Crim Midterm Outline PDF

1. 2. 3. **[Appeals - What can be appealed?]** - - - - - - - - - - - **Trial and Appeal** **Trial Level:** Commonwealth v. Saunders **Appellate Court:** Saunders v. Commonwealth **If goes t...

1. 2. 3. **[Appeals - What can be appealed?]** - - - - - - - - - - - **Trial and Appeal** **Trial Level:** Commonwealth v. Saunders **Appellate Court:** Saunders v. Commonwealth **If goes to Supreme Court:** Saunders v. Massachusetts **[Procedure ]** **Some Period of Time → The criminal act → Investigation → Arrest → Investigation → Charging Documents:** - - - - - **[Timeline of Trial ]** 1. - - 2. - - - - 3. - - 4. - 5. - 6. - 7. - - - - 8. - 9. - 10. 11. **[Theories of Punishment ]** **Retribution** - - **Deterrence/Utilitarianism** **General:** Swift, Certain, Severe - **Specific: Deterring one person from doing the crime again** - **Rehabilitation** - **Incapacitation** - - **Denunciation** - - **[Proportionality → \*\*Consider how the concept of proportionality fits in with the theories of punishment]** **Sentences** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Elements of a criminal statute and challenging statutes** - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. - - - - - - - **[Actus Reus ]** - - - - - - - - - - - - **[Omissions → Failure to act is a crime]** - - 1. 2. - - - - 3. 4. - - - - - **[Possession ]** - - - - - **- United States v. Maldonado (1994)** - - **- State v. Barger (2011)** - **- United States v. Tucker (2002)** - **[Harm]** - - - - - **LAWRENCE v. TEXAS** - **[Voluntariness ]** - - **- Subcategories:** - - - - **- Rationales** - - - - - -