ARTICLES ON FILE
One portion of each newsletter will be devoted to a section which lists the titles of articles that the Legal Resource Center has on file. Attorneys can visit the Center and review the article. The following are titles of articles, arranged by topic, that are on file in the Center. At the Center, the articles are arranged in alphabetical order.
The source and date of each article is documented after the article's title. NACDL stands for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers which publishes the Champion. NYSDA stands for the New York State Defenders Association which publishes the Public Defense Backup Center Report.
APPEAL
-Appellate Review After Guilty Pleas (NYSDA 7/94)
-Nobody Gets to See the Wizard: Perfecting Appeals When Your Client Has Waived the Right to Appeal (NSYDA 5/95)
-Using FOIL to Discover Rosario Violations (NYSDA 9-10/94)
CASE LAW, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
-Court of Appeals Overrules People v. Bernier (NYSDA 2/96)
-People v. Parris: The Court of Appeals Reshapes the Fellow Officer Rule (NYSDA 5-6/94)
-U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Concept of Pretext Automobile Stop (NYSDA 6/96)
CRIME SCENE
-Crime Scene Investigations (NACDL 3/95)
D.W.I.
-'PAS' or Fail: Use and Abuse of the Preliminary Alcohol Screening Device (NACDL 4/96)
-Separating Myth from Fact: A Review of Research on the Field Sobriety Tests (NACDL 8/95)
EVIDENCE
-Ten Tips for Attorneys with Tape-Recorded Evidence (NACDL 8/95)
EYEWITNESS CASES
-Eyewitness Identification: "I Noticed You Paused on Number Three" (NACDL 11/96)
-A Lawyer's View of Invented Memory: The Ramona Case (NACDL 1-2/96)
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
-Beyond Insanity: Mental Illness, A Constant Companion and Useful Tool in the Practice of Criminal Defense (9-10/95)
-Competence Assessment: Questions & (Some) Answers (NACDL 5/96)
MOTION PRACTICE
-Preserving The Defendant's Right To Testify Before Grand Jury (NYSDA 2/94)
-Who Says Field Sobriety Tests Are Relevant and Reliable? (NYSDA 6/96)
PAROLE
-Right to Rosario Material at Parole (9-10/94)
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
-Automobile "Consent" Searches: Fact, Fiction and the Law (NACDL 5/96)
-Dealing with Surreptitious Search Warrants (NACDL 6/96)
-Privacy and the Fourth Amendment in the 21st Century (NACDL 7/95)
TIPS & TACTICS (these articles, at the Center, are alphabetized under Tips & Tactics)
-Closing Argument (NACDL 8/95)
--Missing Evidence
--I.D.
--Snitch
--Accomplice Testimony
--Co-conspirator Testimony
-Courtroom Management (NACDL 3/95)
--'Hall Watchers'
--Trial Notebook
-Cross Examination (NACDL 7/96)
--Rebut Accomplice 'Trustworthiness'
--Accomplice: Points to Establish
--Accomplice Interview
--The Well-Prepared Witness (NACDL 11/95)
-Forfeiture (NACDL 3/95)
--Proportion
--Double Jeopardy
--Automobiles
-Voir Dire (NACDL 3/95)
--Fraternalism
TRIAL PREPARATION
-Defense of a Statement Case (NACDL 8/95)
-Preparing Demonstrative Evidence for Trial (NACDL 3/96)
-Reasonable Doubt as a Theory (NACDL 11/95)
-Snitches, Narcs, & Making Cases (NACDL 12/95)
-Study Finds Jurors Often Hear Evidence With Closed Minds (New York Times 11/29/94)
-Trial By Fire: Preparing to Defend an Arson Case (NACDL 4/95)
-Trial Preparation: The Trial Notebook (NACDL 6/95)