Briefing a case is the activity of summarizing a court opinion. A paralegal's job revolves around writing. A paralegal will draft numerous documents, including correspondence with clients and other attorneys, memoranda, discovery requests, and legal pleadings. Most of the paralegal's written documents will incorporate the law. A paralegal must be able to read the law and apply the law to the facts of the present case. A paralegal must have the ability to analyze the law.

In this assignment, read a US Supreme Court case and create an analysis about it. This will help you do the research you may later need to compose case brief, and it gets you used to understand a case without worrying about the specific topic brief format.

Find a Supreme Court case related to the subject matter of Criminal Law and Procedure. Use Nexis Uni via the APUS Library or look up cases onOyez.

The analysis should include the following information: Who were the parties? What happened that led to this case? What lower courts heard the case, and what did they decide? What did the Supreme Court decide, and what was their reasoning? What cases did the Supreme Court use to help them with their decision? Did any Supreme Court Justices dissent? If so, what did they have to say? What was the result of the case? Has the case impacted society, or do you think it will in the future?