Description

Week 2

Drafting Assignment

• Prepare Learning by Doing Assignment 5-3 in chapter 5.
• Review the Jencks Act at 18 U.S.C. $3500. Draft a short essay discussion whether you agree or disagree with the limited procedures allowed to obtain statements of witnesses and why. How, if at all, would you change that procedure?

Grading

• Content: 50%
• Grammar: 25%
• Citations: 25%

Chapter 5: Formal Discovery in Criminal Litigation

LBD 5-5: Assume that Rowdy Outlaw (Case Study No. 1 in Appendix A) is going to be charged with first degree murder under the homicide statutes of your state. Draft the indictment for that charge.