cannot force the repayment they were just asking. They also said what is more important is having Welker back at the Derby spending those extra winnings.
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Fairway employee arrested after stabbing coworker to death near upper Manhattan store: NYPD
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Saturday April 13, Bloody Elbow presents live fight coverage of HBO World Championship Boxing featuring Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. HBO World Championship Boxing Donaire vs. Rigondeaux airs this Saturday, April 13 at 11:00 p.m. ET. Bloody Elbow will have live fight night coverage, including results and discussion.
One of boxing's pound for pound best, Nonito Donaire is coming off an incredible 2012. That year saw him topple 4 of the division's best with increasingly brutal performances, culminating in a 3rd round KO of Jorge Arce. Those wins, combined with his strong anti-doping stance, earned him Fighter of the Year honors for 2012 in the eyes of many. He's steadily climbed up the ranks to become one of the best in the world, and is the obvious favorite here.
But don't let Guillermo Rigondeaux's small record fool you - he is a legitimate threat to Donaire. Next to Abner Mares, he's the toughest opponent for Donaire. The Cuban fighter is a highly decorated amateur with two Olympic gold medal wins. He's had a successful transition to the pro scene, going undefeated in his 4 year pro career. He is undoubtedly a legitimate talent, but still will have his work cut out for him against The Filipino Flash.
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"If you are trying to get a point across which you are. Don't do it by questioning the source where you got your information."He doesn't need any help he's more than capable of making himself look like an ass w/o anyone else butting in. Besides that, he's a lawyer! He really is! He's a message board lawyer. Which basically means he subscribes to Google news feeds and reads Wikipedia almost daily.Crown him!
I think we can all see another classic psycho-boy meltdown is imminent.
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Muscular SunFire X4200 feels the burn
Opteron-powered 2U server proves a strong datacenter workhorse with a nice priceFollow @pvenezia
Last year, Sun announced the Galaxy server line, the company's first foray into the dual-core Opteron world. In conjunction, Sun sent InfoWorld Contributing Editors Oliver Rist and Brian Chee a preproduction unit of the Sun Fire X4100. Although it proved a formidable and cleverly designed machine, the X4100's preproduction status was readily apparent, and the duo ran into several significant issues.
A cousin of the X4100, the Sun Fire X4200, recently landed in my lab. Although it's not a bull's-eye, it's not far off the mark, seemingly free of many -- but not all -- of the problems afflicting its relative. The I/O subsystem is lacking in RAID5 support, for instance, and although hardly unique to this server, one of the 2.5-inch SAS drives died during a test.
Sun has packed quite a lot into the Sun Fire X4200. It physically resembles its SPARC-based Sun Fire brethren in a 2U form factor, sporting up-front USB ports, four hot-swap 2.5-inch 10,000 RPM SAS disks, an internal LSI RAID controller, four DDR400 ECC RAM slots per CPU, two PCI-X slots, a DVD drive, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, redundant power supplies, and Sun's ILOM (Integrated Lights Out Manager) interface.
Internally, the X4200 is nattily attired with a split-case design that places the mainboard and CPUs directly behind two banks of hot-swappable fans, keeping the power supplies off to the side, directly behind the disks, and separated from the main section by a full-length baffle. This design keeps the heat generated by the disks from being pushed across the mainboard.
As far as horsepower, the X4200 can handle two Opteron 200-series CPUs, leveraging AMD-8000 series chipset and HyperTransport technology to provide a fast path between the CPUs and RAM. Additionally, it can handle up to 16GB of DDR400 ECC RAM, 8GB per CPU. Sun helpfully color-coded the RAM slots to assist in proper RAM installation, and also provides RAM fault indicator LEDs on each bank to help identify a bad DIMM.
On the storage side of things, the Fujitsu 2.5-inch 10,000 RPM SAS drives are controlled by an LSI SAS1064 controller that can handle as much as 3Gbps to each disk, and provides RAID functions. I've never been a fan of LSI RAID chipsets, but it appears to do the job, although drivers may be hard to come by if you're running a non-Sun supported Linux variant. Installing Windows will require a driver floppy -- but there's no floppy drive in the server.
Also, this RAID controller is limited to RAID1 or RAID0, so with four disks, you can either mirror two and two or create a stripe of all four, but you can't run RAID5 across all the disks, which is unfortunate.
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My eyes sting, burn, and water blurs my vision. The world around me is a hazy chaotic scene of firefighters in yellow shirts and TV journalists running up and down the street around me. Everywhere you try to breathe there is smoke. I keep hoping for the wind to change direction so that I can get some fresh air. The skin on my face is starting to feel as dry and tough as the leather on my three-year-old boots. This is worse than any campfire you have ever been around because the smoke is everywhere and there is no escaping it.
It sounds like I am describing a war zone of some form, but really I am just describing the scene covering the woods fire at Devil's Hopyard State Park in East Haddam Tuesday. I can still smell the wood smoke on my clothing today. Smoke can make for some very dramatic pictures, but unlike fog which only makes one damp, smoke can be misery to work in. This is not as much a complaint, but more like a statement of fact. There is no other way to get the photos of the firefighters at work and tell their story than to be in the smoke with them.
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Christ Church begins clearing its future site
Date: August 27, 2009
by: Robin Hartill | Community Editor
On Aug. 17, Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, began clearing a 1.5-acre parcel of land at 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive and General Harris Street to prepare for construction of a new 12,000-square-foot facility on the two-acre parcel of land the church bought for $2.6 million in March 2008.
According to Bill Buckley, member of the church's building committee, the clearing and tree-removal process will likely last two more weeks and will allow engineers to assess the site and determine what kind of foundation the building will need.
Within a month-and-a-half, church leaders expect to have a schedule for construction.
"In the next four to six weeks, we will have a layout of how everything is going to go through," Buckley said.
Founded in 2005, Christ Church continues to hold services and operate out of its current location at 595 Bay Isles Road in Mediterranean Plaza. Church members hope the building will be completed by next season, Buckley said. The church will keep the pink building, part of which is occupied by Longview Realty Inc., on the property and will use some of the remaining space for offices.
In the meantime, sea turtles are benefiting from some of the empty space in the building. The church is currently allowing Longboat Key Turtle Watch to use office space to store stakes and documents.
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Food is not just a job for Amber. In fact, she's been experimenting with food since an early age. In the Test Kitchen blog you can read about all her adventures, from canning jams and jellies, to making bread from a wild sourdough starter, to trying out new ethnic cuisines. She is excited to share her creativity and expertise with you.
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This streusel-topped cinnamon apple coffee cake is a sweet and fruity delight that's easy to make!
Heat oven to 375°F.
Combine all coffee cake ingredients except apple in bowl; stir just until moistened. Stir in apple.
Spread batter into greased 8- or 9-inch square baking pan.
Combine 1/3 cup flour and brown sugar in bowl; cut in 1/4 cup Cinnamon Sugar Butter Spread until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over coffee cake batter. Bake 28-32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
Calories: 260
Fat: 8g
Cholesterol: 60mg
Sodium: 270mg
Carbohydrates: 42g
Dietary Fiber: 1g
Protein: 4g
This recipe turned out amazingly well! It's a delicious and moist cake with just the right amount of cinnamon for fall. The topping amount could be doubled if you chose to do so, but I sprinkle mine on with my fingers and the entire top does get covered. It's great for breakfast or as a yummy dessert. :)
This is delicious. Will make this again. I agree to double the recipe for the topping.
This is an easy and delicious recipe. The only change I will be making is to double the recipe for the topping.
I made two pans of this coffee cake, one for home and one for work. I followed the receipe to the letter except for adding an extra 1/2 apple because I like a lot of apple in my coffee cakes. The topping did not turn out like the picture on the first one I made. It was not crumbly enough. It still tasted good. I increased the flour to 1/2 cup for the topping on the second one and it turned out great (looked just like the picture).
This recipe came out wonderful! I'd serve this cake for breakfast, brunch, dessert, or any time I have a guest over.
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