Description of the Databases, CDRC

This is the online "motherlode" of information, containing all of the Criminal Defense Resource Center's publications, indexed briefs, and opinion summaries. Contents are organized into "libraries," and any document may be downloaded and used again for research or drafting purposes. Full-text searches by keywords lead you quickly to the most useful information, using Folioviews, a search engine common to other legal databases. Access: restricted to criminal defense attorneys.

The Criminal Defense Database contains the following:

Pleadings

Selected state appellate briefs and federal habeas pleadings filed by attorneys at the State Appellate Defender Office from 1992 to the present, including issue "cards" which may be browsed.

State model appellate pleadings.
State model trial motions.
Federal model appellate pleadings.

Defender Trial, Motions, Sentencing and Habeas Books

Fulltext of the current and previous editions.

Criminal Defense Newsletter

Full text of the periodical, from June of 1989 to the present.

Summaries of Opinions and Orders

United States Supreme Court Opinions and grants of certiorari (all criminal cases), from May of 1990 to the present.

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals opinions (selected), from October, 1997 to the present.

United States District Court opinions (selected), from 1997 to the present.

Published Michigan appellate opinions and orders, from May of 1990 to the present, for the following:

Supreme Court opinions (all criminal)
Supreme Court grants of leave (all criminal)
Supreme Court orders (selected)
Court of Appeals opinions (all criminal)

Summaries & Fulltext of Unpublished Opinions

Unpublished Michigan Court of Appeals opinions, summaries and fulltext, in selected cases, from May of 1990 to the present.

Attorney Fees

Chart of appellate assigned counsel fees, by circuit, updated annual.

Chart of trial assigned counsel fees, by circuit, updated annual.

Expert Witnesses

Names, addresses and resumes of expert witnesses who have worked with criminal defense attorneys.

Jury Voir Dire

Sample questions for prospective jurors, submitted by Michigan criminal defense attorneys.

Non-Standard Criminal Jury Instructions

Sample jury instructions which are not covered or different from CJI, submitted by Michigan criminal defense attorneys.

Forum Messages

A searchable archive of messages exchanged among criminal defense attorneys who participate in SADO's discussion group, the Forum.

Criminal defense attorneys wishing to obtain access to the Criminal Defense Database may use this registration form, which should be returned to SADO with payment.