My cousin vinny & criminal law in california

In 1992, the Jonathan Lynn directed movie My Cousin Vinny, made a perfect tense blend of accostroom drama with commercial comedy. Though the elements of criminal justice and courtroom procedures distinctly deviated from reality, the movie stirred constructive debate for geezerhood to come. Joe Pesci contend the role of funny New York lawyer Vincent Gambini or Vinny, Marisa Tomei played his girlfriend Monalisa or Lisa. Vinnyss cousin batting order, along with his friend Stan, gets regard in a murder grimace for which the trial takes place in an Alabama court. Vinny comes from New York to defend his cousin as a respect towards family. The human face is ab kayoed a utility store clerks murder and incidentally most of the clues point to Bill and Stan. Right after(prenominal) their visit to the store, the actual assailants, who drove an almost identical car, executed the crime.Ironically, Vinny had taken more than six years to clear his bar exam and had to get through at leas t one case to get an approval for marrying Lisa. in all devoid of judicial procedures and nave about professional etiquette, Vinny finds it hard to assert the case. His incompetence makes an instant impression on the tag who struggles to control his botheration during the proceedings. The courtroom drama gets alive with witty re label of struggling-to-be-lawyer. Judge Chamberlain Haller, played by Fred Gwynne, has tough time to instill discipline in the case proceedings. in that respect is also an evident clash of cultures between a New Yorkers tour Alabama.With the start of the case, the movie seemingly portrays many aspects of the US legal clay including the courtroom procedures, honorables of defendants, judicial arraignment and errors that can be construed as contempt of court. Vinny, a complete novice, finds it hard to understand the basics of pleading the case. After hearing the charges the judge expects him to plead guilty or non guilty. Vinny repeatedly labels the charges to be bullshit, earning him the ire of Judge Haller. In reality such trust might nonplus resulted in stripping of his bar license. Astonishingly, he did not horizontal have the license to practice law.Another fictional cultivate is that the judge does not make any significant effort to take for Vinnys license as a member of the bar aside from a phone call. While doing so, Vinny violated the California finds of Professional look at Rule 1-300 Unauthorized Practice of Law, under sub-part (B) which states A member shall not practice law in a jurisdiction where to do so would be in violation of regulations of the profession in that jurisdiction.However, Vinny is obviously a street-smart New Yorker and arranges his acquaintance to prove his eligibility. In real life such a lax of interest in checking a lawyers credentials may result in criminals defending other criminals in courts. Obviously, he had to lie about his identity to the Judge and lying to the Judge is violatio n of California Business and Professions Code sections 6076 and 6077 under Rules of Professional broadcast.The clod procedures of the court seemed superficial in the light of hard reality. The first good dilemma that is encountered by the law bodies in such cases is the skill of the defendants to call for a paid lawyer for them. Under California law, the defendant has the safe to choose the lawyer of his choice but the guarantee of such a lawyers competence is not measured till the case hearing begins. If the defendant ends up hiring a cousin as awkward as Vinny and loses the case, should the law authority intervene?Thorough incompetence in practice has also been dealt by those who framed the law for California. Vinny personified the efficacy of the Rule 3-110 Failing to Act Competently. The subsection (A) states that, A member shall not intentionally, recklessly, or repeatedly fail to perform legal services with competence. As for Vinny, two innocents could get punished beca use he added his stupidity to Bills bad luck.Bill and Stan get quite apprehensive about Vinnys ability and rightly so, as murder is a serious charge to be handled by a rookie. Even when Bill tries to express his doubt, Vinny snubs him by qualification a simple point that its Bills life that is at stake. At least twice in the case, Vinny is charged with contempt of court and sent to lock-up. In reality, either such situation doesnt go on in the first place or the judge takes a disciplinal action against the erring Lawyer. (California Business and Professions Code sections 6076 and 6077)As the case proceeds, Bill realizes that Vinny is his best chance to get saved. The state recommended lawyer got so nervous, when he was tried, that couldnt even make a single statement without stuttering. The rise up polished prosecution team reveals brilliant witness testimonies which further shake up Bill and his friend. Quite often the state prosecution teams do a good homework in homicide cas es. Law of the land owes a clean-living responsibility to the public in dealing with such heinous crimes, though the defendant was innocent in this case.Vinny and Lisa are and genuinely do look, out of the place in the rural background of Alabama. The ensuing conflicts with locals and constant squabble with the conditions took a toll on poor Vinny. But as the case proceeds he is able to demonstrate his prowess in utilise simple logic while cross-questioning the witnesses. He exhibits incredible intuitiveness to prove that even an eye witness account cannot be taken as unchallengeable. With the bog down on the window pane and power of glasses that needed a recheck, the eyewitnesss testimony on recognizing Bill and Stan, was ripped apart by Vinny.His girlfriend Lisa that looked a beautiful but dumb proves to be a genuine expert on automobiles. Ironically, she felt helpless in service out Vinny in the case, her expert observation on the skid marks made by the assailants car, simply turned the case on its head. She turn out her efficacy of being an expert when the prosecution tried to hogwash her with a flawed question on ignition temperature about a exceptional engine. The engine described by the prosecution did not even personify in the year that he asked.Vinny and Lisa end up in a heated argument while he tries to question her as a witness, though expert witnesss opinion should already to be known to the lawyer who calls the witness. Adding to Vinnys errors, a lawyer should already have the information of the answer that he wants the witness to render. This rule is widely accepted in legal circles as the Eleventh Commandment of Trial protagonism by prof Mark Dobson.Through hook and crook and overtaking through hoops as well, Vinny manages to win the case, rescuing his cousin from a possible indictment. As a reward for winning, he also won the right to marry his sweetheart, Lisa.In real life however, Vinny might have been schedule for fraud and impers onation.References and CitationsRules of professional Conduct of the State Bar of California.The Rules of Professional Conduct are rules of the irresponsible Court of California regulating attorney consider in this state. See In re Attorney Discipline dust (1998) 19 Cal. 4th 582, 593-597 79 Cal Rptr.2d 836 Howard v. Babcock (1993) 6 Cal. 4th 409, 418 25 Cal Rptr.3d 80. The rules have been adopted by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California and approved by the Supreme Court pursuant to California Business and Professions Code sections 6076 and 6077.Mark Dobson, Professor of Trial Advocacy, Nova Southeastern University (Feb. 2, 1999). See also BERGMAN & ASIMOW, supra note 5, at 10506.