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[fit] State Constitutional Law

[fit] 16 - Criminal Procedure

[fit] and Property Rights

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Death Penalty

Washington v. Gregory 427 P.3d 621 (Wash. 2018)

State v. Santiago 122 A.3d 1 (Conn. 2015)

Washington v. Gregory

427 P.3d 621 (Wash. 2018)

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” U.S. Const., Amend. VIII.

“Excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines imposed, nor cruel punishment inflicted.” Washington Const., Art I. § 14.

State v. Santiago

122 A.3d 1 (Conn. 2015)

Connecticut framework for analysis

  1. federal precedent
  2. “historical insights into the intent of our constitutional forbears”
  3. constitutional text
  4. Connecticut precedents
  5. precedents of other states
  6. contemporary norms and public policy

What constitutional provisions could prevent a state from executing someone? From executing anyone?

Constitutional provisions studied so far:

  • Equality / Equal Protection
  • Procedural Due Process
  • Substantive Due Process
  • Search and Seizure
  • Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Criminal Procedure Recap

Topics

  • Search and seizure
    • Probable cause
    • Good faith exception
    • Warrant requirement
    • Automobile searches
  • Double jeopardy
  • Cruel and unusual punishment

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Probable Cause

People v. Griminger 524 N.E.2d 409 (N.Y. 1988)

State v. Tuttle 515 S.W.3d 282 (Tenn. 2017)

Good Faith Exception

State v. Koivu 272 P.3d 483 (Idaho 2012)

Commonwealth v. Edmunds 586 A.2d 887 (Pa. 1991)

Warrant Requirement

State v. Earls 70 A.3d 630 (N.J. 2013)

State v. Bryant 950 A.2d 467 (Vt. 2008)

State v. Leonard 943 N.W.2d 149 (Minn. 2020)

Automobile Searches

State v. Cora 167 A.3d 633 (N.H. 2017)

State v. Villela 450 P.3d 170 (Wash. 2019)

State v. Arreola-Botello 451 P.3d 939 (Or. 2019)

Double Jeopardy

People v. Aranda 437 P.3d 845 (Cal. 2019)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Washington v. Gregory 427 P.3d 621 (Wash. 2018)

State v. Santiago 122 A.3d 1 (Conn. 2015)

Property Rights

Texas Southern University v. Villareal

620 S.W.3d 899 (Tex. 2021)

“No citizen of this state shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land.” Texas Const., Art. I, § 19.

Takings

“…nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” U.S. Const. Amend. V.

Important Precedent: Kelo v. City of New London 545 U.S. 469 (2005)

Kelo v. City of New London

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“Public Use” Cases

City of Norwood v. Horney 853 N.E.2d 1115 (Ohio 2006)

Bd. of Cty. Comm’rs of Muskogee Cty. v. Lowery 136 P.3d 639 (Okla. 2006)

Goldstein v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp. 921 N.E.2d 164 (N.Y. 2009)

Questions to guide us for “public use” cases

What should qualify as permissible “public use”?

What are the benefits and drawbacks to stronger or weaker property rights protection against government takings?

How much should our understanding of “public use” depend on differences in the constitutional texts, history, tradition, geography, and demographics?

City of Norwood v. Horney

853 N.E.2d 1115 (Ohio 2006)

“All men are, by nature, free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and seeking and obtaining happiness and safety.” Ohio Const., § 1, Art. 1.

“Private property shall ever be held inviolate, but subservient to the public welfare… where private property shall be taken for public use, a compensation therefor shall first be made in money… and such compensation shall be assessed by a jury… ” Ohio Const., § 19, Art. 1.

Bd. of Cty. Comm’rs of Muskogee Cty. v. Lowery

136 P.3d 639 (Okla. 2006)

“Private property - Taking or damaging for private use. No private property shall be taken or damaged for private use, with or without compensation, unless by consent of the owner, except for private ways of necessity, or for drains and ditches across lands of others for agricultural, mining, or sanitary purposes, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.” Okla. Const., Art. 2, §23.

“Private property - Public use - Character of use a judicial question." Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation… In all cases of condemnation of private property for public or private use, the determination of the character of the use shall be a judicial question.” Okla. Const., Art. 2, §24.

Goldstein v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp.

921 N.E.2d 164 (N.Y. 2009)

“[T]he legislature may provide … for the clearance, replanning, reconstruction and rehabilitation of substandard and insanitary areas.” New York Const., Art. XVIII, § 1.

“Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation.” New York Const., Art. I, § 7.

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Colin Doyle
Colin Doyle
Associate Professor of Law