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WESTLAWNEXTIntroduction to Criminal Law – Cosgrove Militano
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WESTLAWNEXTIntroduction to Criminal Law – Cosgrove Militano
Select New York Supreme
Court, Appellate Division
When you select any court in
Westlaw, in this case the NY
Supreme Court Appellate Division
(intermediate level appeals court),
you first get a list of the top to most
recently decided cases for that court.
Type in your
crime, for
example,
robbery.
Select “Most Detail” for
viewing of your search
terms.Once you have
decided which 2
cases you want,
click on the
hypertext link to
each case.
You should be able
to find hypertext
links to the key
statute the case is
based on.
You can
access the
statute with
hypertext
links to the
statute right
in the case.
NY cases
interpreting
the statute:The statute:
Scroll down to the
bottom of the
statute.
See “Practice
Commentary”
analyzing the
robbery statute.
Helpful
explanation
including
case law
FIND ANOTHER CASE
DEALING WITH THE CRIME
YOU ARE RESEARCHING
THAT ALSO DEALS WITH A
PROCEDURAL ISSUE.Examples: search and seizure, confession, Miranda
To return to the
main Westlaw
screen from
anywhere, click
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REPEAT THE STEPS YOU
USED TO FIND YOUR 2
CASES.(see slides 8-13)
Type in your
procedural
issue.
Here you
have cases
that deal
with the
crime of
robbery
AND the
procedural
issue of
Miranda.
STATUTORY SEARCHING
TO PRINT, EMAIL OR
DOWNLOAD See instructions on Professor Cosgrove Militano’s
Introduction to Criminal Law PowerPoint on the Criminal
Justice Subject Guide (click here).
