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Week 5 Homework Jonah Colombo Devry University Author Note This paper is being submitted August 11, 2013 for Professor Sheryl Prichard’s Criminal Law and Procedure course at Devry University by Jonah Colombo. Week 5 Homework 1. Page 355 in the text: Questions for Thought and Discussion: Questions 5, 9, and 11 Question 5: Based on the ruling of the Supreme Court in City of Chicago v. Morales, what protections of the individual do you think must be included in an ordinance proscribing loitering? An individual’s protection against illegal search and seizure must be preserved. Just because a group of young people are loitering (gathering with no specific purpose) does not mean they have given up their protection from being†¦show more content†¦when he/she is responding to a call with lights on or just being on duty. This would render the law constitutionally vague and hence void it until subsequent versions elaborated on the who, what and where of what was restricted. Question 7: Despite the wording of most statutes proscribing the offense of escape, courts increasingly require the prosecution to prove the defendant’s specific intent to avoid lawful confinement. Are courts justified in imposing such a requirement on the statutory law? Yes. Statutory laws (written law) are subservient to federal law but the burden of proof is placed on the prosecution. Proving a person willfully attempted to evade lawful confinement would have to be proven if the charge was filed against the defendant. 3. Page 380 in the text: Problems for Discussion and Solution: Question 4 Question 4: The state charges Larcen Inmatio with escape from prison. The court appoints a public defender to represent him. You are assigned to investigate the case and report your findings to the public defender. Your investigation reveals that Inmatio was convicted of burglary of a dwelling and was serving the second year of a five-year sentence in the state prison. 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