Law 6218 Criminal Procedure - Assignment

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SYLLABUS

Professor Reitz

This syllabus is broken down into readings expected to occupy roughly one-to-two classes each. Casebook page number references are to the 2005 edition of ISRAEL, KAMISAR & LAFAVE, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND THE CONSTITUTION. Where indicated, additional readings are contained in the "Supplemental Materials" packet, available on the course’s TWEN site.

CHAPTER 2: INCORPORATION DOCTRINE.
Pre- and Post-Incorporation: (1) U.S. CONST. AMENDMENTS IV, V, VI, and XIV, Casebook 936-37. (2) Palko, Incorporation Note, and Duncan, Casebook 34-36, 43-54.

CHAPTER 3: FOURTH AMENDMENT.
The Exclusionary Rule: (3) Wolf, Mapp, Leon, and Scott, Casebook 55-81; Warrant Application Hypothetical No. 1, Supp. 3. (4) Franks and Warrant Application Hypotheticals Nos. 2 & 3, Supp. 4-15.

Scope of the Fourth Amendment: (5) Katz, Greenwood, Riley, and Kyllo, Casebook 81-92 and 97-102. (6) White, Casebook 102-05; Plain View Note, Horton, and Sample Exam Question No. 1, Supp. 16-24.

Probable Cause: (7) Probable Cause Note, Brown, Supp. 25-27; Spinelli, Gates, and Pringle, Casebook 110-29; Sample Exam Question No. 2, Supp. 28.

Arrests, Searches, and the “Reasonableness” Requirement: (8) Watson, Robinson, Whren, and Atwater, Casebook 140-63. (9) Garner, Casebook 163-69; Graham, Supp. 29-36; Richards, Casebook 136-39. (10) Payton, Chimel, and Vale, Casebook 169-82. (11) Carney, Thornton, Knowles, Acevedo, Houghton, and Bertine, Casebook 183-213.

Stop and Frisk, Lesser and Heightened Intrusions: (12) Terry, J.L., and Wardlow, Casebook 214-28. (13) Royer, Drayton, and Place, Casebook 228-45 and 95 footnote a. (14) Board of Education, Casebook 246-57; Heightened Intrusions Note, Winston, and Drug Testing Problem, Supp. 37-44.

Consent Searches: (15) Schneckloth and Rodriguez, Casebook 257-67.

CHAPTER 6: INTERROGATIONS AND INCRIMINATION.
Introduction to Miranda: (16) Watts, Note on Voluntariness Test, Massiah, and Escobedo, Casebook 321-36.

Miranda and its Progeny: (17) Miranda, Casebook 337-60. (18) Alvarado and Innis, Casebook 364-75; Butler and Spring, Supp. 45-55. (19) Perkins, Minnick, and Quarles, Casebook 375-88. (20) Moran, Note on 18 U.S.C. § 3501, and Dickerson, Casebook 398-417; Note on “Voluntariness Again,” Connelly, and Miller, Supp. 56-78.

Sixth Amendment Again: (21) Note on “Massiah Revisited,” Brewer, and Kuhlmann, Casebook 424-37; Waiver Note, McNeil, and Sample Exam Question No. 3, Supp. 79-87.

CHAPTER 6A: FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE.
Attenuation, Inevitable Discovery, and Independent Source: (22) Note on Fruits Doctrine, Brown, Sample Exam Question No. 4, Nix, and Murray, Supp. 88-112; Reread casebook 59-60 footnote c.

Miranda and Fruits Doctrine: (23) Patane and Seibert, Casebook 388-97.

CHAPTER 6B: STANDING.
Fourth Amendment Cases: (24) Standing Note, Rakas, and Carter, Supp. 113-39.

CHAPTER 4: ENTRAPMENT.
Federal Law: (25) Russell and Jacobson, Casebook 270-86; Entrapment Problem, Supp. 140-41.