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Criminal Defense Clinic Resources: Recommended Sources

Introduction

This guide lists a few sources that Prof. Cullen highly recommends for criminal defense research.

Iowa Treatises

Iowa Criminal Law and Procedure with Forms

Matthew Bender title on Lexis.

Criminal Jury Instructions

Police Department Policies

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Treatises

Search and Seizure: A Treatise on the Fourth Amendment (LaFave)
Law Library Reserve KF9630 .L26 (Older editions in stacks.)

Also available on Westlaw.

Hint: Westlaw starts in table of contents view.

"Professor LaFave interprets and applies the Fourth Amendment in diverse factual situations for developing more effective arguments of search and seizure issues in plea bargaining, trial, and appeal phases of a criminal case. Expert discussion covers the exclusionary rule and other remedies, protected areas and interests, probable cause, and search warrants. This work also addresses search and seizure of persons and personal effects, entry and search of premises, search and seizure of vehicles, and consent searches. Explores stop and frisk and similar lesser intrusions, along with inspections and regulatory searches. Also examines the administration of the exclusionary rule."

Iowa Courts Resources

Court Rules

Uniform Bond Schedule

Sex Offender Registry

Theft/Shoplifting Class

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