POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Thursday 11/14, I distributed one handout, my version of the Raich case brief. I collected the class' case briefs, and we went over them. I plan to return the case briefs on Tuesday. I then discussed the other part of the Court of Appeals decision, (not included in the briefing) the medical necessity defense. The assignment for Tuesday 11/19 is to read and prepare to discuss through p. 108 in the text.
POS 484 CRIMINAL DUE PROCESS
In class today, Thursday 11/14, I distributed one handout, the Maine ethical rule regarding the taking of appeals whenever the client wants the lawyer to do so. We discussed the concepts in the text about the right to appointed counsel in appeals, the role of money in lawyer selection, and then the right to effective assistance of counsel. We went over the requirements of Strickland v. Washington, and then I talked about the recent case of Missouri v. Frye, regarding the right to effective assistance of counsel in the bargaining phase of plea bargaining. We talked about jury selection, and started our discussion of the use of peremptory challenges. We discussed in Batson the rejection of the evidentiary requirements of Swain, and got as far as going over the new rules for what a prima facie case of discriminatory use of peremptory strikes requires. That's the point at which we'll pick up on Tuesday. The assignment for Tuesday 11/19 is to read and prepare through p. 571 of the text. In addition, I plan to distribute Assignment #2 on Tuesday, regarding the confrontation clause, which will be due on Tuesday 11/26.
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