Content from the following sources has been used in the creation of this casebook:

• Criminal Law Spring 2017

  Authors:

  • Jeannie Suk Gersen
  • 4: IV. General Common Law Requirements original
  • 4.1: Actus Reus original
  • 4.1.1.1: Martin v. State original
  • 4.1.1.2: People v. Newton original
  • 4.1.2: 'Acts of' Omission original
  • 4.1.2.1: Pope v. State original
  • 4.1.2.2: Model Penal Code section 2.01(3) original
  • 4.2: Mens Rea original
  • 4.2.1.3: Regina v. Cunningham original
  • 4.2.3: Strict Liability original
  • 4.2.3.1: United States v. Balint original
  • 4.2.3.2: Staples v. United States original
  • 4.2.4.1: Elonis v. United States original
  • 4.4.1.1: Commonwealth v. Mochan original
  • 4.4.2.1: McBoyle v. United States original
  • 5: V. Homicide original
  • 5.1: Intended Killings original
  • 5.1.1: CA Penal Code secs. 187 to 199 (2011) original
  • 5.1.2: PA Consol. Statutes, Title 18 Chapter 25 original
  • 5.1.3: NY Penal Law Article 125 original
  • 5.1.4: Model Penal Code Article 210 original
  • 5.1.5: Commonwealth v. Carroll original
  • 5.1.6: Girouard v. State original
  • 5.1.7: Maher v. People original
  • 5.2: Unintended Killings original
  • 5.2.1: Other Types of Murder original
  • 5.2.1.1: Commonwealth v. Malone original
  • 5.2.2: Manslaughter and Negligent Homicide original
  • 5.2.2.1: Commonwealth v. Welansky original
  • 5.3: Felony Murder original
  • 5.3.2: People v. Stamp original
  • 6: VI. The Death Penalty original
  • 6.1.1: Gregg v. Georgia original
  • 6.1.2: McCleskey v. Kemp original
  • 7: VII. Rape & Sexual Assault original
  • 7.1: Legal Standards original
  • 7.1.1: CA Penal Code, Title 9 sec. 261 (1950) original
  • 7.1.2: WI Statues Ch 940 original
  • 7.1.3: CA Penal Code, Title 9 secs. 261-269 (2011) original
  • 7.1.4: Model Penal Code 213 (1962) original
  • 7.1.5: State v. Rusk original
  • 7.1.6: State of New Jersey in the Interest of M.T.S. original
  • 7.1.8: Boro v. Superior Court original
  • 7.2: Commentary & Critique original
  • 7.2.1: Federal Rule of Evidence 412 (Enacted 1978; Amended 1994) original
  • 8: VIII. Defenses: Justification & Excuse original
  • 8.1: Self-Defense original
  • 8.1.2: People v. Goetz original
  • 8.1.3: Model Penal Code section 3.04 original
  • 8.1.4: Calvin Trillin, "The Color of Blood," The New Yorker, March 3, 2008 original
  • 8.1.7: State v. Kelly original
  • 8.1.8: State v. Abbott original
  • 8.1.9: Sullivan Testimony original
  • 8.1.10: Florida Statute on Justifiable Use of Force original
  • 8.2: Necessity original
  • 8.2.1: People v. Unger original
  • 8.2.2: Model Penal Code sec. 3.02 original
  • 8.2.6: Model Penal Code sec. 2.09 original
  • 8.3: Diminished Legal Capacity original
  • 8.3.1: Insanity original
  • 8.3.1.1: M'Naughten's Case original
  • 8.3.1.3: Model Penal Code sec. 4.01 original
  • 9: IX. Expanding Liability original
  • 9.1: Attempt original
  • 9.1.2: McQuirter v. State original
  • 9.1.3: Model Penal Code sec. 5.05 original
  • 9.1.8: Model Penal Code sec. 2.06 original
  • 9.3: Conspiracy original
  • 9.3.1: People v. Lauria original
  • 9.3.2: Pinkerton v. United States original
  • 9.3.4: Model Penal Code sec. 5.03 original
  • 10: X. Discretion original
  • 10.1: Constitutional Constraints original
  • 10.1.4: Brady v. United States original
  • 10.1.5: U.S. v. Gementera original
  • 10.3.1: Chicago v. Morales original
  • 10.4.1: Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v. Rockefeller original
  • 10.4.2: United States v. Armstrong original
  • 10.4.3: Bordenkircher v. Hayes original