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Submit the following items depending on the group to which you belong and the task for that specific group. Read instructions carefully. Students in group LZ examine the case of Commonwealth v. Carr Ch. 9 p. 364 brief will be typewritten with a minimum one and one-half pages in length. This is a writing assignment NOT a copying assignment

1. Case Name

2. Case Citation

3. Exact date decided

4 . Judge or Justice writing majority opinion

5. Procedural facts (This would consist of two or three sentences outlining the history of the courts the case has been through and how each of those courts handled the case and what they did with the case.)

6. Facts of the case pertinent to the issue(s) in the case.

7. Issue(s). Put the issue(s) in the form of question(s).(Many cases have more than one issue.)

8 . Court’s Decision – How did the court answer the issue questions – this should be more than one word answers.

9. Court’s Reasoning – What rationale did the court use for making its decision? What cases did the court refer to and what did those cases say? Did the court refer to statutes or Constitutional principles, if so what were they and what did they say?

10. Disposition – Reversed, Reversed and Remanded, Affirmed are the three choices

11. Dissent – Were there dissenting opinions? If so briefly state the author(s) of the dissenting opinions and why they dissented.