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| All
assignments are in S. SALTZBURG, J. DIAMOND, K. KINPORTS &
T. MORAWETZ, CRIMINAL LAW (3d ed. 2008) or xeroxed supplement
where indicated. |
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| The
"Notes and Questions" following principal cases are
assigned only if they are listed on this syllabus. We will be
skipping much of the material. |
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| Class |
Date |
Assignment |
Page |
| 1 |
8/26 |
INTRODUCTION TO THE
COURSE
A. The Core and Periphery of Criminal Law
Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558
(2003)
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supp. |
| 2 |
8/27 |
CHAPTER 3:
PUNISHMENT
B. General Justifications of Punishment |
86 |
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1.
Retribution |
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Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysical
Elements of Justice |
88 |
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Jeffrie Murphy, Retribution,
Justice and Therapy |
89 |
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Notes and Questions |
93 |
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2. The
Antinomy Between Retributivism and Utilitarianism |
94 |
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Joel Feinberg, Doing
and Deserving |
95 |
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Notes and Questions |
97 |
| 3 |
8/28 |
CHAPTER 4: THE ACT REQUIREMENT |
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A. The Requirement of a Voluntary Act |
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Wayne R. LaFave & Austin W. Scott, Jr.,
Criminal Law 196-97 (2d ed. 1986) |
141 |
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Model Penal Code Section 2.01
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142 |
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Sleepwalker Acquitted in Mother-in-Law Slaying, San
Francisco Examiner,
May 28, 1988, at 1 |
|
143 |
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B. Acts of Omission |
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People
v. Newton |
143 |
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Jones v. United States |
147 |
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Notes and Questions |
150 |
| 4 |
8/29 |
C. The Act of Possession |
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Wheeler v. United States |
|
156 |
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People v. Ireland |
|
159 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
161 |
| 5 |
9/2 |
D. Status Crimes |
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Robinson v. California
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163 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
164 |
| 6 |
9/3 |
CHAPTER 5: MENS REA |
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A. Introduction |
171 |
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Model Penal Code § 2.02 |
173 |
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State v.
Peery |
176 |
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Notes
and Questions |
179 |
| Reporter's
Commentary on Section 2.02 |
handout |
| 7 |
9/4 |
United
States v. Villegas |
184 |
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Notes
and Questions |
188 |
| 8 |
9/5 |
C. Defenses |
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1. Mistake of Fact |
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Gordon v. State |
195 |
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Notes and Questions |
196 |
| 9 |
9/9 |
2. Mistake of Law |
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People v. Wendt |
197 |
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Notes and Questions |
200 |
| 10 |
9/10 |
3.
The "Cultural Defense" |
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Nguyen
v. State, 271 Ga. 475 (1999) |
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supp. |
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Trujillo-Garcia
v. Rowland, 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6199 (N.D. Cal. 1992) |
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supp. |
| 11 |
9/11 |
Lambert v. California
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216 |
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Notes
and Questions |
|
219 |
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4.
Intoxication |
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United
States v. Williams |
|
222 |
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Notes
and Questions |
|
226 |
| 12 |
9/12 |
CHAPTER 7: HOMICIDE |
257 |
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A. Introduction |
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Francis B. Sayre, "Mens Rea," 45 Harv. L.
Rev. 974, 994-98 (1932) |
|
257 |
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Model Penal Code § 210.2 Comment at 13-16 |
|
258 |
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Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes Ann., Title 18, §§ 2502-04 |
|
258 |
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California
Penal Code, §§ 187-189, 191.5, 192 |
|
260 |
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New York
Penal Law § 125.10, et seq. |
|
261 |
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Model
Penal Code §§ 210.2-210.4 |
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265 |
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B.
Intentional Homicide |
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1.
Distinguishing First- and Second-Degree Murder:
Premeditation
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Commonwealth
v.
Carroll |
|
266 |
| 13 |
9/16 |
People v.
Anderson
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|
270 |
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Notes
and Questions |
|
275 |
| 14 |
9/17 |
2.
Voluntary Manslaughter: Heat of Passion |
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Maher
v. People |
|
281 |
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State
v.
Thornton
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|
282 |
| 15 |
9/18 |
Notes
and Questions |
|
287 |
| 16 |
9/19 |
C. Unintentional
Homicide |
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1. Second-Degree
Murder: Depraved Heart/Extreme Indifference |
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People v. Malone |
|
305 |
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People
v. Knoller, 41 Cal. 4th 139 (2007) |
|
307 |
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Notes and
Questions |
|
312 |
| 17 |
9/23 |
2.
Involuntary Manslaughter: Criminal Negligence/Recklessness
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Commonwealth
v.
Welansky |
|
315 |
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Commonwealth
v. Feinberg |
|
317 |
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Notes
and Questions |
|
320 |
| 18 |
9/24 |
D. Felony Murder |
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1. The Policy
Issues Surrounding the Felony Murder Rule |
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Nelson E. Roth &
Scott E. Sundby, "The Felony-Murder Rule: A Doctrine at
Constitutional Crossroads," 70 Cornell L. Rev. 446, 446-59
(1985) |
|
328 |
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David Crump &
Susan W. Crump, "In Defense of the Felony Murder
Doctrine," 8 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol. 359, 361-71 (1985) |
|
331 |
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Notes and
Questions |
|
332 |
| 19 |
9/25 |
2. Limitations on
the Felony Murder Doctrine |
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a. Inherently
Dangerous Felonies |
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People v. Howard |
|
336 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
342 |
| 20 |
9/26 |
b. The Merger Doctrine |
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People v. Robertson |
|
345 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
352 |
| 21 |
9/30 |
c. The Agency
Doctrine |
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State
v. Sophophone |
|
355 |
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Notes and
Questions |
|
359 |
| 22 |
10/1 |
CHAPTER
3: PUNISHMENT |
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C. Modes and
Methods of Punishment |
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[3] Capital
Punishment |
|
113 |
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Walter Berns, For
Capital Punishment |
|
114 |
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Charles L. Black,
Capital Punishment: The Inevitability of Caprice and
Mistake |
|
114 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
116 |
|
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Ward A.
Campbell, Critique of DPIC List ("Innocence: Freed from
Death Row"), http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/DPIC.htm |
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supp. |
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Death
Penalty Information Center, Innocence and the Crisis in the
American Death Penalty, http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=45&did=1149 |
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supp. |
|
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HOMICIDE
(continued) |
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| 23 |
10/2 |
E. The Death Penalty |
364 |
|
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1. The History and Constitutionality of the
Death Penalty |
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McCleskey v. Kemp |
|
372 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
380 |
| 24 |
10/3 |
2. Death Penalty
Procedures |
|
382 |
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Kansas
v. Marsh |
|
386 |
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Notes
and Questions |
|
394 |
| 25 |
10/7 |
CHAPTER
8: RAPE |
405 |
|
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A. Statutory Rape |
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Garnett v. State |
|
408 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
410 |
| 26 |
10/8 |
B. Forcible Rape |
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1. Perspectives |
|
415 |
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The Violence Against
Women Act of 1991, Senate Report No. 197, 102d Congress, 1st
Session 36-39 (1991) |
|
415 |
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Nancy S. Erickson
& Nadine Taub, Final Report: "Sex Bias in the Teaching
of Criminal Law," 42 Rutgers Law Review 309, 341-43 (1990) |
|
416 |
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Susan Estrich, Real
Rape 1-4 (1987) |
|
418 |
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Lorenne M. G. Clark
& Debra J. Lewis, Rape: The Price of Coercive Sexuality
112-17 (1977) |
|
419 |
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Angela P. Harris,
"Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory," 42
Stan. L. Rev. 581, 598-600 (1990) |
|
420 |
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Robin D. Weiner, Note,
Shifting the Communication Burden: A Meaningful Consent Standard
in Rape, 6 Harv. Women’s L. J. 143, 147-49 (1983) |
|
421 |
|
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Richard A. Posner, Sex
and Reason 384-88, 391 (1992) |
|
422 |
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Mary Sigler, "By
the Light of Virtue: Prison Rape and the Corruption of
Character," 91 Iowa L. Rev. 521, 563-64, 569-71 (2006) |
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423 |
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Katharine K. Baker,
"Once a Rapist? Motivational Evidence and Relevancy in Rape
Law," 110 Harv. L. Rev. 563, 566, 599-612 (1997) |
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424 |
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2. Mens Rea |
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Dir. of Public
Prosecutions v. Morgan |
|
426 |
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Reynolds v. State |
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432 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
405 |
| 27 |
10/9 |
[3] Actus Reus |
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State v. Rusk |
|
440 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
447 |
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Commonwealth v.
Berkowitz |
|
450 |
| 28 |
10/10 |
Notes and Questions |
|
455 |
| 29 |
10/14 |
CHAPTER
9. THEFT
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479 |
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A. Introduction |
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B. Larceny |
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1. The History and
Elements of Larceny and the Type of Property That Can Be Stolen |
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Lund
v. Commonwealth |
|
480 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
483 |
|
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Henry K.
Lee, "Arrests in Scam -- Grades for Cash," S.F.
Chronicle, July 25, 2007, at p. 1 |
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supp. |
| 30 |
10/15 |
Oxford
v. Moss
|
|
491 |
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California
Penal Code §§ 499c, 502
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|
493 |
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Notes
and Questions |
|
496 |
| 31 |
10/16 |
3. Extensions of
Larceny
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c. Larceny by
Trick |
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State v. Robington [Notes and
Questions not assigned]
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520 |
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C.
Embezzlement
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People v. Talbot [Notes and
Questions not assigned]
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534
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D. False
Pretenses
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Chaplin v. United States [Notes and
Questions not assigned]
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546 |
| 32 |
10/17 |
CHAPTER 10. AGGRAVATED
PROPERTY CRIMES
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B. Extortion
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Notes and
Questions 1-6 (State v. Harrington not assigned) |
579 |
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U.S.
v.
Jackson
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584
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Notes and
Questions |
|
588 |
| 33 |
10/21 |
C.
Bribery
|
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State v. Bowling |
|
599 |
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|
Notes and Questions |
|
603 |
| 34 |
10/22 |
D.
Burglary
|
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People v. Gauze |
|
608 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
612 |
| 35 |
10/23 |
CHAPTER
11. CAUSATION
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A. When
is Causation an Issue? |
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1.
Culpability and "But-For" Causation |
619 |
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2. Intervening
Actors and Events |
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People
v. Kibbe |
|
622 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
624 |
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3. Causation in the
Model Penal Code |
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Model Penal Code §
2.03 |
|
625 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
628 |
| 36 |
10/24 |
B.
Determining the Limits of Causation |
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3. Acts of Victims |
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a. Suicidal Acts of
Victims |
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Rex v. Beech |
|
637 |
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|
Notes and Questions |
|
638 |
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Stephenson v. State |
|
638 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
642 |
| 37 |
10/28 |
b.
Other Self-Destructive Acts of Victims |
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Shirah v. State |
|
644 |
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Note |
|
611 |
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4. Complementary and
Concurrent Acts |
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Commonwealth v. Root |
|
647 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
649 |
| 38 |
10/29 |
CHAPTER 12. ATTEMPT
Introduction: The Challenge of Inchoate
Offenses |
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A. Attempt |
659 |
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1.
Issues in Attempt |
659 |
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United
States
v. Jackson |
|
662 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
668 |
| 39 |
10/30 |
D.
Impossibility |
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People
v. Dlugash |
|
679 |
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People v. Thousand |
|
683 |
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Notes and
Questions |
|
689 |
| 40 |
10/31 |
CHAPTER
14. ACCOMPLICE LIABILITY
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A.
Introduction |
703 |
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Wayne R. LaFave &
Austin W. Scott, Jr., Criminal Law 569-72, 596 (2d ed. 1986) |
|
703 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
705 |
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B. The
Extent of Participation Necessary |
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United
States
v. Buttorff |
|
706 |
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Wilcox v. Jeffery |
|
709 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
711 |
| 41 |
11/4 |
C.
The State of Mind
Necessary
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State v. Gladstone |
|
715 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
718 |
| 42 |
11/5 |
CHAPTER
15. CONSPIRACY
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A.
The Breadth and Elements of Conspiracy |
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1.
Introduction |
737 |
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2. The Agreement |
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Williams
v. U.S.
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|
741 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
743 |
| 43 |
11/6 |
3. The Requisite
Mens Rea - "Purpose" or "Knowledge"? |
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People v. Lauria |
|
747 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
751 |
| 44 |
11/7 |
B. The Scope of Conspiracy Liability
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1. The Pinkerton
Doctrine |
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Pinkerton v. United States
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|
759 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
761 |
| 45 |
11/12 |
CHAPTER 16.
JUSTIFICATION
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A.
Introduction |
785 |
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B.
Self-Defense |
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People v. Goetz |
|
786 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
791 |
| 46 |
11/13 |
State
v. Norman |
|
798 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
805 |
| 47 |
11/14 |
CHAPTER 1: THE NATURE
& STRUCTURE OF THE CRIMINAL LAW |
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A.
The Core and Periphery of Criminal Law |
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1. The Capacity to Obey |
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The Queen v. Dudley &
Stephens |
|
6 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
8 |
| 48 |
11/18 |
CHAPTER 16: JUSTIFICATION |
|
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D.
Necessity |
839 |
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State v. Reese |
|
839 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
843 |
| 49 |
11/19 |
CHAPTER 17: EXCUSE |
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A. Duress |
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State v. Scott |
|
861 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
865 |
| 50 |
11/20 |
B. Entrapment |
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United States v.
Russell |
|
877 |
|
|
Notes and Questions |
|
880 |
| 51 |
11/21 |
C. Insanity |
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1. The Scope of the Insanity
Defense |
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Daniel
M'Naghten's Case |
|
905 |
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Notes and Questions |
|
906 |
| 52 |
11/25 |
2. The Current State
of the Law |
|
919 |
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Clark v. Arizona |
|
919 |
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Notes and Questions
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|
931 |
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Sandy
Meng Shan Liu, "Postpartum Psychosis: A Legitimate Defense
for Negating Criminal Responsibility?" 4 The Scholar:
St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues 339 (Spring 2002) |
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