Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Resource Guide

This selective guide highlights major print and electronic resources available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students researching issues in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.  Please contact the research services staff during research services hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu, for help in locating these or other resources to meet your needs.

Introduction

Criminal law primarilly concerns the purposes of punishment and general principles of criminal responsibility.  Other topics include attempts; parties; conspiracy; specific crimes against the person, the habitation, and property; causation and self-defense; burden of proof and presumptions; defenses available to the accused; and limitations of the criminal law.

Criminal Procedure concerns the rules governing the proceedings by which criminal law is enforced, and focuses on police investigation techniques - such as searches, interrogations, undercover activities, electronic eavesdropping, and lineups - as well as constitutional limitations on these practices flowing from the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments.  Other topics include the right to counsel, the entrapment defense, bail, and plea bargaining.

Please contact the Law Library's Research Services librarians during their Research Services hours, or via email for help with locating or using any of the resources discussed in this guide.

General Research Tips for Ohio Criminal Cases - A tip sheet on how to easily find elements of an offense, lesser included offenses, sentences, defenses and other frequent research questions.

Cases

  • LexisNexis:  Area of Law - By Topic:  Criminal Law:  Federal and States Cases - Selected Criminal Material  Includes US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals, Federal District Courts, all 50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and other US territories as well as specialty courts such as Military Appeals, Customs, Patents, Tax, Trade, Commerce, Veteran Appeals, and Bankruptcy.  See also LexisNexis:  Area of Law - By Topic:  Criminal Law:  Multi-Source Groups:  Cases From all State Courts & ALR Annotations - Selected Criminal Materials.
  • LexisNexis:  States Legal - U.S.:  Ohio:  Cases:  By Area of Law:  OH Criminal Cases   Selected criminal cases decided by the Ohio Supreme Court since 1824, Ohio Court of Appeals since 1913, and various Ohio Miscellaneous Courts since 1922.
  • Westlaw:  U.S. State Materials:  Case Law:  Multistate Cases Organized by Area of Practice:  Criminal Justice (MCJ-CS)  Includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  See also individual databases in Federal Cases section of Westlaw:  Topical Materials by Area of Practice:  Criminal Justice.  See also Criminal Justice section of Westlaw:  KeySearch.
  • Westlaw:  U.S. State Materials:  Ohio:  Cases:  Case Law Organized by Practice Area or Topic:  Ohio Criminal Justice Cases (OHCJ-CS)   Selected cases decided by the Ohio Supreme Court since 1821, Ohio Court of Appeals since 1913, and various Ohio Miscellaneous Courts since 1889.

Statutes and Codes

Regulations and Rules

  • Code of Federal Regulations   Title 28 of the CFR concerns "Judicial Administration."  Chapter 1, Parts 0-42 and Parts 43-199 concern the Department of Justice.  [Links via GPO Access.]  Other Chapters in Title 28 concern the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., DOJ; Bureau of Prisons, DOJ; Offices of Independent Counsel, DOJ; Office of Independent Counsel; Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia; National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council; as well as the Department of Justice and Department of State.
  • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure  Divided into the following nine sections:  Applicability; Preliminary Proceedings; The Grand Jury, the Indictment, and the Information; Arraignment and Preparation for Trial; Venue; Trial; Post-Conviction Procedures; Supplementary and Special Proceedings; and General Provisions.  See also Federal Rules of Evidence.
  • [Links via Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.]
  • Ohio Administrative Code   The 109 Agency/Division Level of the OAC concerns the Office of the Attorney General.  Topics covered in OAC 109 include the Charitable Foundations Section, the Peace Officer Training Commission, the Law Enforcement Communications Committee, Consumer Protection, the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, the Division of Environmental Background Investigation, and Crime Victims Compensation and Assistance.  [OAC link via Anderson's and Ohio General Assembly.]
  • Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure.  See also Ohio Rules of Evidence.  [Links via Supreme Court of Ohio.]
  • Federal Criminal Code and Rules.  West Pub. Co., c1985-.   KF9619 .A31
  • Ohio Rules of Court:  State & Federal.  West Pub. Co.   KFO529 .A2
  • Rules Governing the Courts of Ohio.  W.H. Anderson Co.   KFO529 .A197

 

Treatises and Practice Guides


Selected significant treatises and practice guides in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library collection which provide a foundation in issues of criminal law and criminal procedure include the following:

About Guilt and Innocence:  the Origins, Development, and Future of Constitutional Criminal Procedure / Donald A. Dripps.  Praeger, c2003.   KF9619 .D75 2003

BNA Criminal Practice Manual.  Pike & Fischer, c1987-.  KF9615 .B59

Criminal Law / Joseph G. Cook and Paul Marcus.  LexisNexis, c2003.   KF9218 .C66 2003

Criminal Law / Andre A. Moenssens, et al.  Foundation Press, c2003.   KF9218 .I572 2003

Criminal Law / Wayne R. LaFave.  West, c2003.   KF9219 .L382 2003

Criminal Law : Core Concepts and Key Questions / Robert Feinberg. Kaplan Publishing, c2007. KF9219.85 .C75 2007

Criminal Law:  Model Penal Code / Markus D. Dubber.  Foundation Press, c2002.   KF9219 .D83 2002

Criminal Procedure / Wayne R. LaFave, Jerold H. Israel, and Nancy J. King.  West Group, c2000.   KF9619 .L34 2000

Criminal Procedure:  Constitution and Society / Marvin Zalman.  Prentice Hall, c2002.   KF9618 .Z35 2002

Criminal Procedure:  Constitutional Constraints upon Investigation and Proof / Welsh S. White and James J. Tomkovicz.  LexisNexis, c2001.   KF9630 .A7 W48 2001

Criminal Procedure : Core Concepts and Key Questions / Robert Feinberg. Kaplan Publishing, c2007. KF9619.85 .C75 2007

Criminal Procedure in Practice / text by Paul Marcus; practice commentary by Jack Zimmermann.  National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2009.   KF9656 .M29 2009

Federal Criminal Trials / James C. Cissell.  LexisNexis, c2003.   KF9660 .C57 2003

Model Penal Code and Commentaries (Official Draft and Revised Comments):  with Text of Model Penal Code as Adopted at the 1962 Annual Meeting of the American Law Institute at Washington, D.C., May 24, 1962.   American Law Institute, 1980-.   KF9209.513 .A16

Perfect Justice:  the Continuing Riptides and Crosscurrents in American Criminal Law / Macklin Fleming.  University of New Haven Press, c2001.   KF9223 .F42 2001

Proving Federal Crimes / David Marshall Nissman.  Corpus Juris Publishing Col, c2001.   KF9660 .N57 2001

Sixth Circuit Criminal Handbook.  Lexis Law Publishing, 1997-.   KF9619 .S59

Wharton's Criminal Law / Charles E. Torcia.  Clark Boardman Callaghan, c1993-.   KF9219 .W43 1993

Anderson's Ohio Criminal Practice and Procedure.  Anderson Pub. Col, c1997-.   KFO561 .A95

Terez Ohio Statutory Charges.  Thomson/West, c2005- .   KFO561 .B588

The Criminal Trial from Start to Finish in Ohio:  the Defense / Paul B. Daiker and John B. Gibbons.  NBI, Inc., c2003.   KFO579 .D35 2003

Katz Giannelli Criminal Law / Lewis R. Katz and Paul C. Giannelli.  Banks-Baldwin Law Pub. Co., c2003.   KFO561 .K37 2003

Katz & Giannelli Ohio Criminal Justice.  Banks-Baldwin Law Pub. Col, c1997- .   KFO561 .A3

Ohio Arrest, Search and Seizure / Lewis R. Katz.  West Group, c1997- .   KFO576 .K38

Ohio Criminal Law Handbook.  Anderson Pub. Co., c1980- .   KFO561 .A346 M33

Ohio Manual of Criminal Complaints and Indictments, Cincinnati : Anderson Pub. Co., c1997-.  KFO561.A346 M34 

Ohio domestic violence law , Cleveland, Ohio : West Group, 1999-, KFO567.F35 O35

The...Ohio search warrant manual. Cincinnati, Ohio : Anderson Pub. Co., 1997-. KFO576.5 .M45 

Ohio Felony Sentencing Law. Cleveland, Ohio : Banks-Baldwin Law Pub. Co., c1996- KFO583.2 .G7433

Ohio juvenile law. [Cleveland, Ohio] : West Group, c1997-. KFO595 .K8 

Study Aids

CDs

Criminal procedure [sound recording] / Joshua Dressler, Eagan, MN : Thomson West Group, c2005, 4th ed, Outstanding Professor Series, KF9616.3 .D74 2005

Criminal law [sound recording] / Joshua Dressler, Eagan, MN : Thomson West Group, c2005, 4th ed, Outstanding Professor Series, KF9218 .D686 2005

 

Books

Advanced Criminal Procedure in a Nutshell / Mark E. Cammack, Norman M. Garland.  West Group, c2001.   KF9619.3 .C36 2001

Basic Criminal Procedure / Stephen A. Saltzburg, Daniel J. Capra, and Angela J. Davis.  Thomson/West, c2003.   KF9619.3 .S25 2003

Criminal Law / Peter W. Low.  Thomson/West, c2002.   KF9219.3 .L69 2002

Criminal Law:  Examples and Explanations / Richard G. Singer and John Q. La Fond.  Aspen Law & Business, c2001.   KF9219.3 .S54 2001

Criminal Law in a Nutshell / Arnold H. Loewy.  West Group, c2003.   KF9219.3 .L64 2003

Criminal Procedure:  Constitutional Limitations in a Nutshell / Jerold H. Israel and Wayne R. LaFave.  West Group, c2006.   KF9619.3 .I8 2006

A Handbook of Criminal Law Terms / Bryan A. Garner, ed.  West Group, c2000.   KF9217 .H36 2000

Mastering Criminal Law/ Ellen S. Podgor et al, Carolina Academic Press - KF9219 .P63 2008

Ohio Board of Bar Examiners, Outline of Subjects Tested on Essay Portion of Ohio Bar Examination (Columbus, OH: Supreme Court of Ohio 1984-)  KFO 76 .Z9 O8546.  Outlines the subjects tested on the essay portion of the Ohio Bar Examination in order to provide a guide to bar examiners in drafting the essay questions. The "Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure" section in the November 2002 edition provides citation to legal authorities in criminal law as a convenience to the bar examiners.  It includes outlines for Elements of Criminal Liability; Justification and Excuse; Anticipatory Offenses and Group Criminality; Crimes Against People; Crimes Against Property; Burden of Proof and Sentencing; Other Limitations on Criminal Prosecution; Criminal Procedure Overview and Introduction; Exclusionary Rule and Other Remedies; Fourth Amendment: Searches and Seizures; Fifth Amendment: Interrogation and Self-Incrimination; Right to Counsel; Identification Procedures: Lineups, Showups, and Photos; Pretrial Rights and Procedures; Adjudication; Impartial Judge and Jury; Adversarial Rights; and Appeal.

A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure / Laurie L. Levenson.  Thomson/West, c2003.   KF9607.515 .L48 2003

Understanding Capital Punishment Law 2nd ed . / Linda E. Carter, Ellen S. Kreitzberg, Scott Howe. Newark, NJ : LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2008. KF9227.C2 C36 2008 

Understanding Criminal Law / Joshua Dressler.  Lexis Pub., c2001.   KF9219 .D74 2001

Understanding Criminal Procedure / Joshua Dressler.  LexisNexis, c2002.   KF9619 .D74 2002

White Collar Crime in a Nutshell, 4th ed. / by Ellen S. Podgor, Jerold H. Israel, Westlaw,  KF9350.Z9 P63 2009


CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) Tutorials

Connect to the CALI Library of Lessons for a comprehensive list of "Criminal Law Lessons" available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Students.  You must register a personal password with CALI to use these CALI tutorials.   [If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Student, and have not yet accessed CALI via our Law School subscription, Students click here.]  The 30 CALI Criminal Law Lessons cover Constitutional Limitations, Excuses, Justification Defenses, Federal Habeas Corpus, Mens Rea, Mistake, Actus Reus, Ambiguous Culpability Requirements, Battered Woman's Syndrome, Causation, Concurrence, Consent, Defense of Others, Duty to Retreat, Homicide, Minimum Culpability Requirements under the Model Penal Code, Plea & Discovery, Pre-indictment & Charge, Presumption of Innocence (Burden of Proof and Presumptions), Punishment Theories, Self-Defense, and Sources of Criminal Law.  See also the 13 CALI "Evidence Lessons" (which cover Hearsay, Hearsay and the Federal Rules, Hearsay Exceptions, Multiple Hearsay and Federal Rule 801(d), Best Evidence Rules under the Federal Rules, Character Evidence under Federal Rules, Expert and Opinion Evidence, Impeachment and Rehabilitation of Witnesses, Preliminary Factfinding under Rule 104, and Survey of Evidence).

The CALI Criminal Law Lessons and Evidence Lessons are also highlighted on the Tutorials and Instructional Research Guides page of the Law Library Web site.

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Criminal Law Tutorial

 

Searching SCHOLAR and OhioLINK  

SCHOLAR is the electronic catalog for Cleveland State University's Law Library and University Library.  CSU also participates in the state-wide consortia OhioLINK, which provides access to a state-wide central catalog and numerous research databases.  For treatises and other materials, search the SCHOLAR and OhioLINK catalogs with the subject headings Criminal Law, Criminal Law - Ohio, Criminal Law - United States, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure - Ohio, and Criminal Procedure - United States.  See also the 75+ Criminal Law Related Subject Headings and the 50+ Criminal Procedure Related Subject Headings.

 

Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services

See the Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals guide for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community.  That guide covers print and electronic indexes, as well as electronic full-text journals.  In particular, note OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center and its Social Sciences - Politics, Political Science, and Law subject cluster.

Selected specialty journals and current awareness materials concerning Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library collection include:

  • American Criminal Law Review.  American Bar Association, Section of Criminal Justice.   K1 .M44
  • American Journal of Criminal Law.  University of Texas School of Law.   K1 .M4715 & Electronic
  • The Champion:  the Official News Report of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.   KF9602 .C47 & Electronic
  • Criminal Justice.  American Bar Association, Section of Criminal Justice.   KF9602 .C75
  • Criminal Law Bulletin.  Warren Gorham & Lamont; West.   K3 .R55
  • Criminal Law Forum.  Rutgers University School of Law.   K3 .R546 & Electronic
  • Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology.  Williams & Wilkins.   K10 .O836 & Electronic
  • The Prosecutor.  National District Attorneys Association.   KF200 .P74
  • The Vindicator:  the Official Journal of the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.   K26 .I5

Aggregate Databases and Other Web Resources

  • Criminal Justice Reform Resources 2008-2009 on LLRX.com
  • Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute:  Law about:  Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
  • FindLaw:  Practice Areas:  Criminal Law
  • Jurist:  Legal Research:  Law Guides:  Criminal Law
  • VictimLaw - Federal victim's rights law and laws in the 50 states.
  • LexisONE:  Legal Web Site Directory:  Practice Areas:  Criminal Law, Justice, and Procedure
  • LexisNexis:  Area of Law - By Topic:  Criminal Law - Includes federal and state cases, court rules, jury instructions, statutes and legislative materials, administrative materials and regulations, law reviews and journals, treatises, Matthew Bender publications, legal reference materials, medical and healthcare journals, medical news and information, and medical reference.
  • Westlaw:  Topical Materials by Area of Practice:  Criminal Justice
    Includes federal and state cases, federal and state statutes, federal administrative materials, state court rules, jury instructions, sentencing guidelines, periodicals, treatises, forms, practice materials, CLE materials, news, and notable trials.

LER, March 2006

 


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