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Criminal Law Journal

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Criminal Legislation Updates
Thomas Robertson, executive director, Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council

• 2004 Criminal Legislation Updates PDF
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State of the Law/Year in Review
Timothy Baughman, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's office

• 2004: Year in Review PDF
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Seminar Handouts

6th Spring Conference
June 2012

• Toxicology and the Courts: Understanding and Interpreting the Scientific Evidence—Jennifer Wilson PDF 4.5MB
• The State of Forensic Evidence in 2012—Erich J. Speckin PDF
• Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division Bridgeport Regional Laboratory—David Bicigo PDF
• Nuts & Bolts—Thomas M. Loeb PDF
• Forensic Biology Analysis—Jeffrey V. Nye PDF
• Changing the Culture of Forensic Science—John M. Collins PDF

Criminal Law Section President's Day Weekend Ski Conference
February 2009

• Issues Involving Child Witnesses, Statements of Children, and Confrontation—Hon. Daniel P. Ryan PDF 5.2MB
• Child Witnesses: Hearsay—Hon. Daniel P. Ryan PDF
• Cross-Examination: A Revealing Conversation With a Witness—Hon. Christopher P. Yates PDF
• Criminal Law and Procedure Update: 2008 Decisions—Kym L. Worthy and Timothy A. Baughman PDF

Criminal Law Update

• 2004 Criminal Legislation Update—Thomas Robertson, executive director, Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council
• 2004: The Year in Review—Timothy Baughman, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's office

Crawford v. Washington

• A Prosecutor's Initial Look at Crawford v. Washington: Everyone Out of the Poole?—Timothy Baughman, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's office
• Crawford v. Washington: Reframing the Right to Confrontation—Jeffrey L. Fisher, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA
• Crawford v. Washington: The Unresolved Issues—David A. Moran, Wayne State Univ. Law School
• Crawford and the Confrontation Clause: An Analytical Outline—Jerrold Schrotenboer, Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney's office
• When Bad Appeals Make Bad Law—Roger Canaff, American Prosecutor's Research Institute

Sentencing Issues: Blakely v. Washington/U.S. v. Booker/Fanfan

• A Prosecutor's View of Blakely v. Washington—Timothy Baughman, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's office
• Blakely/Booker Discussion—Anne Yantus, SADO

Articles

Drunk Driving

• .08 and Other Changes (563 kb)—Patrick T. Baron and Jeffrey S. Crampton—MBJ 2004 February
• Alcohol-Related Offenses: Retrograde Extrapolation After Wager—J. Nicholas Bostic—MBJ 2000 June
• Changes in Drunk Driving Laws—John Reiser—CLJ 2001-2002
• Healing Drunk Drivers: Michigan's OUIL/Sobriety Drug Courts—Hon. Harvey J. Hoffman—MBJ 2003 January
• Repeat Offender Driving Reform: Summary of Key Elements and Practice Tips—Elaine H. Charney—MBJ 2000 July
• Understanding Quantitative Blood Alcohol Testing—Patrick T. Baron and Jeffrey S. Crampton—MBJ 2003 August

Evidence

• Computer Generated Visual Evidence: The Future is Now—William M. Worden—CLJ 2003
• Implications and Illumination of MRE 404(b) Other Acts Evidence—William M. Worden—CLJ 2001-2002
• Trial on the Cheap: Using Physical and Demonstrative Evidence That Doesn't Cost a Bundle—John Beason and Matthew Paul Smith

Habeas

• Keeping Habeas in Mind: The Importance of Raising and Exhausting Federal Issues in State Criminal Cases—David A. Moran and F. Martin Tieber—CLJ 2001-2002
• Keeping Habeas in Mind: What State Judges and Prosecutors Don't Know Can Hurt Them—Jerrold Schrotenboer—CLJ 2003

Immigration

• Criminal Immigration—The Consequences of Criminal Convictions on Non-U.S. Citizens—Ronald Kaplovitz—CLJ 2001-2002

Insanity/Criminal Responsibility

• Assessment of Competency to Stand Trial & Criminal Responsibility—Dan Swerdlow-Freed—CLJ 2003
• The Legal Insanity Defense in Michigan after People v. Carpenter—Kimberley Reed Thompson—CLJ 2001-2002
• The Untimely Death of Michigan's Diminished Capacity Defense: People v. Carpenter—Kimberley Reed Thompson—MBJ 2003 February

Police

• Innovative Use of Investigative Subpoena Laws by the Kalamazoo County and Michigan Law Enforcement Agencies to Solve Cold-Cases—Stuart L. Fenton—CLJ 2001-2002
• When the Cop Becomes the Suspect: A Primer on Garrity—Mark A. Porter—CLJ 2001-2002

Prisons/Parole

• Barriers to Reentry: Legal Strategies to Reduce Recidivism and Promote he Success of Ex-offenders—Miriam J. Aukerman—CLJ 2003
• Does a Politically Appointed Parole Board Cost Michigan Citizens Hundreds of Millions of Dollars?—Daniel E. Manville—CLJ 2001-2002
• Unfair Parole Board Interpretation of Lifer Law—Paul C. Louisell—CLJ 2003

Procedure

• Evaluating Witness Credibility in Preliminary Examinations—Hon. Mark A. Randon and Timothy Gardner, Jr.—CLJ 2003
• Our Supreme Court's Abdication of Law Making Authority over Criminal Procedure and Substantive Criminal Law—Alan Saltzman—CLJ 2001-2002

Research

• Effective Legal Research in Criminal Cases—Randy E. Davidson—MBL 2000 August

Sentencing

• After Apprendi . . .—Jerrold Schrotenboer—CLJ 2001-2002
• Legislative Sentencing Guidelines: Michigan's Transition to a Limited-Discretion Sentencing Scheme—Anne Yantus—CLJ 2001-2002
• Michigan's Sentencing Guidelines—Sheila Robertson Deming—MBJ 2000 June

Miscellaneous

• Can a Polygraph Help Your Client?—James W. Bassett—MBJ 2002 October
• Guide to New Anti-Terrorism Laws—Karen Dunne Woodside and Alan Gershel—CLJ 2001-2002
• The Source of Law: Where Do Principles of Criminal Law and Procedure Come From?—Timothy A. Baughman—CLJ 2001-2002
• Why Go to Trial If You Don't Have To?—cases listed in CLS 2002 Ski Conference's Pre-Trial Motions seminar