The Florida Criminal Cases Notebook

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Table of Contents, 7th  Edition

Appellate practice
    
generally and miscellaneous  1
     ineffective assistance  2
     preservation of error  3
     procedural matters; briefs, the record. etc.  4
     standards of review  5
Attempts      6
Attorney for defendant
    
generally    7
     public defenders    8
     right to      9
     self-representation  10
Bail        11
Blood alcohol level    12
Confidential informants    13
Contempt      14
Corpus delicti      15
Crimes
    
assault      16
     battery      17
     burglary      18
     child abuse    19
     concealed weapons  20
     conspiracy    21
     controlled substances  22
     dealing in stolen property  23
     DUI      24
     escape      25
     homicide
          1st degree murder  26
          2d degree murder  27
          3d degree murder  28
          DUI/BUI manslaughter  29
          generally    30
          manslaughter    31
          vehicular / vessel homicide  32
     kidnapping    33
     loitering or prowling  34
     miscellaneous substantive crimes  35
     resisting officer    36
     RICO      37
     robbery      38
     sex crimes
          generally    39
          lewd assault, etc.  on a child  40
          child under 12  41
     theft      42
     trafficking in controlled substances  43
Defenses
    
entrapment    44
     generally and miscellaneous  45
     immunity    46
     insanity      47
     intoxication    48
     self-defense    49
Discovery
    
Brady, etc. rules    50
     depositions    51
     generally and miscellaneous  52
     Richardson violations  53
Double jeopardy and collateral estoppel  54
Evidence
     character    55
     circumstantial    56
     defendant’s statements
          generally and miscellaneous  57
          Miranda    58
          voluntariness  59
     generally    60
     hearsay
          generally    61
          exceptions
               admissions and statements against
                 interest  62.01
               business records  62.02
               child abuse victims  62.03
               co-conspirators  62.04
               dying declarations  62.05
               medical diagnosis  62.06
               other exceptions  62.07
               prior consistent statements  62.08
               spontaneous and excited utterances  62.09
               state of mind    62.10
     physical evidence    63
     privileges    64
     scientific and expert evidence  65
     tapes, photos, etc.    66
     Williams rule, similar fact, and context
          context and inextricably intertwined  67
          Williams rule and similar fact  68
Informations and indictments
    
amendments    69
     consolidation of offenses and defendants  70
     language of charge  71
     statement of particulars  72
Judges        73
Judgment of acquittal    74
Jurisdiction      75
Jury trial – right to    76
Juvenile delinquency
     disposition    77
     generally and miscellaneous  78
Lesser included offenses  79
Lineups and showups    80
Motion to dismiss    81
New trial      82
Pleas
    
plea and sentence bargaining  83
     generally and miscellaneous  84
Polygraphs      85
Possession      86
Post-conviction relief
    
3.800 motions
          3.800(a) illegal sentences  87
          3.800(b) correction of sentencing errors  88
          3.800(c) reduction and modification  89
          generally and miscellaneous  90
     3.850 motions
          generally and miscellaneous  91
          ineffective assistance  92
     generally and miscellaneous  93
Principals      94
Prosecutorial misconduct  95
Quotes        96
Search and seizure
    
abandonment    97
     consent      98
     encounters    99
     exigent circumstances  100
     generally    101
     incident to arrest    102
     inevitable discovery and independent source  103
     inventory searches  104
     plain view and open view  105
     probable cause arrests and seizures  106
     probable cause searches  107
     standing      108
     Terry stops    109
     warrants    110
Sentencing
    
costs, fees and fines  111
     credit for time served  112
     death penalty
          aggravating factors
               generally and miscellaneous  113.01
               § 921.141(5)(a) under sentence of
                 imprisonment, on community
                 control or felony probation  113.02
               § 921.141(5)(b)previous conviction for
                 violent crime  113.03
               § 921.141(5)(c) great risk to many
                 people  113.04
               § 921.141(5)(d) in course of or flight
                 from a felony  113.05
               § 921.141(5)(e) avoid lawful arrest  113.06
               § 921.141(5)(f) pecuniary gain  113.07
               § 921.141(5)(g) disrupt a governmental
                 function  113.08
               § 921.141(5)(h) heinous, atrocious and cruel 
                   113.09
               § 921.141(5)(i) cold, calculated and
                 premeditated  113.10
               § 921.141(5)(j-k) victim is LEO or
                  public official  113.11
               § 921.141(5)(l) victim is child under 12  113.12
               § 921.141(5)(m) victim was particularly
                 vulnerable  113.13
               § 921.141(5)(n) defendant is street
                 gang member  113.14
          generally and miscellaneous  114
          jurors, jury selection & death qualification  115
          jury instructions  116
          jury overrides  117
          mitigating factors  118
          proportionality  119
     firearm mandatory minimums  120
     generally    121
     guidelines
          1983-93 guidelines
               departure factors
                 aggravating factors upheld  122.1
                 aggravating factors reversed  122.2
                 mitigating factors upheld  122.3
                 mitigating factors reversed  122.4
               scoresheet factors
                 generally and misc.  123.1
                 legal constraint  123.2
                 primary offense  123.3
                 prior record  123.4
                 victim injury  123.5
          1994 - present guidelines
               departure factors
                 aggravators  124.1
                 mitigators  124.2
               scoresheet factors
              generally and misc.  125.1
                 legal status  125.2
                 multipliers and additions  125.3
                 offense categories  125.4
                 primary offense  125.5
                 prior record  125.6
                 victim injury  125.7
          generally    126
     habitual offenders
          generally and miscellaneous  127
          habitual felony and habitual violent felony
               offender    128
          violent career criminal  129
          prison releasee reoffender  130
     juveniles prosecuted as adults  131
     probation and community control
          conditions    132
          violations    133
     reclassification    134
     restitution    135
     youthful offenders  136
Speedy trial      137
State attorneys      138
Statute of limitations    139
Statutes
    
constitutionality    140
     construction    141
Telecommunications and wiretaps  142
Trial – conduct of
    
closing arguments    143
     competency to stand trial  144
     confrontation of witnesses  145
     continuances    146
     generally and miscellaneous  147
     impeachment and cross-examination
          generally    148
          prior convictions  149
          prior inconsistent statements  150
     jurors
          generally and miscellaneous  151
          Neil challenges  152
          selection    153
     jury instructions    154
     opening statements  155
     verdicts      156
     witnesses    157
Venue        158
Victim’s rights      159

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