Today I sit here grinning like a Cheshire cat in the knowledge that I have now completed just over half of the criminal law section of this incredible compendium, and when I calculate the hours spent writing and researching even this chapter, it’s a testament to my perseverance and absolute commitment to completing a body of work that is undoubtedly the biggest writing project I have ever undertaken.
When you consider that each case can take anywhere between 3-5 hours to read, analyse, research and write (and some even longer), and that I have been working on this section alone since late July 2018, my excitement and pride in having got this far is spilling over, and I genuinely cannot wait to see how this book looks and reads when its finally finished next year; while I would also add that its often proved harrowing having to read about some horrific acts of cruelty, not only to adults but also to young and innocent children, and its shown how awful human nature can be sometimes, but then again I wholly accept that it goes with the territory of crime, which perhaps also shows why it’s by far the largest section of the book.
Anyway without waffling on too much about my own struggles, below is a list of the first 63 cases contained within this particular segment, and next week I begin working on the final 61 cases before moving on to property law. Phew!
1. Anguish v. State
2. Apprendi v. New Jersey
3. Backun v. U.S.
4. Blakely v. Washington
5. Blumenthal v. U.S.
6. Bouie v. City of Columbia
8. Carpenter v. U.S.
9. Cheek v. U.S.
10. City of Chicago v. Morales
11. Clark v. Arizona
12. Com. v. Berkowitz
13. Com. v. Fischer
14. Com. v. Milnarich
15. Com. v. Rhodes
16. Com. v. Twitchell
17. Com. v. Webster
18. Com. v. Williams
19. Commonwealth v. Blodgett
20. Cox v. People
21. Davidson v. State
22. Davis v. U.S.
23. Direct Sales Co. v. U.S.
24. Dixon v. State
25. Durham v. U.S.
26. Durland v. U.S.
27. Erwin v. State
28. Ewing v. California
29. Francis v. Franklin
30. Furman v. Georgia
31. Graham v. Connor
32. Graham v. Florida
33. Gregg v. Georgia
34. Harmelin v. Michigan
35. Hendershott v. People
36. Holdridge v. U.S.
37. Hopkins v. State
38. Hopps v. People
39. Hutto v. Davis
40. Jones v. Commonwealth
41. Jones v. City and County of San Francisco
42. Keeler v. Superior Court
43. Kotteakos v. U.S.
44. Lawrence v. Texas
45. Leland v. State of Oregon
46. Liparota v. U.S.
47. Lockett v. Ohio
48. Long v. State
49. McCleskey v. Kemp
50. McDonald v. U.S.
51. McNally v. U.S.
52. Montana v. Egelhoff
53. Mullaney v. Wilbur
54. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Co. v. U.S.
55. Palmer v. State
56. Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
57. People v. Barnes
58. People v. Beeman
59. People v. Berry
60. People v. Ceballos
61. People v. Decina
62. People v. Dioguardi
63. People v. Dohring
