SECTION 1 - COLQUITT
FALL, 2002
ASSIGNMENTS: This syllabus informs you of the
topics we will cover during the semester as well as provides you with your reading
assignments. You should be able to access the syllabus either by personal computer or
through the Law Library’s computer lab.
Normally, all assignments for this course will be contained in the course syllabus. If any new cases or materials are added, this information will be provided during class and by postings on the website.
All assignments in this handout and in the syllabus refer either to our casebook or to the required materials contained on-line at the course website. For example, T 1-20 is a reference to pages 1 through 20 of the required casebook, BONNIE, COUGHLIN, JEFFRIES & LOW, CRIMINAL LAW (1997). Similarly, T A-11 refers to page 11 of Appendix A of the casebook.
As part of your participation in this course, you should read every assignment before class. Simply look under any “Session” and you will see listed the reading assignment(s) for that session of class. We probably will proceed through the course in the order established by the syllabus. Any changes will be posted on the website and announced in class.
BACKGROUND READING: Background reading
assignments usually will not be discussed in class. They are, however, important to your
understanding of the material that will be discussed. If time permits, we may cover any
difficult subjects contained in the background materials.
OBJECTIVES: At the beginning of each major topic
area, this syllabus states certain objectives. The objectives are for illustration only.
Certainly, they are not all-inclusive. You should add appropriate objectives as you study
the materials for this course.
LINKS: Underlined listings in blue font are
"links." Simply "click" on any link with your left mouse button and
the listed material will appear on your computer screen. You then have three options: Read
the material on-line, save it to disk, or print it.
OBJECTIVES: 1) To apply our acquired knowledge of criminal law analysis to specific offenses related to the taking of property; 2) To identify, define, analyze, and distinguish specific crimes in the theft family; 3) To compare and distinguish common law and statutory crimes related to theft; 4) To critique the crimes. as appropriate.
"THOUGHT STIMULATORS":
"Robbery was the only crime in which women were more likely to be victimized by strangers rather than intimates, other family members, or acquaintances." Ronet Bachman, U. S. Dep't of Justice, Violence Against Women 7 (Victimization Survey Report -1994).
According to data collected from the Alabama Department of Corrections from 1992 through 1996, the top ten offenses committed by the inmates entering prison in Alabama were [rankings in parentheses]: Drug offenses (1, 3, 9), theft II and I (2, 6, respectively), burglary III(4), robbery I (7), murder (8) and possession of a forged instrument II (10). Violation of the Youthful Offender Act was listed as number 5. The underlying offense in a YO case is unavailable and may include any felony offense. Other "top 20" crimes included: Receiving stolen property II (11), robbery II (15), burglary of vehicle (17), receiving stolen property I (18), and forgery (20). Thus, of the "top 20" crimes resulting in incarceration, eleven were "property" crimes." And two non-descriptive categories certainly contain more property crimes. The rankings would be higher were not property crimes classified. For example, by merging all property (theft-type) crimes, their numbers swell to four times the number 1 ranked crime, over 1.6 times the number 2 family of crimes, drug offenses, and 12 times that of murder, over 26 times that of rape. Source: The Sentencing Institute, DOC Commitments: January 1, 1992 - December 31, 1996 (table - 1997).
SESSION 42 - Theft - Robbery
State v. Cunningham
[389 S.E.2d 286 (N.C. App. 1986)]
State v. Garza Rodriguez [791 P.2d 633 (Ariz. 1990)]
James v. State [405 So. 2d 71 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981)]
SESSION 43 - Trespass - Burglary
Johnson v. State
[611 So. 2d 457 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992)]
Soto v. State [782 S.W.2d 17 (Tex. App. 1989)]
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