Criminal Law Flashcards
What is the Fifth Amendment about? (4)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments)
- Double Jeopardy
- Confessions
- Privilege Against Compelled Testimony
- Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
What is the Sixth Amendment about? (6)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments)
- The right to counsel at all criminal proceedings
- Confrontation Clause
- Trial by Impartial Jury
- Right to Public Trial
- Right to Speedy Trial
- Right to Confront Opposing Witnesses
4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment topics? (5)
- The Bill of Rights
- Exclusionary Rule
- 4th Amendment
- 5th Amendment
- 6th Amendment
Other Criminal Procedure topics? (8)
- Identification
- Grand jury proceedings
- Speedy Trial
- Bail
- Right to Counsel During Judical Proceedings
- Jury
- Guilty Pleas
- Death Penalty
Elements Topics? (5)
- Actus Reus
- Mens Rea
- Concurrence
- Causation
- Other Preliminary Issues
Actus Reus Topics? (2)
(Elements)
- Commission = Voluntary Physical Act
- Omission
Mens Rea Topics? (5)
(Elements)
- Specific Intent
- General Intent
- Malice
- Strict Liability
- Tranferred Intent
Specific Intent Topics? (2)
(Elements: Mens Rea)
- Defenses Available Only for Specific Intent Crimes
- Specific Intent Crimes
General Intent Topics? (3)
(Elements: Mens Rea)
- Inferred from the Act
- General Intent Crimes
- General Intent Defense Issues
Strict Liability Topics? (2)
(Elements: Mens Rea)
- Identification of Strict Liability Statutes
- Strict Liability Defenses
Tranferred Intent Topics? (2)
(Elements: Mens Rea)
- Must be the same crime
- Does not apply to attempt
Causation Topics? (2)
- Actual Cause = But For Test
- Proximate Cause = Natural & Probable Consequences
“Other Preliminary Issues” Topics? (4)
- Jurisdiction = Territorial
- Burden of Proof
- Classification of Crimes
- Merger
“Inchoate Crimes & Accomplice Liability” Topics? (4)
- Accomplice Liability
- Solicitation
- Attempt
- Conspiracy
Accomplice Liability Topics? (4)
- Parties
- Mere Presence Insufficient
- Scope of Liability
- Accomplice Renders Legal Assistance
Solicitation Topics? (4)
(Inchoate Crimes & Accomplice Liability)
- Actus Reus
- Mens Rea
- Merger
- Withdrawal = No Defense
Attempt Topics? (3)
(Inchoate Crimes & Accomplice Liability)
- Requirements
- Merger with Completed Crime
- Defenses
Conspiracy Topics? (5)
(Inchoate Crimes & Accomplice Liability)
- Requirements
- Scope of Co-Conspirator Liability
- No Merger with Completed Crime
- Conspiracies in Multiple Party Situations
- Defenses
Requirements of Conspiracy? (4)
(Inchoate Crimes & Accomplice Liability: Conspiracy)
- Agreement b/w two or more people
- Intent to Enter into Agreement
- Intent to Pursue an Unlawful Objective (Meeting of the Minds)
- Overt Act in Furtherance of Conspiracy
Crimes Against Persons Topics? (7)
- Battery
- Assault
- Mayhem
- Homicide
- Sex Offenses
- False Imprisonment
- Kidnapping
Topics? (2)
(Crimes Against Persons: Homicide)
- Murder
- Manslaughter
Murder Topics? (2)
(Crimes Against Persons: Homicide)
- Murder in the First Degree
- Murder in the Second Degree
Requirements? (2)
(Crimes Against Persons: Homicide: Murder: Murder in the First Degree)
- Statute Required
- Premeditation & Deliberation (Time to Reflect)
Requirements? (1)
(Crimes Against Persons: Homicide: Murder: Murder in the Second Degree)
- Malice Aforethought
Malice Aforethought Requirements? (4)
(Crimes Against Persons: Homicide: Murder)
- Intent to Kill
- Intent to Commit Great Bodily Injury, OR
- Depraved Heart Killing: Wanton & Wilful Disregard of Human Life
- Intent to Commit Felony (“Felony Murder Rule”)
Limitations on Felony Murder Topics? (7)
(Crimes Against Persons: Homicide: Murder: Murder in the Second Degree: Malice Aforethought: Intent to Commit Felony (“Felony Murder Rule”))
- Defense for Underlying Felony
- Merger Doctrine
- Reasonably Foreseeable
- Termination of the Felony
- Killing of Co-Felon by Victim or Police = No
- Killing of Innocent Party by Victim or Police = Yes
- Death Sentence
Requirements? (3)
(Crimes Against Persons: Homicide: Manslaughter: Voluntary Manslaughter)
- Adequate Provocation (aka “Heat of Passion”)
- “Imperfect Self-Defense” Doctrine, OR
- Diminished Capacity
Requirements? (4)
(Crimes Against Persons: Homicide: Manslaughter: Voluntary Manslaughter: Adequate Provocation (aka “Heat of Passion”))
- Defendant Provoked by the Victim
- Sudden & Intense Passion in Reasonable Person
- No Reasonable Time to Cool Of, AND
- Defendant Did Not Cool Of
Requirements? (2)
(Crimes Against Persons: Homicide: Manslaughter: Involuntary Manslaughter)
- Criminal Negligence, OR
- Misdemeanor Manslaughter Rule (aka Misdemeanor-Murder
Topics? (2)
(Crimes Against Persons: Sex Offenses)
- Rape
- Statutory Rape
Requirements? (3)
(Crimes Against Persons: Sex Offenses: Rape)
- Sexual Intercourse
- Without Consent
- By Force or Threat of Force
Requirements? (2)
(Crimes Against Persons: False Imprisonment)
- Unlawful
- Confinement
Requirements? (2)
(Crimes Against Persons: Kidnapping)
- False Imprisonment
- Movement or Concealment
Crimes Against Property? (9)
- Larceny
- Embezzlement
- False Pretenses
- Robbery
- Forgery
- Extortion (aka Blackmail)
- Receiving Stolen Property
- Burglary
- Arson
Requirements? (4)
(Crimes Against Property: Larceny)
- Wrongful Taking (aka Without Consent)
- Carrying Away
- Of Another’s Tangible Personal Property
- Intent to Permanently Deprive
Requirements? (4)
(Crimes Against Property: Embezzlement)
- Fraudulent Intent
- Conversion
- Of Another’s Personal Property
- By a Person in Lawful Possession
Requirements? (4)
(Crimes Against Property: False Pretenses)
- Obtaining Title
- To Another’s Personal Property
- By an Intentional False Statement of Past or Present Fact
- With the Specific Intent to Defraud
Requirements? (2)
(Crimes Against Property: Robbery)
- Larceny
- Force or threat of immediate harm
Eequirements? (4)
(Crimes Against Property: Forgery)
- making or altering of
- a writing with apparent legal significance
- so that it is false
- with the intent to defraud
Requirements? (2)
(Crimes Against Property: Extortion)
- Threat of Future Harm
- Specific Intent to Cause Another Person to Cede Property
Requirements? (3)
(Crimes Against Property: Receiving Stolen Property)
- Receiving Stolen Property
- With Knowledge that Property is Stolen
- With the Intent to Deprive Owner
Requirements? (4)
(Crimes Against Property: Burglary)
- Trespassory Breaking & Entering (aka “Unlawful Entry”
- Dwelling of Another
- At Night Time
- Specific Intent to Commit a Felony Insid
Requirements? (3)
(Crimes Against Property: Arson)
- Malice
- Burning
- Another’s Dwelling (Any Structure of Another)
Defenses? (12)
- Insanity
- Intoxication
- Infancy
- Self-Defense
- Adequate Provocation (aka “Heat of Passion”)
- Duress
- Necessity
- Mistake of Fact
- Mistake of Law
- Lawfully Resisting Arrest
- Entrapment
- Consent
What are the four theories of insanity?
(Defenses: Insanity)
- M’Naghten Test (Cognitive Test)
- Irresistible Impulse Test (Volitional Test)
- Durham Test (Causation Test)
- American Law Institute (ALI) or Model Penal Code Test
What are the two categories of infancy defense?
(Defenses: Infancy)
- Under 7 = No Criminal Liability
- Under 14 = Rebuttable Presumption of No Criminal Liability
Self-Defense Topics? (7)
(Defenses: Self-Defense)
- Use of Non-Deadly Force
- Use of Deadly Force
- Initial Aggressor’s Right to Self-Defense
- “Imperfect Self-Defense” Doctrine
- Defense of Other
- Defense of Dwelling
- Defense of Property
Duty to Retreat Topics? (2)
(Defenses: Self-Defense: Use of Deadly Force)
- Majority Rule = No Duty to Retreat
- Minority Rule = Duty to Retreat (2 X’s)
Elements? (3)
(Defenses: Self-Defense: Use of Deadly Force)
- Without Fault (aka Non-Aggressor Victim)
- Confronted with Unlawful Force
- Reasonable Belief of Imminent Threat of Death or Great Bodily Harm
Views? (2)
(Defenses: Self-Defense: Defense of Others)
- Majority View = Honest & Reasonable Belief
- Minority View = Alter Ego
Categories and Two Requirements for Each? (2)
(Defenses: Self-Defense: Defense of Dwelling)
- Deadly Force = Prohibited, Unless:
- Riotous & Forcible Entry, OR
- Intent to Commit Felony Inside of Personal Danger
- Non-Deadly Force
- Unlawful Entry, OR
- Attack on Dwelling
Categories? (2)
(Defenses: Self-Defense: Defense of Property)
- Deadly Force Prohibited
- Non-Deadly Force Permitted
Elements? (3)
Other Thing?
(Defenses: Duress)
- the defendant reasonably believed
- another would imminently inflict death or great bodily harm
- to her or an immediate family member
Complete Defense to All Crimes Except Homicide
Elements? (2)
(Defenses: Necessity)
- Defendant Reasonably Believed That Her Crime Was the Lesser of Two Evils
- No Reasonable Alternative
Limitations on the defense? (2)
(Defenses: Necessity)
- No Defense to Homicide
- Not Available if Defendant at Fault
Categories? (2)
(Defenses: Mistake of Fact)
- Unreasonable Mistake of Fact
- Reasonable Mistake of Fact
Topics? (2)
(4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment: the Bills of Rights)
- Only Applies to Government Action
- Application to States
Topics? (4)
(4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment: Exclusionary Rule)
- Standing
- Inapplicable to
- Exceptions
- States May Grant Broader Rights
Topics? (2)
(4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment: Exclusionary Rule: Standing)
- Confessions
- Search & Seizure
Inapplicable to? (4)
(4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment: Exclusionary Rule)
- Civil Cases
- Deportation Hearings
- Parole Revocation Hearings
- Grand Jury Proceedings
Exceptions? (5)
(4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment: Exclusionary Rule)
- Purged Taint Exception
- Miranda Violations Do Not Exclude Physical Fruits
- Admissible to Impeach Defendant’s Testimony
- Good Faith Defense
- Knock & Announce Violation
Requirements? (3)
(4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment: Exclusionary Rule: Exceptions: Purged Taint Exception)
- Intervening Act of Defendant’s Free Will,
- Independent Source Rule, OR
- Inevitable Discovery
Categories? (2)
(4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment: Exclusionary Rule: Exceptions: Admissible to Impeach Defendant’s Testimony)
- Voluntary Confessions in Violation of Miranda Rights
- Illegal Searches (Violation of Fourth Amendment)
Requirements? (3)
Six Exceptions to #3?
(4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment: Exclusionary Rule: Exceptions: Good Faith Defense)
- Judicial Opinion
- Statute or Ordinance, OR
- Defective Warrant
- Warrant Obtained Pursuant to Illegal Search
- Warrant Facially Defective
- Affidavit Lacking in Probable Cause
- Police Lied to or Misled Magistrate
- Magistrate Biased
Topics? (6)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment)
- Seizures
- Search
- Requirements for a Valid Warrant
- Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement (Warrantless Search)
- Non-Investigatory Searches
- Exempt Proceedings
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Seizures)
- Seizure of a Person
- Investigatory Detention
- Automobile Stops
- Officer’s Subjective Motivation is Irrelvant
- Seizure of Passengers
- Arrest
- Probable Cause Required
- Warrant Required?
- In Public = No
- Felony Arrests
- Misdemeanor Arrests
- In Suspect’s Home = Yes Unless EMERGENCY
- Overnight Guest = Yes
- In Public = No
- Effect of Invalid Arrest
Topics? (3)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Searches)
- State Action Required
- Standing = Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
- Wiretapping & Bugging
Structure? (below)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Searches: Standing = Reasonable Expectation of Privacy)
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- Automatic Standing
- Suspect Lives on Premises Searched
- Suspect Owned Premises Searched
- Overnight Guest on Premises Searched
- Sometimes Standing
- Suspect’s Property Seized
- Suspect Legitimately Present on Premises Searched
- No Standing = Items held Out to Public
Topics? (3)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Searches: Wiretapping & Bugging (aka Electronic Eavesdropping))
- “Unreliable Ear” Exception
- Pen Register
- National Security Surveillance
Requirements? (3)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Requirements for a Valid Warrant)
- Issued by Neutral & Detached Magistrate
- Probable Cause
- Particularly Describe Place & Items
Exceptions? (8)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement)
- Lawful Arrest
- Automobile Exception = Probable Cause that Vehicle Contains Evidence of Crime or Contraband
- Plain View
- Consent
- Hot Pursuit
- Evanescent Evidence
- Stop & Frisks (aka “Terry Stop”)
- Special Needs Exception
Structure?
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement: Exceptions: Lawful Arrest)
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Timing of Search
- Arrest Must Take Place Before Search
- Search Must be Contemporaenous in Time & Place with Arrest
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Scope = Arrestee’s Person & Area Within Immediate Control
- Protective Sweep
- Immediately Adjacent Areas = Yes
- Not Immediately Adjacent Areas = Only If Reasonable Suspicion to Believe Others Inside Pose Danger
- Arrest for Serious Crimes = DNA Sampling Permitted
- Protective Sweep
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Automobile Searches Incident to Arrest of Recent Occupant (Recent Occupant Rule)
- Scope of Search
- Interior Compartment = Yes
- Closed Containers in Interior Compartment = Yes
- Trunk = No
- No Contemporaneous with Arrest Requirement
- Traffic Violations
- Must Be Custodial Arrest
- Most cases: No Reasonable Basis to Believe Vehicle Contains Evidence Relevant to Crime of Arrest
- Scope of Search
- Inventory Searches of Arrestees
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement: Automobile Exception)
- Scope of Search = Limited to Parts of Vehicle that May Contain Evidence of Crime of Contraband
- Entire Vehicle Including the Trunk
- Closed Containers
- Passenger’s Belongings
Requirements? (4)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement: Plain View)
- Police Legitimately on the Premises
- Discover Evidence in Plain View
- Incriminating Character Immediately Apparent
- Police Have Lawful Right to Access the Object
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement: Consent)
- Valid Consent
- Voluntary
- False Claim of Valid Search Warrant
- Intelligent
- Voluntary
- Scope of Search = Limitless Scope of Consent
- Multiple Parties (aka Joint Authority)
- Multiple Parties Present & One Objects = No Consent
- Only Consenting Pary Present = Consent
- Invalid Third Party Consent
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement: Stop & Frisks (aka “Terry Stop”))
- Stop = Articulable & Reasonable Suspicion
- Lower Standard than Probable Cause
- Based on Objective Fact
- Flight as Cause for Suspicion
- Stop v. Arrest
- No Longer than Reasonably Necessary
- No More Intrusive than Reasonably Necessary
- Frisk = Reasonably Believe Suspect Presently Armed & Dangerous
- Scope
- Weapons Only
- Probable Cause Required to Enter Clothing
- One Feel Rule
- Automobiles = May Order Driver Out of Vehicle & Conduct Frisk
- Scope
- Questioning without Miranda Warnings Permissible
Categories? (2)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement: Special Needs Exception)
- Routine Sobriety Checkpoints = Initial Stop Constitutional
- Ordinary Criminal Wrongdoing Checkpoints = Unconstitutional
Categories? (2)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Non-Investigatory Searches)
- Border Searches
- Administrative Inspections & Searches
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Non-Investigatory Searches; Border Searches)
- Searches Not At Point of Entry
- Exceptions
- Permanent Alien Checkpoint
- Roving-Patrol Stop = Reasonable Suspicion Required
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 4th Amendment: Non-Investigatory Searches; Administrative Inspections & Searches)
- Probable Cause for Administrative Warrant = General & Neutral Enforcement Plan
- Exceptions
- Public School Searches
- Searches to Seize Spoiled or Contaminated Food
- Searches of Businesses within Highly Regulated Industry
- Searches of Airline Passengers
- Searches of Parolees & Their Homes
- Searches of Government Employees’ Desks & File Cabinets
Topics? (6)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Double Jeopardy)
- Criminal Cases Only
- Jeopardy Attaches?
- Exceptions Permitting Retrial
- Same Offense?
- Same Sovereign?
- Collateral Estoppel & Res Judicata
Topics? (5)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Double Jeopardy: Jeopardy Attaches?)
- Defendant Pleads Guilty
- Jury Trial = Jury Empaneled & Sworn In
- Bench Trial = First Witness Sworn In
- Civil Trial = Never Attaches
- Preliminary Hearing = Never Attaches
When will retrial be permitted, even after jeopardy has attached? (4)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Double Jeopardy: Exceptions Permitting Retrial)
- Hung Jury
- Mistrial for Manifest Necessity
- Breach of Plea Bargain
- Retrial After Successful Appeal (Unless reversal was for insufficiency of the evidence to support a guilty
verdict)
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Double Jeopardy: Same Offense?)
- Lesser Included Offenses
- Greater Included Offenses
- Exceptions
- Unable to Try Both Simultaneous
- New Evidence
- Exceptions
Types and Results? (3)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Double Jeopardy: Same Sovereign?)
- Federal Court & State Court ≠ Same Sovereign
- Different State Courts ≠ Same Sovereign
- State Courts & Municipal Courts within Same State = Same Sovereign
Topics? (3)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Confessions)
- Miranda
- Exceptions
- Confessions Must Be Voluntary
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Confessions: Miranda)
- In Custody
- Not Considered Custody
- Voluntary Encounter
- Initial Period of Routine Traffic Stop
- Probation Interviews
- Tax Audit Interviews
- Not Considered Custody
- Police Interrogation
- Burden of Exercising Miranda Rights = Suspect
- Miranda Warnings
- Right to Remain Silent = Offense Specific
- Police May Not Question About Same Crime
- Police May Question About Different Crime
- Right to Attorney = Not Offense Specific
- Unambiguous Assertion
- Police May Not Question About Any Crime
- Right to Remain Silent = Offense Specific
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Confessions: Exceptions)
- Waiver = Knowingly, Voluntarily & Intelligent
- Burden of Proving Waiver of Miranda Rights= Government
- Spontaneous Statement
- Impeachment of Suspect’s Testimony
- Pre-Miranda Silence = Yes
- Post-Miranda Silence = No
- Non-Testimonial (aka Physical) Fruit
- Substantial Compliance
- Public Safety Exception
- Location of Weapon
- Stop & Frisks
- Grand jury Proceeding
Topics? (2)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Confessions: Confessions Must be Voluntary)
- Coerced Confession
- Not Incriminatory Confession
Topics? (5)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Privilege Against Compelled Testimony)
- Civil Proceedings Waiver
- Testimonial Evidence Only
- Negative Comment by Prosecution or Judge Unconstitutional
- Voluntary Waiver
- Elimination of Privilege
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 5th Amendment: Privilege Against Compelled Testimony)
- No Possibility of Incrimination
- Grant of Immunity
- Use & Derivative Use
- Required If Witness Compelled to Provide Potentially Incriminating Evidence
- Transactional Immunity
- Non-Granting Sovereign
- Not Required If Witness Compelled to Provide Potentially Incriminating Evidence
- Use & Derivative Use
Topics? (6)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 6th Amendment)
- Requirements
- Offense Specific
- Retained vs. Appointed
- Applicable Stages
- Remedies
- Effective Assistance of Counsel
Requirements? (3)
(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 6th Amendment: Requirements)
- Defendant Represented by Counsel
- Formal Adversarial Judicial Proceedings Have Commenced
- No Custody Requirement
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(4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments: 6th Amendment: Effective Assistance of Counsel)
- Includes Necessary Experts in Felonies
- Requirements to Prove Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Truly Unreasonable, AND
- Result of Proceeding Would Have Been Different But For the Deficiency
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(Other Criminal Procedure: Pre-Trial Identification)
- Violation of Due Process
- Right to Counsel at Post-Charge In-Person Lineup
- Exceptions
- Photographic Identification
- Physical Evidence
- Exceptions
- Remedies for Unconstitutional Lineups = Exclusion of In-Court Identification
- Exception: Reliable Independent Source (aka Reparable)
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(Other Criminal Procedure: Grand Jury Proceedings)
- Felonies in Federal Court Only
- Exclusionary Rule Inapplicable
- Indictment Can Be Based on Inadmissible Evidence
- Defendant’s Lack of Access
- No Right to Notice
- No Right to be Present
- No Right to Counsel if Called to Testify
- No Right to Confront Witnesses
- No Right to Introduce Evidence
Topics? (3)
(Other Criminal Procedure: Speedy Trial)
- Attaches When Defendant Arrested or Charged
- Standard of Review = Totality of the Circumstances
- Remedy = Dismissal with Prejudice
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(Other Criminal Procedure: Bail - The Eighth Amendment)
- Immediately Appealable
- Preventive Detention
- The defendant poses a danger to society, OR
- No amount of bail would ensure the defendant’s appearance at trial
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(Other Criminal Procedure: Jury)
- Right to a Jury Trial
- Non-Petty Offenses?
- No Unanimous Requirement
- Number of Jurors
- Six-Person Juries Must Be Unanimous
- Right to Venire
- Peremptory Challenges
- Exclusion Based on Race or Gender = Unconstitutional
- Opposition to the Death Penalty
- Exception: Opposition to Death Penalty Would Substantially Impair Ability to Follow Court’s Instruction
- Peremptory Challenges
- Directed Verdict for Prosecution = Unconstitutional
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(Other Criminal Procedure: Guilty Pleas)
- Only After Advisement of Rights & Consequences of the Plea
- Nature of Charge & Crucial Element
- Maximum Penalty & Mandatory Minimum
- Right to Plead Not Guilty & Go to Trial
- Remedy for Invalid Plea
- Plea Bargains Broken by Prosecution
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
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(Other Criminal Procedure: Death Penalty)
- No Automatic Death Penalty
- Eighth Amendment Ban on Cruel & Unusual Punishment
- Minor at Time Crime Committed
- Mentally Disabled at Time Crime Committed
- Legally Insane at Time of Execution
- Torture or Lingering Death Prohibited
- Felony Murder
- Neither Took Life, Attempted to Take Life Nor Intended to Take Life = Unconstitutional
- Major Participant & Reckless Indifference to Human Life = OK