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111 J. Crim. L. & Crimin. Online 1 (2020-2021)

handle is hein.journals/jclconl111 and id is 1 raw text is: THE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY                              Vol. 111 Online
Copyright © 2020 by Karl Muth
LEARNING FACTS FROM FICTION IN
JAY-Z'S 99 PROBLEMS
KARL T. MUTH*
IN T R O D U C T IO N  ............................................................................  1
I. SETTING THE STAGE: OUR APOCRYPHAL PROTAGONIST'S
PREDICAMENT ....................................................................... 2
II. DOING 55 IN A 54: TERRY V OHIO AND ITS EXTENDED
FAMILY .................................................................................... 6
III. FR EE  TO  LEA V E ?....................................................................   8
IV. RELEVANT CASE LAW SINCE 1994 ...................................... 11
V. ARRAIGNMENT, PRETRIAL HEARING, AND BOND
D ISPA  R IT IE S ......................................................................  14
C O N C L U SIO N ...............................................................................  17
INTRODUCTION
Well my glove compartment is locked, so is the trunk in the back, and I know my rights
so you goin' need a warrant for that.
... sung in faux colloquy ...
Aren't you sharp as a tack? You some type of lawyer or something? Somebody
important or something?
Jay-Z, 99 Problems
*Lecturer    in     Law      and      Economics,     Northwestern     University.
The opinions and any errors herein belong only to the author and the contents of this Article
may not reflect the views of Northwestern University or of the Pritzker School of Law. Special
thanks to Judge James A. Shapiro, whose guidance has improved my writing for over a decade.
Thanks also to Cristina Desmond, Nancy Jack, Andrew Leventhal, Dayo Olopade, and others
for helpful comments on earlier drafts. Thanks to Gary Becker, Frank Easterbrook, Bernard
Harcourt, Kevin Murphy, and others who influenced my interest in law and economics and
writing from new perspectives. This Article expands upon earlier work by Caleb Mason, Emir
Crowne, and others who have discussed 99 Problems (particularly the second verse); the
purpose of this Article is to reach beyond those analyses, to discuss the nearly ten years of
subsequent case law, and to integrate empirical work from the law-and-economics scholarship
not      featured     in      earlier     discussions     of      this     topic.
The author can be reached at karl.muth(?tlaw.northwestern.edu or at (tkarlmuth on Twitter.

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