Criminal Law: Cases, Materials & Problems

by Weaver, Russell L.; Abramson, Leslie W.; Burkoff, John M.; Hancock, Catherine

• ISBN13: 9780314160256
• ISBN10: 0314160256
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-07
• Publisher: West Academic

Summary

This book was created as a ?teacher?s book??a book that contains thought provoking problems designed to stimulate thought and produce interesting classroom discussion. The problems are woven throughout each chapter and are designed to help students learn doctrine, illuminate trends in the law, and ultimately produce better learning. A secondary goal was to include a focus on ?teaching skills.? Some of the problems place students in practical situations that they are likely to encounter in practice, and therefore encourage students to think about how they might handle these situations.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Preface to the First Edition	vii
Table of Cases	xix
The Purposes of the Criminal Law	1	(17)
Regina v. Dudley & Stephens	1	(4)
Notes & Questions	5	(11)
Problems	16	(2)
The Requirement of a ``Voluntary Act''	18	(35)
The Act Requirement	18	(20)
Martin v. State	18	(1)
Notes	19	(1)
Problems	20	(1)
Fulcher v. State	20	(4)
Notes	24	(1)
Problems	25	(4)
Robinson v. State of California	29	(5)
Notes	34	(3)
Problems	37	(1)
Omissions	38	(15)
Jones v. United States	38	(3)
Notes	41	(1)
Problems	42	(4)
State v. Williquette	46	(4)
Notes	50	(1)
Problems	51	(2)
Mens Rea	53	(62)
Legislative Patterns of Criminal Intention	53	(13)
Regina v. Faulkner	53	(3)
Notes	56	(2)
Problems	58	(1)
State v. Ducker	59	(6)
Notes & Questions	65	(1)
Problems	65	(1)
Strict Liability	66	(17)
Staples v. United States	66	(14)
Note	80	(1)
Problems	81	(2)
Intoxication & Drugged Condition	83	(9)
People v. Atkins	83	(7)
Notes & Questions	90	(1)
Problems	91	(1)
Mistake of Fact	92	(14)
New Jersey v. Sexton	92	(5)
Problems	97	(1)
Iowa v. Freeman	98	(2)
Notes & Questions	100	(1)
Rhode Island v. Yanez	100	(6)
Notes & Questions	106	(1)
Problem	106	(1)
Mistake of Law	106	(9)
Hawaii v. DeCastro	106	(5)
Notes & Questions	111	(1)
Kipp v. Delaware	112	(2)
Problem	114	(1)
Causation	115	(29)
Stephenson v. State	115	(3)
Note	118	(1)
Problems	119	(2)
People v. Acosta	121	(8)
Problems	129	(2)
Commonwealth v. Root	131	(3)
Note	134	(1)
Problems	135	(4)
People v. McGee	139	(2)
Problems	141	(3)
Complicity	144	(46)
Accomplice Liability	144	(29)
Principals & Accessories	144	(1)
Merger of Principals & Accessories	144	(1)
Standefer v. United States	144	(1)
Note	145	(1)
Problems	146	(1)
Significance of the Merger of Principals & Accessories	146	(1)
Baker v. Alaska	146	(4)
Problems	150	(1)
New Hampshire v. Sinbandith	151	(1)
Problems	152	(1)
The Act of Aiding Or Encouraging	153	(1)
Lane v. Texas	153	(2)
Notes	155	(1)
Questions	156	(1)
Problems	156	(1)
New Hampshire v. Merritt	157	(3)
Questions	160	(1)
Problems	161	(1)
The Intent to Promote or Facilitate a Crime	162	(1)
Hawaii v. Soares	162	(1)
Questions	163	(1)
Problems	163	(2)
People v. Kaplan	165	(3)
Questions	168	(1)
Problems	168	(1)
Pennsylvania v. Potts	169	(3)
Questions	172	(1)
Vicarious Liability	173	(17)
United States v. Park	173	(5)
Notes	178	(2)
Problem	180	(1)
South Dakota v. Hy Vee Food Stores, Inc.	181	(4)
Problem	185	(1)
Iowa v. Casey's General Stores, Inc.	185	(5)
Attempt	190	(33)
Mens Rea	190	(4)
State v. Maestas	190	(2)
Notes	192	(1)
Problems	192	(1)
People v. Gibson	193	(1)
Problems	194	(1)
Actus Reus	194	(15)
Commonwealth v. Peaslee	195	(1)
Notes	196	(1)
Problems	197	(2)
People v. Rizzo	199	(2)
Problems	201	(1)
United States v. Jackson	201	(5)
Note	206	(1)
Problems	206	(3)
Abandonment	209	(5)
State v. Workman	209	(2)
Notes	211	(1)
Problems	211	(3)
Impossibility	214	(9)
State v. Guffey	214	(2)
State v. Curtis	216	(1)
Note	217	(1)
Problems	217	(1)
People v. Dlugash	217	(3)
Problems	220	(3)
Conspiracy	223	(43)
Unilateral-Bilateral Conspiracies	223	(5)
Miller v. Wyoming	224	(2)
Notes	226	(2)
Problems	228	(1)
Mens Rea	228	(8)
Palmer v. Colorado	229	(3)
Problems	232	(1)
United States v. Blankenship	232	(3)
Questions	235	(1)
Problems	235	(1)
The Act of Agreement	236	(8)
United States v. Barnes	236	(2)
Note	238	(1)
Problems	238	(1)
United States v. Mercer	239	(4)
Notes & Questions	243	(1)
Problems	243	(1)
Overt Act	244	(4)
Kansas v. Crockett	244	(2)
Pennsylvania v. Finnegan	246	(2)
Note	248	(1)
Problem	248	(1)
Renunciation or Withdrawal	248	(6)
California v. Sconce	248	(4)
Note	252	(1)
Problems	253	(1)
New Jersey v. Hughes	253	(1)
Questions	254	(1)
Problem	254	(1)
Merger	254	(3)
New Mexico v. Villalobos	255	(2)
Note	257	(1)
Problem	257	(1)
Culpability of Co-Conspirators	257	(9)
Pinkerton v. United States	258	(4)
Problems	262	(1)
Everritt v. Georgia	263	(2)
Notes & Questions	265	(1)
Homicide	266	(48)
Intentional Killings	266	(22)
Murder by Degrees	266	(1)
State v. Ramirez	267	(3)
Notes	270	(1)
Problems	271	(3)
State v. Davis	274	(1)
Problems	275	(1)
Voluntary Manslaughter	276	(1)
Provocation or Heat of Passion Defense	276	(1)
State v. Redmond	276	(3)
Notes	279	(1)
Questions	279	(1)
State v. Cornett	279	(4)
Notes	283	(1)
Problems	283	(1)
Imperfect Defense	284	(1)
State v. Ordway	284	(3)
Notes & Questions	287	(1)
Problem	287	(1)
Unintentional Killings	288	(26)
Unpremeditated Murder	288	(1)
State v. Burley	288	(2)
Note	290	(1)
Problems	290	(2)
Felony-Murder	292	(1)
Mares v. Wyoming	292	(3)
Notes & Questions	295	(1)
Problems	296	(1)
People v. Portillo	297	(4)
Problem	301	(1)
Involuntary Manslaughter	301	(1)
State v. Brooks	302	(4)
Note	306	(1)
Problem	306	(1)
State v. Powell	306	(4)
Problem	310	(1)
People v. McCoy	310	(3)
Notes & Questions	313	(1)
Problems	313	(1)
Assault & Battery	314	(26)
Elements of Battery	315	(7)
State v. Gordon	315	(2)
Notes	317	(3)
Problems	320	(2)
Elements of Assault	322	(5)
Robinson v. United States	322	(2)
Notes	324	(1)
Problems	325	(2)
Use of a Deadly Weapon	327	(3)
Commonwealth v. Shea	327	(2)
Problems	329	(1)
The Consent Defense	330	(3)
State v. Shelley	330	(2)
Note	332	(1)
Problems	333	(1)
The Expanding Universe of Battery and Assault Crimes	333	(7)
Note	334	(6)
Rape and Sexual Assault	340	(63)
Forcible Rape or Sexual Assault	341	(36)
Actus Reus	341	(1)
Force, Threat of Force, and Reasonable Fear	342	(1)
People v. Iniguez	342	(5)
Notes	347	(3)
Problems	350	(2)
State v. Borthwick	352	(8)
Problems	360	(1)
Lack of Consent	361	(1)
State v. Lederer	362	(1)
Notes	363	(2)
State v. Koperski	365	(2)
Problems	367	(1)
Mens Rea and the Mistake Defense	368	(2)
Reynolds v. State	370	(2)
Problem	372	(1)
People v. Williams	372	(2)
Note	374	(1)
Problems	375	(1)
Marital Rape Exemption	375	(1)
Rape and Discrimination	376	(1)
Alternative Rape Formulas: Drugs, Deception and Other Means	377	(1)
Note	377	(1)
Statutory Rape	378	(7)
In Re G. T.	379	(4)
Notes	383	(1)
Problem	384	(1)
Proof Limitations	385	(18)
Rape Shield Evidence	385	(1)
State v. Sheline	386	(4)
Notes	390	(1)
Problems	391	(1)
Prior Sexual Assault Crimes of the Defendant	392	(1)
United States v. LeMay	393	(3)
Notes	396	(1)
Problems	396	(1)
Rape Trauma Syndrome	397	(1)
State v. Kinney	397	(4)
Note	401	(1)
Problems	402	(1)
Justification Defenses	403	(76)
Self-Defense	403	(38)
General Principles	404	(1)
People v. Wesley	404	(3)
Notes	407	(4)
Problems	411	(2)
State v. Daniels	413	(2)
Problems	415	(2)
Self-Defense by an Aggressor	417	(1)
Connell v. Commonwealth	417	(3)
Notes	420	(2)
Problems	422	(1)
Duty to Retreat	423	(1)
Weiand v. State	423	(5)
Notes	428	(1)
Problems	429	(1)
Self--Defense Against Law Enforcement Officials	430	(1)
United States v. Branch	430	(3)
Problem	433	(1)
``Imperfect'' or ``Mistaken'' Self--Defense	434	(1)
Duran v. State	434	(3)
Notes	437	(2)
Problems	439	(2)
Defense of Others	441	(11)
State v. Beeley	441	(4)
Notes	445	(4)
Problems	449	(3)
Defense of Property	452	(7)
State v. Anderson	452	(3)
Notes	455	(3)
Problems	458	(1)
Law Enforcement	459	(8)
People v. Pena	461	(2)
Notes	463	(2)
Problems	465	(2)
Choice of Evils	467	(7)
State v. Culp	467	(3)
Notes	470	(2)
Problems	472	(2)
Proving Justification Defenses	474	(5)
United States v. Branch	475	(2)
Notes	477	(1)
Problems	477	(2)
Excuses	479	(47)
Duress	479	(7)
Anguish v. State	480	(3)
Notes	483	(2)
Problems	485	(1)
Insanity	486	(30)
M'Naghten and the Irresistible Impulse Test	487	(1)
Daniel M'Naghten's Case	487	(2)
Notes	489	(2)
Problems	491	(4)
Other Tests	495	(1)
United States v. Freeman	495	(8)
Notes	503	(3)
Problems	506	(4)
Jones v. United States	510	(5)
Notes	515	(1)
Infancy and Mental Retardation	516	(10)
In Re Devon T.	516	(10)
Theft Crimes	526	(43)
The Evolution of Theft Law	526	(2)
Notes	527	(1)
Property That Is Subject to Theft	528	(5)
United States v. Farraj	528	(3)
Notes	531	(2)
Problem	533	(1)
Larceny & Embezzlement (Theft by Unlawful Taking)	533	(12)
Larceny	533	(1)
Taking from Possession	534	(1)
United States v. Mafnas	534	(1)
Notes	535	(1)
Problems	536	(1)
The Claim of Right Defense	537	(1)
Binnie v. State	537	(2)
Notes	539	(1)
Problem	539	(1)
Embezzlement	539	(1)
Batin v. State	540	(2)
Notes	542	(1)
Problems	543	(2)
Larceny by Trick & False Pretenses (Theft by Deception)	545	(6)
Larceny by Trick	545	(1)
Note	545	(1)
False Pretenses	546	(1)
State v. Miller	546	(3)
Notes	549	(1)
Problems	550	(1)
Receiving Stolen Property	551	(5)
State v. McCoy	552	(2)
Notes	554	(2)
Problem	556	(1)
Robbery	556	(6)
United States v. Lake	556	(4)
Notes	560	(1)
Problem	561	(1)
Burglary	562	(7)
In The Matter of T.J.E	562	(3)
Notes	565	(2)
Problems	567	(2)
Sentencing	569	(56)
Noncapital Sentencing Alternatives	569	(3)
Death as a Punishment	572	(5)
The Problem of Fairness	572	(1)
The Typical Capital Case	573	(4)
Proportionality of Punishment	577	(14)
Ewing v. California	577	(11)
Notes	588	(3)
Sentencing Procedures	591	(34)
Williams v. New York	591	(4)
Notes	595	(1)
Apprendi v. New Jersey	596	(11)
Notes	607	(1)
United States v. Booker	608	(14)
Notes and Questions	622	(3)
Index	625