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Content from the following sources has been used in the creation of this casebook:
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Ball/Oberman Crim Law Casebook
(First published Jun 2020)Authors:
- Michelle Oberman
- Christina Iriart
- Jenai Howard
- Phillip Yin
- Zachary Nemirovsky
- Michael Pons
- Angela Madrigal
- Miriam Contreras
- Nicholas Newman
- Leah Mesfin
- Michael Flynn
- Cydney Chilimidos
- W. David Ball
Including material from the following sections:
- 1.1.1: Henry M. Hart, Jr.--The Aims of the Criminal Law
- 1.1.2: Ten Economic Facts about Crime and Incarceration in the United States (Melissa S. Kearney, Benjamin H. Harris, Elisa Jácome, and Lucie Parker)
- 1.1.3: System Flowchart
- 2: Why Punish?
- 3: A Detour Through Chicago
- 5: Actus Reus
- 6: Mens Rea
- 7.4.3: People v. Snyder
- 7.5.1: People v. Navarro
- 8: Causation
- 9: Homicide
- 10: Inchoate Offenses
- 12: Defenses
- 14: Appendix
Ball/Oberman Crim Law Casebook incorporates additional material from:
- Criminal Law Spring 2017 (first published Jan 2017) with contributions from:
- Criminal Law - REVISIONS FOR FUTURE USE (first published Mar 2017) with contributions from:
-
Ball/Oberman Crim Law Casebook
(First published Jun 2021)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 9.1.4: Model Penal Code Commentaries, Comment to § 210.2
- 9.1.5: Model Penal Code Commentaries, Comment to § 210.3
- 9.1.6: Homicide Statistics
- 9.3.2: Notes & Questions (State v. Guthrie)
- 9.3.4: Notes & Questions (Midgett v. State)
- 9.3.6: Notes & Questions (State v. Forrest)
- 9.3.7: The case of Herbert Lee Richardson: A Clemency Petition in a Death Penalty Case
- 9.4.3: Notes & Questions (Heat of Passion)
- 9.4.6: Notes & Questions (Extreme Emotional Distress)
- 9.4.8: Heat of Passion and Wife Killing
- 9.5.1.3: People v. Knoller
- 9.5.1.7: Notes & Questions (Walker & Williams)
- 9.5.1.9: Notes & Questions (Maryland v. Morrison)
- 9.5.2.2: People v. Fuller
- 9.5.2.4: The Felony-Murder Rule: A Doctrine at Constitutional Crossroads
- 9.5.2.5: In Defense of the Felony Murder Doctrine
- 9.5.2.6: People v. Howard
- 9.5.2.8: State v. Sophophone
- 9.5.2.9: Notes & Questions (State v. Sophophone)
- 10.2.1.8: Notes and Questions - Bruce v. State
- 10.2.2.2: United States v. Mandujano
- 10.2.2.3: Notes and Questions - United States v. Mandujano
- 10.2.2.5: Notes and Questions - People v. Rizzo
- 10.2.2.7: Notes and Questions - State v. Reeves
- 10.2.2.8: Commonwealth v. McCloskey
- 10.2.2.9: Notes and Questions - Commonwealth v. McCloskey
- 10.3.5: Notes & Questions (People v. Lauria)
- 10.3.7: Notes & Questions (Commonwealth v. Azim)
- 10.3.10: People v. Barajas
- 10.3.11: Notes & Questions (People v. Barajas)
- 10.3.15: Notes & Questions (People v. Moran)
- 10.3.17: Notes & Questions (State v. Honken)
- 11: Accomplice Liability
- 12.2.2: Principles of Justification
Ball/Oberman Crim Law Casebook incorporates additional material from:
- Ball/Oberman Crim Law Casebook (first published Jun 2020) with contributions from:
- Criminal Law Spring 2017 (first published Jan 2017) with contributions from:
-
Criminal Law Spring 2021
(First published Jan 2021)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
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