Criminal Law and Procedure

by Hall, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780766818316
• ISBN10: 0766818314
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-15
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

In this new edition of Criminal Law and Procedure the general principles of criminality and culpability, individual crimes, their elements and related issues are fully discussed. Procedure topics explored include defenses to criminal accusations, parties to crimes, state and federal constitutional influences, the parties to the criminal justice system, the pretrial process, trial, sentencing, appeal and collateral relief, and the procedure of search and seizure. ALSO AVAILABLE INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual, ISBN: 0-7668-1832-2 COMING SOON West Paralegal Comprehensive CTB-2000-II, ISBN: 0-7668-1773-3

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Table of Cases	xix
PART I Criminal Law
Introduction to the Legal System of the United States	3	(20)
Federalism	4	(3)
Separation of Powers	7	(2)
The Structure of the Court System	9	(4)
The Duties and Powers of the Judicial Branch	13	(2)
Comparing Civil Law and Criminal Law	15	(5)
Web Links	20	(1)
Key Terms	20	(1)
Review Questions	20	(1)
Review Problems	21	(1)
End Notes	21	(2)
Introduction to Criminal Law	23	(24)
The Distinction between Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure	24	(1)
The Power of Government to Regulate Behavior	24	(3)
The Purposes of Punishing Criminal Law Violators	27	(3)
Specific and General Deterrence	27	(1)
Incapacitation	28	(1)
Rehabilitation	28	(1)
Retribution	29	(1)
Sources of Criminal Law	30	(15)
The Common Law	30	(7)
Statutory Law	37	(1)
Ordinances	37	(1)
Administrative Law	37	(3)
Court Rules	40	(2)
The Model Penal Code	42	(1)
Constitutional Law	43	(2)
Web Links	45	(1)
Key Terms	45	(1)
Review Questions	45	(1)
Review Problems	46	(1)
End Notes	46	(1)
The Two Essential Elements	47	(32)
Mens Rea	48	(15)
Mens Rea and the Common Law	48	(6)
Strict Liability	54	(3)
Vicarious Liability	57	(2)
Current Approaches to Mens Rea	59	(2)
Proving Mens Rea	61	(1)
Motive	62	(1)
Actus Reus	63	(11)
Voluntariness	63	(2)
Thoughts and Statements as Acts	65	(1)
Personal Status as an Act	65	(1)
Possession as an Act	66	(1)
Omissions as Acts	67	(2)
Causation	69	(5)
Web Links	74	(1)
Key Terms	74	(1)
Review Questions	74	(1)
Review Problems	74	(2)
End Notes	76	(3)
Crimes Against the Person	79	(40)
Studying Crimes	80	(1)
Homicide	80	(20)
Homicide and the Common Law	81	(4)
Statutory Approaches to Homicide	85	(8)
Manslaughter	93	(3)
The Model Penal Code Approach to Homicide	96	(1)
Life, Death, and Homicide	97	(1)
Suicide	97	(2)
Corpus Delicti	99	(1)
Assault and Battery	100	(2)
Aggravated Assault and Battery	101	(1)
Mayhem	102	(1)
Sex Crimes	102	(7)
Rape	103	(2)
Nonforcible Rape	105	(1)
Sodomy	105	(1)
Rape Shield Laws	106	(1)
Incest	106	(1)
Sex Offenses Against Children	106	(2)
Megan's Laws, Commitment, and Castration	108	(1)
Kidnapping and False Imprisonment	109	(3)
Kidnapping	109	(1)
Parental Kidnapping	110	(2)
False Imprisonment	112	(1)
Stalking	112	(1)
Civil Rights and Hate Crimes	113	(1)
Web Links	114	(1)
Key Terms	115	(1)
Review Questions	115	(1)
Review Problems	115	(1)
End Notes	116	(3)
Crimes Against Property and Habitation	119	(26)
Arson	120	(1)
Burglary	121	(1)
Theft Crimes	122	(20)
Introduction to Theft Crimes	122	(2)
Larceny	124	(2)
Embezzlement	126	(1)
False Pretenses	127	(4)
Receiving Stolen Property	131	(1)
Robbery	132	(1)
Extortion	133	(1)
Consolidated Theft Statutes	134	(2)
The Model Penal Code Consolidation	136	(1)
Destruction of Property	137	(1)
Computer Crimes	138	(4)
Web Links	142	(1)
Key Terms	142	(1)
Review Questions	142	(1)
Review Problems	142	(1)
End Notes	143	(2)
Crimes Against the Public	145	(36)
Defining A ``Crime Against the Public''	146	(1)
Crimes Against Public Morality	146	(8)
Prostitution and Solicitation	146	(1)
Deviate Sexual Conduct	147	(2)
Indecent Exposure and Lewdness	149	(1)
Obscenity	150	(3)
Regulating the Internet	153	(1)
Crimes Against the Public Order	154	(11)
Introduction	154	(1)
Riot and Unlawful Assembly	154	(1)
Disturbing the Peace	155	(1)
Incitement/Advocacy of Unlawful Conduct	155	(2)
Threats	157	(1)
Vagrancy and Panhandling	157	(3)
Drug and Alcohol Crimes	160	(5)
Crimes Against the Administration of Government	165	(8)
Perjury	165	(2)
Bribery	167	(1)
Tax Crimes	168	(2)
Obstruction of Justice	170	(2)
Contempt	172	(1)
Crimes Against the Environment	173	(5)
Clean Water Act	175	(1)
Clean Air Act	175	(1)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act	176	(1)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act	176	(1)
Occupational Safety and Health Act	176	(1)
Toxic Substances Control Act	176	(1)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	177	(1)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act	177	(1)
Endangered Species Act	177	(1)
Marine Mammal Protection Act	178	(1)
Web Links	178	(1)
Key Terms	178	(1)
Review Questions	178	(1)
Review Problems	179	(1)
End Notes	180	(1)
Parties and Inchoate Offenses	181	(12)
Parties to Crimes	182	(1)
Inchoate Crimes	183	(7)
Attempt	183	(3)
Conspiracy	186	(4)
Solicitation	190	(1)
Web Links	190	(1)
Key Terms	191	(1)
Review Questions	191	(1)
Review Problems	191	(1)
End Notes	192	(1)
Factual and Statutory Defenses	193	(24)
``Defense'' Defined	194	(1)
Affirmative Defenses	194	(1)
Insanity	195	(7)
M'Naughten	196	(1)
Irresistible Impulse	197	(1)
Durham	197	(1)
The Model Penal Code Test	197	(1)
Guilty But Mentally Ill	198	(1)
Procedures of the Insanity Defense	198	(1)
Disposition of the Criminally Insane	199	(2)
Insanity at the Time of Trial	201	(1)
Duress and Necessity	202	(1)
Use-of-Force Defenses	203	(7)
Self-Defense	203	(2)
Defense of Others	205	(1)
Defense of Property and Habitation	205	(1)
Imperfect Self-Defense	206	(1)
Arrests	206	(4)
Infancy	210	(1)
Intoxication	211	(1)
Mistake	211	(1)
Entrapment	212	(1)
Alibi and Consent	213	(1)
Statues of Limitation	213	(1)
Web Links	214	(1)
Key Terms	214	(1)
Review Questions	215	(1)
Review Problems	215	(1)
End Notes	216	(1)
Constitutional Defenses	217	(30)
Introduction	218	(1)
Double Jeopardy	218	(1)
Self-Incrimination and Immunity	219	(2)
Due Process and Equal Protection	221	(2)
Vagueness and Overbreadth	223	(1)
Ex Post Facto and Bills of Attainder	223	(1)
First Amendment and Religion	224	(7)
First Amendment and Speech	231	(7)
Privacy and Other Unenumerated Rights	238	(5)
Web Links	243	(1)
Key Terms	243	(1)
Review Questions	243	(1)
Review Problems	244	(1)
End Notes	244	(3)
PART II Criminal Procedure
Introduction and Participants	247	(22)
Criminal Procedure Defined	248	(1)
A Common-Law, Adversarial, and Accusatorial System	248	(1)
The Due Process Model	249	(1)
The Participants	250	(14)
Law Enforcement Officers	250	(2)
Prosecutors	252	(7)
Judges	259	(1)
Defense Attorneys	259	(4)
Victims	263	(1)
Liability of Governments and their Officials	264	(2)
Web Links	266	(1)
Key Terms	266	(1)
Review Questions	266	(1)
Review Problems	267	(1)
End Notes	267	(2)
The Constitutional Aspects of Criminal Procedure	269	(14)
Introduction	270	(1)
Incorporation	270	(2)
Expansion of Rights	272	(1)
Exclusionary Rule	272	(3)
Exclusionary Rule and Exceptions	275	(1)
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree	275	(1)
Standing	276	(1)
State Constitutions and The ``New Federalism''	277	(4)
Web Links	281	(1)
Key Terms	281	(1)
Review Questions	282	(1)
Review Problems	282	(1)
End Notes	282	(1)
Searches, Seizures, and Arrests	283	(54)
The Fourth Amendment	284	(12)
Privacy	284	(6)
Probable Cause	290	(6)
Searches and Seizures	296	(28)
The Warrant Requirement	296	(7)
Exceptions to the Search Warrant Requirement	303	(21)
Arrest	324	(10)
Defining Arrest	324	(1)
The Warrant Preference	325	(3)
Arrests in Protected Areas	328	(1)
Search Incident to Arrest and the Protective Sweep	328	(2)
Executing Arrest Warrants	330	(1)
Illegal Arrests	331	(1)
Considering Fourth Amendment Problems	331	(3)
Web Links	334	(1)
Key Terms	334	(1)
Review Questions	334	(1)
Review Problems	334	(1)
End Notes	335	(2)
Interrogation and Other Law Enforcement Practices	337	(26)
Interrogations, Confessions, and Admissions	338	(10)
Miranda	338	(10)
Sixth Amendment	348	(1)
Voluntariness Requirement	348	(1)
Electronic Surveillance	348	(3)
Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control Act	348	(3)
Pretrial Identification Procedures	351	(9)
Lineups and One-Man Showups	352	(1)
The Fairness Right	352	(2)
Photographs	354	(1)
Scientific Identification Procedures	354	(6)
Exclusion of Improper Identifications	360	(1)
Web Links	360	(1)
Key Terms	361	(1)
Review Questions	361	(1)
Review Problems	361	(1)
End Notes	362	(1)
The Pretrial Process	363	(28)
Introduction	364	(1)
Discovery and Investigation of Criminal Activity	364	(1)
Arrest	364	(1)
The Complaint	364	(5)
Initial Appearance	369	(1)
Pretrial Release and Detention	369	(2)
Types of Release	369	(1)
Eighth Amendment	370	(1)
Detention	370	(1)
Preliminary Hearing	371	(3)
The Formal Charge	374	(5)
Indictment and Grand Jury	374	(5)
Information	379	(1)
Arraignment	379	(1)
Pretrial Activity	380	(7)
Discovery	380	(5)
Motion Practice	385	(2)
Pretrial Conference	387	(1)
Extradition and Detainers	387	(1)
Removal	388	(1)
Web Links	389	(1)
Key Terms	389	(1)
Review Questions	389	(1)
Review Problems	390	(1)
End Notes	390	(1)
Trial	391	(20)
Trial Rights of Defendants	392	(13)
The Right to a Jury Trial	392	(1)
The Right to a Public Trial	393	(5)
The Right to Confrontation and Cross-Examination	398	(1)
The Presumption of Innocence/Burden of Proof	398	(1)
The Right to Speedy Trial	399	(2)
The Right to Counsel	401	(4)
Trial Procedure	405	(4)
Voir Dire	405	(1)
Preliminary Instructions	405	(1)
Opening Statements	406	(1)
The Prosecution's Case in Chief	406	(1)
The Defense Case	407	(1)
Rebuttal	407	(1)
Closing Arguments	408	(1)
Final Instructions	408	(1)
Jury Deliberations and Verdict	408	(1)
JNOV/New Trial	409	(1)
Web Links	409	(1)
Key Terms	409	(1)
Review Questions	410	(1)
Review Problems	410	(1)
End Notes	410	(1)
Sentencing and Appeal	411	(38)
Sentencing	412	(28)
Sentencing Procedure	412	(2)
Forms of Punishment	414	(25)
Habitual Offender Statutes	439	(1)
Postconviction Remedies	440	(6)
Appeal	440	(2)
Habeas Corpus	442	(4)
Web Links	446	(1)
Key Terms	446	(1)
Review Questions	446	(1)
Review Problems	447	(1)
End Notes	447	(2)
Appendix A The Constitution of the United States of America	449	(12)
Appendix B Selected Excerpts from the Model Penal Code	461	(36)
Glossary	497	(4)
Index	501