Criminal Justice

Case name:

Citation:

Type of case: This case deals with … (issue/petition)

Facts: who (parties), what (dispute/reason for lawsuit), how (how did the case get to U.S.

Supreme Court including lower court decisions concerning this appeal)

* Only include important facts necessary to understand this case

Legal issue: What legal question(s) regarding what specific provision of law is to be decided in the case?

* Should be formed as a question

Holding and decision:

· (vote: # to #)

· (Yes/No) What is the majority’s basic answer to the legal question in the case?

· Majority’s reasoning/explanation for holding

* Include concurrence and dissent with reasoning

Rule:

· What rule of law is announced in this case? (Quotation of the actual law is best)

· Summarize the justification for the rule in your own words

· Apply the Rule (given the facts of the case)