My cousin vinny & criminal law in california

In 1992, the Jonathan Lynn directed movie My Cousin Vinny, make a perfect sound of courtroom drama with commercial comedy. Though the elements of criminal rightlyeousness and courtroom procedures distinctly deviated from reality, the movie touched constructive debate for years to come. Joe Pesci compete the role of funny new-made York lawyer Vincent Gambini or Vinny, Marisa Tomei played his girlfriend Monalisa or Lisa. Vinnyss cousin commit, along with his friend Stan, gets implicated in a tally case for which the trial takes domicile in an Alabama court. Vinny comes from New York to defend his cousin as a favor towards family. The case is around a utility store clerks murder and accidentally most of the clues point to Bill and Stan. Right after their visit to the store, the actual assailants, who drove an almost selfsame(a) car, executed the crime.Ironically, Vinny had taken more than six years to clear his bar exam and had to get along at least one case to get an appr oval for marrying Lisa. Completely devoid of legal procedures and nave just about professional etiquette, Vinny finds it hard to plead the case. His incompetence subscribes an instant impression on the try on who struggles to control his passion during the proceedings. The courtroom drama gets alive with witty remarks of struggling-to-be-lawyer. Judge Chamberlain Haller, played by Fred Gwynne, has tough time to educate discipline in the case proceedings. There is also an evident clash of cultures between a New Yorkers visiting Alabama.With the start of the case, the movie seemingly portrays many aspects of the US legal system including the courtroom procedures, rights 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 imploring the case. After hearing the charges the judge expects him to plead guilty or not guilty. Vinny repeatedly labels the charges to be bruiser, ear ning him the ire of Judge Haller. In reality much(prenominal) impudence might have resulted in husking of his bar license. Astonishingly, he did not even have the license to practice law.Another fictional invert is that the judge does not make any significant effort to check Vinnys license as a member of the bar apart from a phone call. While doing so, Vinny violated the California Rules of victor portion out 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 violation of California Business and Prof essions Code sections 6076 and 6077 under Rules of Professional Conduct.The formal procedures of the court seemed superficial in the light of hard reality. The first moral dilemma that is encountered by the law bodies in such cases is the top executive of the defendants to select a paid lawyer for them. Under California law, the defendant has the right to choose the lawyer of his choice but the guarantee of such a lawyers competence is not mensurable till the case hearing begins. If the defendant ends up hiring a cousin as incompetent as Vinny and loses the case, should the law authority intervene?Thorough incompetence in practice has also been dealt by those who inclose 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 penalise because he added his stupi dity 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 making 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 direct to lock-up. In reality, either such situation doesnt arise in the first place or the judge takes a disciplinary 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 well polished quest team reveals brilliant witness testimonies which further scare Bill and his friend. Quite often the state prosecution teams do a good preparation in homicide cases. Law of the land owes a moral res ponsibility 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 bickering with the conditions took a toll on suffering Vinny. But as the case proceeds he is able to demonstrate his prowess in development simple logic while cross-questioning the witnesses. He exhibits incredible intuitiveness to prove that even an eye witness business relationship cannot be taken as unchallengeable. With the mud on the window pane and power of glasses that require 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 mazed in helping out Vinny in the case, her expert observation on the skid marks made by the assailants car, simply turned the case on its h ead. She proved her efficacy of being an expert when the prosecution tried to hogwash her with a flawed question on ignition temperature about a cross engine. The engine described by the prosecution did not even exist 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 normal is widely accepted in legal circles as the Eleventh Commandment of mental test Advocacy by Professor Mark Dobson.Through hook and crook and going through hoops as well, Vinny manages to win the case, rescuing his cousin from a likely indictment. As a reward for winning, he also won the right to marry his sweetheart, Lisa.In real life however, Vinny might have been booked for fraud and impersonation.References and CitationsRules of professional Conduct of the State Bar of California.The Rules of Professional Conduct are rules of the Supreme Court of California regulating attorney conduct in this state. See In re Attorney Discipline System (1998) 19 Cal. quaternate 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 O.K. 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.