Criminal Law Paper

Resource: Lexis Uni Supreme Court Research Search

Sign in to the Lexis Uni website and navigate to the Criminal Justice Home page. Under “Recent Supreme Court Decisions”, click on “View all Supreme Court Decisions for Criminal Justice”.

Locate a recent criminal Supreme Court decision you find interesting in the LexisNexis library.

Provide a brief summary and properly cite the case.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you answer the following questions:

What interested you about this case?
What are the sources, purposes, and jurisdictions of the criminal law related to this case?
What is the difference between the various elements of crime, including actus reus, mens rea, and concurrence? Describe which element(s) of crime were related to this case.
What is the adversarial system and how was it applied in this case? (For example, what was the argument from the prosecution, and what was the argument from the defense?)
Define inchoate crimes, and describe if there were any inchoate crimes in your chosen case.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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In Montgomery v. Louisiana, the facts of the case revolved around Henry Montgomery who had not only been found guilty but had also been convicted for the murder of a sheriff’s deputy, Charles Hunt. At the time of the murder, Henry had just turned seventeen years old. The first conviction he had received was a death penalty. An appeal was later filed with the Louisiana Supreme Court.
The sentence was later overturned, and Henry was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without any possibility of parole. The recent decision of the case which was decided back in 2016 revolves around the case of Miller v.

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