Criminal Law Drafting Manual

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Jean Mangan, University of Georgia School of LawFollow

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This textbook was created under a Round 19 Mini-Grant. It is hosted on the Open ALG (Affordable Learning Georgia) Projects platform.

Table of Contents

• Mangan’s Criminal Law Drafting Manual
• Introduction
  • At the end of this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
  • Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S. Ct. 1204, 1223–34 (2018) (Gorsuch concurrence).
  • Daddario v. State, 307 Ga. 179 (2019).
• Entry of Appearance
  • At the end of this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
  • Ga. R. Unif. Super. Ct. Rule 4.2
  • Weeks v. State, 260 Ga. App. 129 (2003).
• Certificate of Service
  • At the end of this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
  • OCGA § 17-1-1
  • Hudson v. State, 311 Ga. App. 206 (2011).
  • Matter of Moore, 300 Ga. 407 (2016).
  • Williams v. State, 201 Ga. App. 384 (1991).
  • Ferguson v. Freeman, 282 Ga. 180 (2007).
• Bond Motion
  • At the end of this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
  • Ga R Unif Super Ct Rule 26.1
  • Ga R Unif. Mag. Court Rule 23.3
  • OCGA § 17-6-1
  • OCGA § 17-6-2
  • OCGA § 17-6-12
  • OCGA § 17-7-50
  • Ayala v. State, 262 Ga. 704 (1993).
  • Myers v. St. Lawrence, 289 Ga. 240 (2011).
  • Constantino v. Warren, 285 Ga. 851 (2009).
  • Mullinax v. State, 271 Ga. 112 (1999).
  • Dunn v. Edwards, 275 Ga. 458 (2002).
  • Prigmore v. State, 327 Ga. App. 368 (2014).
  • Hardy v. State, 192 Ga. App. 860 (1989).
  • Womack v. State, 223 Ga. App. 82 (1996).
  • Rooney v. State, 217 Ga. App. 850 (1995).
  • Edvalson v. State, 339 Ga. App. 348 (2016).
  • Patel v. State, 283 Ga. App. 181 (2006).
  • Clarke v. State, 228 Ga. App. 219 (1997).
• Charging Documents
  • At the end of this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-50
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-51
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-54
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-70
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-70.1
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-71
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-72
  • Rules for Use of Uniform Misdemeanor Citation, Accusation & Summons
  • City of Peachtree City v. Shaver, 276 Ga. 298 (2003).
  • Sexton-Johnson v. State, 354 Ga. App. 646 (2020), reconsideration denied (Mar. 19, 2020), cert. granted (Dec. 7, 2020).
  • State v. Delaby, 298 Ga. App. 723 (2009).
  • Kimbrough v. State, 300 Ga. 878 (2017).
  • Jackson v. State, 301 Ga. 137 (2017).
  • State v. Layman, 279 Ga. 340 (2005).
  • State v. Grube, 293 Ga. 257 (2013).
  • State v. Wyatt, 295 Ga. 257 (2014).
  • Townsend v. State, 357 Ga. App. 111 (2020), reconsideration denied (Oct. 15, 2020).
  • Marlin v. State, 273 Ga. App. 856 (2005).
  • Leverette v. State, 291 Ga. 834 (2012).
  • Wainwright v. State, 208 Ga. App. 777 (1993).
• Arraignments
  • At the end of this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R. 30.2
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-91
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-93
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-94
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-96
  • Sapp v. State, 338 Ga. App. 628 (2016).
  • Moss v. State, 298 Ga. 613 (2016).
  • Sevostiyanova v. State, 313 Ga. App. 729 (2012).
  • Price v. State, 223 Ga. App. 185 (1996).
• Discovery
  • At the end of this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-16-1
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-16-2
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-16-3
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-16-4
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-16-20
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-16-21
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-16-22
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-16-23
  • Bello v. State, 300 Ga. 682 (2017).
  • State v. Charbonneau, 281 Ga. 46 (2006).
• Jury Instructions
  • At the end of this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R. 10.3
  • O.C.G.A. § 5-5-24
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-8-56
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-8-58
  • Cheddersingh v. State, 290 Ga. 680 (2012).
  • White v. State, 355 Ga. App. 89, 91 (2020).
  • Edge v. State, 261 Ga. 865 (1992).
• Pleas and Sentencing
  • At the end of this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R. 33.1
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.2
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.3
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.4
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.5
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.6
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.7
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.8
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.9
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.10
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.11
  • Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R.33.12
  • O.C.G.A. § 15-6-3
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-93
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-94
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-7-95
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-1
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-1.3
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-1.4
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-3
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-7
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-8
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-8.1
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-10
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-11
  • O.C.G.A. § 17-10-13
  • O.C.G.A. § 42-8-60
  • O.C.G.A. § 16-13-2
  • Beasley v. State, 345 Ga. App. 247 (2018).
  • Coleman v. State, 352 Ga. App. 45 (2019).
  • State v. Langley, 855 S.E.2d 376 (Ga. Ct. App. 2021).
  • Huynh v. State, 855 S.E.2d 63, 64–66 (Ga. Ct. App. 2021).
  • Griggs v. State, 314 Ga. App. 158 (2012).
  • State v. Lin, 268 Ga. App. 702 (2004).
• Where to Find Examples and Forms of These Documents

Publication Date

2021

Publisher

University System of Georgia

City

Athens, GA

Keywords

legal writing, criminal law

Disciplines

Criminal Law | Legal Education | Legal Writing and Research

Repository Citation

Mangan, Jean, "Criminal Law Drafting Manual" (2021). Books. 160.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/books/160

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