| Closing Arguments During a Criminal Trial |
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| The defendant is entitled to present a closing argument in a criminal trial. The defendant's right to give a closing argument has been deemed by the United States Supreme Court as a basic element of the adversary factfinding process. More... |
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| Vindictive and Selective Prosecution |
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| A prosecutor may violate a defendant's due process rights if they are using their decision to prosecute the defendant for purposes of retaliation. More... |
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| SEARCH & SEIZURE - SCHOOL SEARCHES |
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| The protection of the Fourth Amendment of the United States against unreasonable searches and seizures did not traditionally apply to searches of students in schools because school officials are not law enforcement officials and because they are given permission to act on behalf of the students' parents while the students are in school. The law in this area changed in 1985 when the United States Supreme Court held that school officials act as representatives of a state when they conduct searches and that the Fourth Amendment applies to searches by the school officials on school property. More... |
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| UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON WHERE PROHIBITED |
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| In some states, a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of a weapon where prohibited if he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possesses a firearm, an illegal knife, a club, or a prohibited weapon on or within a certain number of feet from certain premises. Such premises include schools or educational institutions, polling places on the day of an election, courthouses, racetracks, secured areas of airports, or correctional institutions. More... |
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| MOTIONS IN LIMINE |
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| A motion in limine is any motion that is filed either before or during a trial and that seeks to exclude prejudicial evidence before it is offered into evidence. A motion in limine usually seeks to exclude evidence of another party.
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