November 21, 2019

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Thursday 11/21, I collected the Betton case briefs, and also distributed my version of the brief. We went over the Betton case, including possible strategies for the defense on remand. We then went over the Butler case and the issue of dictum. I reviewed three types of dictum that we've encountered this semester. I then discussed the 1971 case of Harris v. New York in which the Supreme Court confronted the same question as in Butler.
The assignment for Tuesday 11/26 is to read in the text through p. 113, including Dempsey and Strunk.



POS 484 CRIMINAL DUE PROCESS
In class today, Thursday 11/21, I distributed one handout, the Maine Supreme Court opinion in State v. Nightingale, 2012 ME 132. We then began our study of the 3 Maine cases assigned for today, Prescott, Bragg, and Jones. We got through Prescott and Bragg, but not to Jones. So we will begin class on Tuesday with Jones, and then go on to the textbook assignment (below) and to Nightingale.
The assignment for Tuesday 11/26 is to review Jones, read in the text pp. 317-340, including Moran v. Burbine and Rhode Island v. Innis, and also today's handout, Nightingale.