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Tables of Contents for Criminial Law
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PREFACE
iii
16
TABLE OF CASES
xix
PART I. The Criminal Justice System Legal Concepts of Criminality
1
410
CHAPTER 1. Overview of Criminal Procedure
2
15
A. Procedure Between Arrest and Trial
2
4
1. The Right to Bail
2
1
2. Probable Cause to Detain and the Habeas Corpus Writ
3
1
3. Preliminary Hearing
3
1
4. The Right to an Attorney
4
1
5. Corner's Inquest and Medical Examiner System
4
1
6. The Grand Jury
4
1
7. The Arraignment and Plea
5
1
8. Pre-Trial Motions
5
1
B. The Trial
6
5
1. Jury Trial-Trial by Judge Alone
7
1
2. Jury Selection
7
1
3. Opening Statements
8
1
4. the Prosecution's Evidence
8
1
5. The Defendant's Evidence
8
1
6. Closing Arguments
9
1
7. Instructions of the Court to the Jury
9
1
8. The Verdict of the Jury
9
1
9. The Motion for a New Trial
10
1
10. The Sentence
10
1
C. After the Trial
11
3
1. Probation
11
1
2. Parole
12
1
3. The Appeal
13
1
D. Other Post-Conviction Remedies
14
3
CHAPTER 2. Essential Concepts of Criminality
17
131
A. The Prohibited Conduct-"Actus Reus"
17
21
1. Voluntary Act
17
6
2. The Act of Possession
23
5
3. Inaction
28
10
B. Mental State-"Mens Rea"
38
65
1. Specific and General Intent
38
65
2. Model Penal Code Approach
52
2
3. Transferred Intent
54
4
4. Recklessness and Criminal Negligence
58
5
5. Strict Liability and Lack of criminal Intent as a Defense
63
40
C. The Causal Connection
103
15
D. Burden of Proof
118
30
1. From the Common Law to the Constitution
118
4
2. Presumptions and Shifting the Burden of Proof
122
26
CHAPTER 3. The Power to Create Crimes and its Limitations
148
89
A. Sources of the Criminal Law
148
52
1. The Common Law
148
9
2. Statutes and Judicial Construction
157
11
3. Administrative Regulations
168
5
4. the Federal-state Dichotomy
173
27
B. Problems in Defining Criminal Conduct
200
37
1. Defining "Death" and "Life"
200
28
2. Defining "Dangerous" and "Deadly"
228
9
CHAPTER 4. Constitutional Limitations on Defining Criminal Conduct
237
174
A. Scope of the Police Power
237
6
B. Due Process, Vagueness, Overbreadth and the First Amendment
243
36
C. The Right to Privacy and to Equal Protection
279
48
D. The Prohibition Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment
327
77
1. Punishment for Narcotic Addiction and Alcoholism
327
11
2. The Death Penalty
338
53
3. Disproportionality of Sentences
391
13
E. Exclusion of Evidence From Criminal Trials
404
7
PART II. Crimes
411
458
CHAPTER 5. Homicides
412
124
A. Murder
412
66
1. The Malice Factor
412
33
2. Euthanasia-"Mercy Killings"
445
3
3. The "Corpus Delicti"
448
5
4. Felony Murder
453
25
B. Voluntary Manslaughter
478
11
C. Justifiable Use of Deadly Force
489
39
1. Self Defense
489
16
2. Defense of Others
505
4
3. Defense of Habitation
509
7
4. Defense of Property Other Than Dwelling
516
1
5. Prevention of a Felony and Apprehension of Dangerous Felons
517
1
6. Deadly Force by Police Officers
517
11
D. Involuntary Manslaughter
528
8
CHAPTER 6. "Sex" Offenses and Related Problems
536
78
A. Criminal Sexual Assault
536
64
1. "By Force and Without Consent"
536
23
2. Demonstrating the Trauma of Rape
559
11
3. Protecting the Victim
570
8
4. Marital Rape
578
7
5. Multiple Sex Acts and Multiple Convictions-Double Jeopardy
585
15
B. "Deviate" Sexual Behaviour
600
2
C. "Sexually Dangerous Persons" Legislation
602
12
CHAPTER 7. Misappropriation and Related Property Offenses
614
106
A. Larceny
614
33
1. The Elements of Larceny
615
28
2. Grades of Larceny
643
4
B. Embezzlement
647
2
C. False Pretenses-Deceptive Practices
649
12
D. Receiving Stolen Property-the Presumption Factor
661
12
E. Extortion
673
5
F. Robbery
678
10
1. The General Law
678
6
2. Armed Robbery
684
4
G. Burglary
688
15
H. Misappropriation Terminology: Problems of Construction
703
17
CHAPTER 8. Uncompleted Criminal Conduct and Criminal Combinations
720
149
A. Uncompleted Criminal Conduct
720
45
1. Attempt
720
45
B. Solicitation
765
5
C. Conspiracy
770
67
1. Basic Elements and the "Over Act"
770
22
2. The Criminal Purpose and Rico Prosecutions
792
9
3. The Agreement
801
23
4. Scope and Duration of Conspiracy
824
4
5. Impossibility
828
9
D. Parties to Crime
837
32
1. the Evidence of Accessoryship
842
5
2. The Extent of Accessoryship
847
14
3. Accessory After the Fact-misprision of Felony-compounding a Crime
861
8
PART III. Special Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions
869
176
CHAPTER 9. Entrapment
870
49
CHAPTER 10. Compulsion, Intoxication, Automatism and Other Non-Controllable Factors
919
51
A. Compulsion
919
24
1. Duress
919
4
2. Necessity
923
20
B. Intoxication
943
9
1. Voluntary Intoxication
943
3
2. Involuntary Intoxication
946
6
C. Automatism
952
8
D. Syndrome Defenses
960
10
CHAPTER 11. Insanity at Time of the Prohibited Act and Competency to Stand Trial
970
75
A. The M'Naghten (Right-Wrong) Test
970
27
B. The Irresistible Impulse Test
997
1
C. The Product Test
998
4
D. The American Law Institute (A.L.I.) Test, and Its Recent Modifications
1002
7
E. The Federal Test
1009
2
F. Diminished Responsibility
1011
8
G. The Weight of Psychiatric Testimony
1019
8
H. Competency to Stand Trial
1027
1
I. Modern Changes in the Insanity Defense
1027
18
APPENDIX. Appendix-Relevant Provisions of the United States Constitution and Its Amendments
1045
4
INDEX
1049