1. Go to www.gangsorus.com and find out about local gangs in your area (Penasacola Florida). Give a paragraph description of ONE gang in your area. Okay, you may find a gang in a nearby city (Jacksonville or Tampa Florida) since many of you will deny gangs in your area.
2. From local or possibly state information, find out whatprocedures are implemented to control or manage gangs in your area. (Ok, you may not believe you have gangs in your area, so go to the nearest city and find out info from a website or call the local or state police in your area(Jacksonville or Tampa Florida).
3. What is RICO? Is it being used against gangs? What identification means(how do you identify them) and search procedures (what are appropriate searches in arrest for the potentially violent) are used to arrest gang members?
4. Do some research and find ONE case that has constitutional implications (4, 5, 6, 8th amendments) for or against gangs. Use the case summary method below to write this case. You will do your own research. Use the TroyUniversity Library or Big school library for Peer reveiwed soucres NO QOUTES PERIOD! as it has a legal research capability. Use your own words to summarize.
NOTE: All questions MUST be answered for full credit!!!!!!
1.FACTS: 2-3 sentences summarizing the important facts.
2.ISSUE: Usually there is only one issue in a case. It generally asks a constitutional question or raises a constitutional issue and set out why a case is important.
3.HOLDING: The holding generally answers the constitutional question raised or addresses the issue raised.
4.REASONING: (The most difficult part of the brief.) Explain why the court held or decided the way it did. It should be approximately 4 sentences.
5.CASE SIGNIFICANCE: 2+ sentences which will include the impact on aw enforcement or corrections person
