Criminal Law Course Guide

Statutory Research Sources

Federal Crime and Criminal Procedure primary sources:

• Online: United States Code, Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedure
• Lexis+: United States Code Service, Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedure
• Westlaw Precision: United States Code Annotated, Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedure
• Online: Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Lexis+: Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Westlaw Precision: Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Tennessee Crime and Criminal Procedure primary sources:

• Online: Title 39 Tennessee Code Criminal Offenses
• Online: Title 40 Tennessee Code Criminal Procedure
• Online: Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Lexis+: Tennessee Code Annotated Title 39: Criminal offenses and Title 40: Criminal procedure
• Lexis+: Tennessee Local, State & Federal Court Rules
• Westlaw Precision: Tennessee Statutes & Court Rules

Case Research

West Digest Topics

Legal researchers use West digest topics to locate cases relating to a specific subject area. This guide lists some West Digest Topics that may be useful to conduct case research in the subject area of Criminal Law. To locate these and other possibly useful West Digest Topics, please visit West's Key Number System on Westlaw Precision.

• Criminal Law (110)

Examples of specific crime topics:

• Arson (36)
• Assault and Battery (37)
• Bribery (63)
• Fraud (184)
• Homicide (203)
• Sex Offenses (352H)
• and others: see list of topics.