University of Phoenix Recent Criminal Supreme Court Decision Research Paper

Resource: Lexis Uni Supreme Court Research Search

Locate a recent criminal Supreme Court decision you find interesting in the LexisNexis library. (If you have trouble accessing the Lexis Uni site, you may locate a U.S. Supreme Court criminal case from 2012 or after through your own Internet searches).

Provide a brief summary and properly cite the case.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you answer the following questions:

  • What interested you about this case?
  • What are the sources, purposes, and jurisdictions of the criminal law related to this case?
  • What is the difference between the various elements of crime, including actus reus, mens rea, and concurrence? Describe which element(s) of crime were related to this case.
  • What is the adversarial system and how was it applied in this case? (For example, what was the argument from the prosecution, and what was the argument from the defense?)
  • Define inchoate crimes, and describe if there were any inchoate crimes in your chosen case.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 
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