Template:Criminal case law start/doc

Usage

{{Criminal case law start|voluntary manslaughter}}
{{Criminal case law entry | case name | year | citation | state | doctrine | court's decision }}
{{Criminal case law entry | case name | year | citation | state | doctrine | court's decision |common=y}}
{{Criminal case law entry | case name | year | citation | state | doctrine | court's decision |statute=y}}
{{Criminal case law entry | case name | year | citation | state | doctrine | court's decision |MPC=y}}
{{Criminal case law end}}

Gives

United States criminal case law on voluntary manlaughter
     Other      MPC

Case name	Year	Citation	State	Doctrine	Court's decision
People v. Berry	1976	18 Cal.3d 509	CA	heat of passion	Taunting or provocation over a prolonged period can be adequate provocation

Syntax

{{Criminal case law start}}

Table title, legend, and column-headers. The title includes "on [area of law]" if passed as the first parameter:

• {{Criminal case law start}}
• {{Criminal case law start|area of law}}

{{Criminal case law entry}}

A criminal law case, to be displayed as a row in the table. Some named parameters can be used to specify certain details that affect formatting:

• {{Criminal case law entry|case name|year|citation|state|doctrine|court's decision}}
• {{Criminal case law entry|case name|year|citation|state|doctrine|court's decision|common=y}}

  If |common= is non-blank, the case deals with non-statutory or common law crimes, and the row is formatted differently.

• {{Criminal case law entry|case name|year|citation|state|doctrine|court's decision|statute=y}}

  If |statute= is non-blank, the case deals with statutory crimes that are not Model Penal Code, and the row is formatted differently.

• {{Criminal case law entry|case name|year|citation|state|doctrine|court's decision|MPC=y}}}}

  If |MPC= is non-blank, the case deals with crimes under the Model Penal Code and state penal codes based on the Model Penal Code, and the row is formatted differently.

{{Criminal case law end}}

Closes the table.

See also

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