October 31, 2019

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Thursday 10/31, we first finished our discussion of Gregg v. Georgia. We then went through State v. Mobbley, and followed that by looking at the Maine statute regarding hindering apprehension. We then went over Holland v. Florida, and again looked at the Maine statutes regarding the creation of common law crimes, and the Massachusetts and federal laws that create a criminal responsibility for failure to report certain crimes. We will pick up next Tuesday with those Maine statutes that do create a responsibility to report in certain limited situations..
The assignment for Tuesday 11/5 is to read in the textbook through p.77, including Lawrence v. Texas and Glassford v. BrickKicker.


POS 484 CRIMINAL DUE PROCESS
In class today, Thursday 10/31, I distributed 4 handouts: excerpts from the Maine drunk driving statutes; Scalia's concurrence in Gant; the case that the subject of the "You Decide" 6.5 from p. 205, Taylor v. State; and a case on a new subject, Davis v. U.S. We first went over the majority and dissenting opinions in Gant, and then talked about Scalia's concurrence. We then went over the Maryland Taylor case (You Decide 6.5), and how it dealt with the issue of car searches after an arrest for drunk driving. We then looked at the Maine drunk driving statutes, and also talked about a whole other way to search a car after an arrest without a warrant, an "inventory" search. I also talked about S. Dakota v. Opperman, which allowed these inventory searches.
The assignment for Tuesday 11/5 is to continue working on your Mitchell outlines, and to read all 4 of today's handouts. In addition, read p. 402-408 of the text, including Herring v. U.S.