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

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anywhere, click on

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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.

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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.