Criminal Law and Procedure (West Legal Studies)

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Preface to the Fifth Edition......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 18
About the Author......Page 20
Table of Cases......Page 22
PART I: CRIMINAL LAW......Page 34
1 Introduction to the Legal System of the United States......Page 36
Federalism......Page 37
Separation of Powers......Page 40
The Structure of the Court System......Page 42
Duties and Powers of the Judicial Branch......Page 47
Comparing Civil Law and Criminal Law......Page 48
Web Links......Page 53
Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises......Page 54
End Notes......Page 55
2 Introduction to Criminal Law......Page 56
The Distinction between Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure......Page 57
The Authority of Government to Regulate Behavior......Page 58
The Purposes of Punishing Criminal Law Violators......Page 61
Sources of Criminal Law......Page 63
Review Questions......Page 79
End Notes......Page 80
3 The Two Essential Elements......Page 82
Mens Rea......Page 83
Actus Reus......Page 99
Key Terms......Page 112
Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises......Page 113
End Notes......Page 115
4 Crimes Against the Person......Page 116
Studying Crimes......Page 117
Homicide......Page 118
Assault and Battery......Page 134
Mayhem......Page 136
Sex Crimes......Page 137
Kidnapping and False Imprisonment......Page 143
Stalking......Page 146
Civil Rights and Hate Crimes......Page 147
Review Questions......Page 150
Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises......Page 151
End Notes......Page 152
5 Crimes Against Property and Habitation......Page 154
Arson......Page 155
Burglary......Page 156
Theft Crimes......Page 158
Web Links......Page 178
Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises......Page 179
End Notes......Page 180
6 Crimes Against the Public......Page 182
Defining a “Crime Against the Public”......Page 183
Crimes Against Public Morality......Page 184
Crimes Against the Public Order......Page 196
Crimes Against the Administration of Government......Page 208
Crimes Against Sovereignty and Security......Page 216
Crimes Against the Environment......Page 233
Web Links......Page 238
Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises......Page 239
End Notes......Page 240
7 Parties and Inchoate Offenses......Page 242
Parties to Crimes......Page 243
Inchoate Crimes......Page 244
Web Links......Page 252
Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises......Page 253
End Notes......Page 254
8 Factual and Statutory Defenses......Page 256
Affirmative Defenses......Page 257
Insanity......Page 258
Duress and Necessity......Page 265
Use-of-Force Defenses......Page 266
Infancy......Page 276
Mistake......Page 277
Entrapment......Page 278
Statutes of Limitation......Page 279
Web Links......Page 281
Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises......Page 282
End Notes......Page 283
9 Constitutional Defenses......Page 284
Double Jeopardy......Page 285
Self-incrimination and Immunity......Page 288
Due Process and Equal Protection......Page 289
Ex Post Facto and Bills of Attainder......Page 291
First Amendment and Religion......Page 292
First Amendment and Speech......Page 299
Privacy and other Unenumerated Rights......Page 305
Key Terms......Page 310
End Notes......Page 311
PART II: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE......Page 314
10 Introduction and Participants......Page 316
A Common-law, Adversarial, and Accusatorial System......Page 317
The Due Process Model......Page 319
The Participants......Page 320
Liability of Governments and Their Officials......Page 333
Key Terms......Page 335
End Notes......Page 336
11 Constitutional Aspects of Criminal Procedure......Page 338
Incorporation......Page 339
Exclusionary Rule......Page 341
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree......Page 346
Standing......Page 347
State Constitutions and the “New Federalism”......Page 348
Review Questions......Page 355
End Notes......Page 356
12 Searches, Seizures, and Arrests......Page 358
The Fourth Amendment......Page 359
Searches and Seizures......Page 374
Arrest......Page 406
Review Questions......Page 421
Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises......Page 422
End Notes......Page 423
13 Interrogation and Other Law Enforcement Practices......Page 426
Interrogations, Confessions, and Admissions......Page 427
Electronic Surveillance......Page 438
Pretrial Identification Procedures......Page 458
Review Questions......Page 468
End Notes......Page 469
14 The Pretrial Process......Page 472
Arrest......Page 473
Initial Appearance......Page 474
Pretrial Release and Detention......Page 478
Preliminary Hearing......Page 479
The Formal Charge......Page 480
Arraignment......Page 488
Pretrial Activity......Page 489
Extradition and Detainers......Page 495
Removal......Page 497
Review Questions......Page 498
End Notes......Page 499
15 Trial......Page 500
Trial Rights of Defendants......Page 501
Trial Procedure......Page 513
Review Questions......Page 519
End Notes......Page 520
16 Sentencing and Appeal......Page 522
Sentencing......Page 523
Postconviction Remedies......Page 558
Review Questions......Page 564
End Notes......Page 565
APPENDIX A: The Constitution of the United States of America......Page 568
APPENDIX B: Selected Excerpts from the Model Penal Code......Page 580
Glossary......Page 616
Index......Page 624