Each case brief will be completed in the same format. Court cases are discussed throughout the textbook. Choose a court case (i.e. Miranda v. Arizona) you are interested in researching. Find and read the court case. You may use a court case discussed in the textbook, or you may use the media tools listed below to find it. After you have chosen your case, read How to Brief a Case in Chapter 1 on pages 27 – 29 and turn it in before the assigned due date. Use the format provided in the textbook to complete each case brief.

Media Tools 1.

“US Supreme Court website” – www.supremecourt.gov

2. “Findlaw Legal Information website” – www.findlaw.com

I want this case: North Carolina V. Alford (1979)

Answer preview

North Carolina V. Alford

Citation: 400 U.S. 25

Year Decided: 1970

Facts

The police arrested Henry Alford for the murder of a bar patron. Alford and the bar patron entered into a fight where Alford left the bar and went home. Later the bar patron was found shot and killed although no one witnessed the shootings. However, Alford told others that he went home and took the gun and that he was going to kill the patron. Later he returned home and told them that he was through with the killing of the patron (North Carolina v. Alford, 1970). In the courts he pleaded guilty but his reason for this he claimed he wanted to acquire a second-degree judgment and avoid a death sentence…

 

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