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Documents & Publications

CLS News & Views

February 2012 issue posted.

Current newsletters are available to Section members only. Contact Elaine Spiliopoulos for password assistance.

Reports

Criminal Law Journal

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

State of the Law/Year in Review
Timothy Baughman, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's office

Seminar Handouts

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