Some students are having problems with the Week Nine writing assignment, so here is some help. 

The 6th Amendment assignment due on Tuesday, April 4, is on Page 17-18 of the syllabus.  You need to find cases, particularly death penalty cases, that were appealed because of defense attorney incompetence or misconduct and write a paper describing how the appellate courts respond to defense attorney incompetence and the standards to which it holds defense attorneys.

    You can do this as an essay or a couple of detailed case briefs.  Two pages are required, but more are always appreciated.  Cases on ineffective attorneys are fairly common, but you may want to start here: This a report on incompetent lawyering in cases that have been reversed due to factual innocence.

    Don’t forget that you also have a final project to do for Week 10.

FINAL EXAM:

Welcome to Introduction to Constitutional Law. Content will  added as I have time, but for now, check out the links on the left panel for help in finding cases.

    The final exam is a take-home exam.  See the left panel for the exam.  It will be due midnight Sunday, April 10, 2012 and must be mailed to me prior to class.  Naturally, if I detect even the slightest whiff of cooperation between students, or plagiarism, all involved exams will receive a zero grade.  Good luck. 

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