For each question, answer whether Barney has the right to arrest Otis under NRS chapter 171.   You can assume that Barney uses reasonable force to make the arrest and calls the police right away, but he is not a peace officer.  The casino has the required sign posted correctly.

Barney sees Otis standing around the ATM machine in the hotel lobby for an hour looking very suspicious. When Barney approaches Otis and asks him what he’s doing, Otis runs out the door. Barney chases him and arrests him before he leaves the hotel’s property.
No or yes

Andy the surveillance supervisor sees Otis on surveillance video steal a guest’s purse and run for the exit. He calls Barney on the radio and says, “Stop that guy with the purse” so Barney arrests him.
No or yes.

Barney sees a picture of Otis online in a story that said he was wanted for bank robbery in three states. The next day, Barney sees Otis in the hotel lobby and arrests him and calls the police.
No or yes

A guest shouts, “Help! He took my purse!” and points at Otis. Barney does not see any crime, but he sees Otis running for the exit and carrying a purse, so he arrests him.
No or yes.

Barney evicts Otis from the hotel for smoking in a non-smoking area and tells him to never come back. The next day, Barney sees Otis sitting at the hotel bar and immediately arrests him.
No or yes

Barney sees Otis try to steal a man’s wallet, but the man fights him and gets the wallet back. Barney immediately chases Otis out the door and arrests him on the public sidewalk outside.
No or yes

Barney gets a call from the casino bar that two guys are fighting. When Barney arrives they are not fighting any more. The bartender points to Otis and says, “I didn’t see what happened, but I think he started it.” So Barney arrests Otis for fighting.
No or yes

A casino supervisor has reasonable cause to believe Otis is cheating at the 21 table. He calls Barney on the radio and says, “Don’t let him leave until the gaming agents get here.” When Otis gets up to leave, Barney arrests him.
No or yes

Barney sees Otis sitting at the casino bar talking to Thelma, a famous prostitute. Barney immediately arrests both of them.
no or yes

Barney gets a call from the nightclub that Otis is drunk and disorderly, so Barney finds Otis and tells him he has to leave immediately. Otis refuses to leave, so Barney arrests him for trespassing.

No or yes

Explore various insanity defenses. This make takes some research and digging around, but look and see if you can discover any cases where an insanity defense was used. In the case that you find, what is your take on it? Is it justified? What were the circumstances? But, how far can it be taken? What other defense can you find to explain someone’s criminal behavior???

For example Ethan Couth- Claim: he was “coddled into irresponsibility by his wealthy parents” http://abcnews.go.com/US/affluenza-dui-case-happened-night-accident-left-people/story?id=34481444 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. How may these defenses impact the victims of a crime? For the innocent people killed by Ethan Couch and the secondary victims that are living with the pain, is being irresponsible a defense?

The obligations and duties of an executor in the Australian Capital Territory include: (a) the effect of publishing a Notice of Intended Distribution; (b) advice regarding the fact that the funeral account has been paid prior to a grant, from proceeds of sale of an estate asset and that surplus funds have not been collected by the estate;

(c) the time for distribution – executor’s year and interest;

(d) the prudence of obtaining beneficiaries’ receipts given that beneficiaries are family members and a charity.

Sarah Bellum is a brilliant young legal scholar who is being recruited to teach at Cosmopolitan University School of Law. Sarah signs a contract to begin teaching at CUSL at an annual salary of $300,000. The contract provides that Sarah’semployment will begin on August 1. It goes on to provide:

Prior to [August 1], the Employee [Sarah] shall provide to the Administration all documentation and other materials necessary to demonstrate that (1) he/she is an American citizen or otherwise authorized to engage in lawful employment in the United States; (2) he/she possesses a Juris Doctorate degree from an American Bar Association-accredited law school or an equivalent foreign law degree; and (3) he/she has been admitted to the practice of law in at least one American or foreign jurisdiction.

The contract also provides that no modification to the contract may be made except in writing signed by Sarah and by the Human Resources Vice President of Cosmopolitan U.

As of August 1, Sarah, who has been doing a lecture tour in the Far East, fails to supply any of these documents. She is, in fact, an American citizen, earned her J.D. with high honors from a top school, and is a member of the bar, and CUSL’s hiring committee has no reason to doubt those facts, but there is no documentation in the file.

On August 2, the Human Resources Vice President at CU notifies Sarah that the contract is terminated since she did not get her documents in by August 1. Sarah, who had turned down lucrative offers from many other elite schools—where it is now too late to get a job for the year—sues. It becomes apparent that the reason that Sarah’s contract was terminated was because the CU administration had discovered a massive budget shortfall and that it no longer wanted to pay Sarah under the contract. What result and why?