Taylor Heger
Prof. Angela Ragland-Gardner
SNHU CJ-140
06/26/22
Module 8-1 Project Three
Scenario:
You are a victim witness advocate assigned to the district attorney’s office at the local court. As
part of your responsibilities, you meet with witnesses and victims before criminal hearings and
trials. Part of your job is to explain the criminal proceedings and prepare the witness/victim for
what he or she may expect to see and hear during the proceedings. You are preparing to meet
with and interview a victim at the courthouse in the days before trial. Your meeting will take
place in a meeting room inside the courthouse. The meeting rooms are small. Usually, the only
furniture in these meeting rooms is a rectangular table with four hard, wooden chairs. All of
these meeting rooms also have a small, tilt-in window with bars on the wall opposite the door; a
picture of the current president of the United States and a picture of your state’s supreme court
justices on one side of the room; and a copy of the U.S. Constitution on the wall opposite these
pictures.
Victim: John Smith
Suspect: Jane Smith
Alleged Facts
A male victim and female suspect have been married for over twenty years. The female arrived
home, intoxicated, at approximately 1:00 a.m. She entered the marital bedroom and violently
attacked the victim. The victim was beaten with closed fists, and his face was stomped and kicked
with bare feet. The victim’s screams alerted a neighbor, who dialed 911. Police arrived,
conducted their investigation, and arrested Jane Smith. They charged her with domestic assault
and battery as well as domestic assault and battery with serious bodily injury.
The victim was transported to the hospital, where it was determined he sustained bruising on his
