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Final Project Intro. to Criminal Law - Cosgrove Militano - WestlawNext
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WESTLAWNEXTIntroduction to Criminal Law – Cosgrove Militano
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This is what you see when you
first open WestlawNext!
The search box is designed like Google
for simplicity.
24/7 assistance
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WESTLAWNEXTIntroduction to Criminal Law – Cosgrove Militano
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Select New York Supreme
Court, Appellate Division
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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.
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Type in your
crime, for
example,
robbery.
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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.
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You should be able
to find hypertext
links to the key
statute the case is
based on.
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You can
access the
statute with
hypertext
links to the
statute right
in the case.
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NY cases
interpreting
the statute:The statute:
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Scroll down to the
bottom of the
statute.
See “Practice
Commentary”
analyzing the
robbery statute.
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Helpful
explanation
including
case law
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FIND ANOTHER CASE
DEALING WITH THE CRIME
YOU ARE RESEARCHING
THAT ALSO DEALS WITH A
PROCEDURAL ISSUE.Examples: search and seizure, confession, Miranda
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To return to the
main Westlaw
screen from
anywhere, click
on
WestlawNext .
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REPEAT THE STEPS YOU
USED TO FIND YOUR 2
CASES.(see slides 8-13)
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Type in your
procedural
issue.
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Here you
have cases
that deal
with the
crime of
robbery
AND the
procedural
issue of
Miranda.
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STATUTORY SEARCHING
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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).