Practice Blawg » News http://practiceblawg.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:29:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Strange Cases, Great Hypos http://practiceblawg.com/2009/11/strange-cases/ http://practiceblawg.com/2009/11/strange-cases/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:03:44 +0000 Nancy Hupp http://practiceblawg.com/?p=617 Wake me up, I am having a nightmare. I am back in law school, staring at the hypothetical on my crim law exam. I thought I understood criminal law. The statute sets forth the elements of the crime, the prosecutor has to prove up each one for the defendant to be found guilty. DUI: Element one – Defendant is under the influence. Check. Element two – Defendant is driving . . . a La-Z-Boy?? My mind races . . . does the Minnesota statute say “driving a motor vehicle”? Is anything outfitted with a motor a “motor vehicle”? But wait, I’m not dreaming, just reading the morning news.(...)
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