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assignment has a minimum expectation of 2,000 words (total assignment) and five scholarly sources, one of these must be a peer reviewed journal article published in the past 7 years.  One source can be the textbook provided in the course.   

       Your Complete assignment should be in essay format and include a title section, introduction paragraph, appropriate headings, conclusion, and reference section.

    Here are recommended pages and headings:      

Title page (first page)

Your Name

Bethel University

 

Introductory paragraph (Start a new page and use your title as a heading): introduce your case (briefly) and what you plan to do in the essay (one-two paragraphs).

Perpetrator, Crime, Prosecution Elements  (heading)

Defense(s)  (heading)

Precedent  (heading)

Conclusion (heading): one paragraph and summarize what your essay said.

References (heading). Start a new page

General Instructions

General information: For your Unit 7 assignment you will prepare a comprehensive APA analysis paper of at least 2000 words, applying the knowledge gained in CCJ5504, Criminal Law, to a landmark Supreme Court case of your choice. The Read and Attend resources should be referenced in your paper. If you need help with formatting your APA Analysis paper, please refer to the APA template under the Resource tab, or contact the CPS librarians. Additional guidance can also be found in the grading rubric. Please note that minimum requirements for your final essay include five scholarly sources, with one being a peer-reviewed journal article published within the last seven years. The minimum word count is 2000 words, not including the reference page. Your paper must demonstrate mastery of applicable APA rules. Your paper must have a title page, an Abstract, appropriate headings, and a Conclusion.

The Assignment: You are to select one landmark United States Supreme Court criminal case for in-depth review and analysis.  The case you select cannot be a case discussed in the Complete assignments in units one through six. It can be one of the other cases discussed in your text.

After you have selected a landmark Supreme Court case, prepare a comprehensive analysis of the case, including:

· An identification and narrative description of the defendant,

· A complete description of the crime the defendant allegedly committed,

· How the defendant’s motive/intent/opportunity (if applicable) were shown in the defendant’s criminal trial (refer to unit 2: corpus delecti, elements of offense, and units 5 and 6: elements of crimes)

· An explanation of the defense used during trial (alibi, excuse, justification, or procedural defense) [refer to units 3 and 4].

· If you had been the defense attorney in this case was there anything you would have done differently?

· Describe the precedents established by the Court’s decision. Have these precedents been modified by lower courts since the original decision was published?  (See unit 1: stare decisis and precedent)

·  If you had been on the Supreme Court when the case was decided, how would you have ruled, and why?

Remember to include a separate Reference page. The references must be listed in correct APA 7th edition format.