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WESTLAWNEXTIntroduction to Criminal Law – Cosgrove Militano
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WESTLAWNEXTIntroduction to Criminal Law – Cosgrove Militano
Select New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
When you select any court in Westlaw, in this case the NY
Supreme Court Appellate Division (intermediate level appeals court), you first get a list of the top to most
recently decided cases for that court.
Type in your crime, for example, robbery.
Select “Most Detail” for viewing of your search
terms.Once you have decided which 2 cases you want,
click on the hypertext link to
each case.
You should be able to find hypertext links to the key
statute the case is based on.
You can access the statute with hypertext
links to the statute right in the case.
NY cases interpretingthe statute:
The statute:
Scroll down to the bottom of the
statute.
See “Practice Commentary” analyzing the
robbery statute.
Helpful explanation
including case law
FIND ANOTHER CASE DEALING WITH THE CRIME YOU ARE RESEARCHING THAT ALSO DEALS WITH A PROCEDURAL ISSUE.Examples: search and seizure, confession, Miranda
To return to the main Westlaw screen from
anywhere, click on
WestlawNext .
REPEAT THE STEPS YOU USED TO FIND YOUR 2 CASES.(see slides 8-13)
Type in your procedural
issue.
Here you have cases
that deal with the crime of robbery AND the
procedural issue of Miranda.
American Jurisprudence is a legal encyclopedia. Try it!
What about the crime of robbery do you need help with?
ALR are explanations of the law written by practicing
attorneys in plain language.
TO PRINT, EMAIL OR DOWNLOAD See instructions on Professor Cosgrove Militano’s Introduction to Criminal Law PowerPoint on the Criminal Justice Subject Guide (click here).
NEED MORE HELP?Contact Val Waldin at 518.629.7319 or v.waldin@hvcc.edu.