Criminal Procedure: Primary Sources

Federal Law

• Federal Criminal Procedure 18 U.S.C §§ 1 – 6005 (via Legal Information Institute)
• Federal Criminal Procedure 18 U.S.C. §§ 1- 6005 (via Lexis+ - need login)
• Federal Criminal Procedure 18 U.S.C. §§ 1- 6005 (via Westlaw Edge)

State Law

• Ohio's Rules of Criminal Procedure (vias Lexis+)
• Ohio's Rules of Criminal Procedure (via Westlaw Edge)

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Key Numbers

• Consult an annotated code to identify cases applying or interpreting a specific law. 
• Conduct a KeyCite (Westlaw Edge) or Shepard's (LexisNexis) if you have a citation to a case. KeyCite and Shepard's trace the history of the case to which have a citation and later cases that have referred to the case. Cases about the statute will be listed as citing references. 

Locating Case Law on Westlaw

• Search a single jurisdiction using keywords
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• Search of specific areas of Law
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Locating Case Law on LexisNexis

• Browse Topics > Criminal Law & Procedure
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National Survey of State Laws (available on HeinOnline)

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• U.S. State
• National Survey of State Laws
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