Sample Table of Contents for Appellate Brief

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Table of Authorities ..........................................................................................................i

Statement of Questions Presented ....................................................................................1
Statement of the Case .......................................................................................................2
Summary of the Argument ...............................................................................................3
Argument ..........................................................................................................................3
I.      CARL CONVICTÕS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS UNDER THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE HAVE BEEN VIOLATED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS COERCION OF MR. CONVICT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS PROGRAM..................................................................................................3
                                                                                                    
A.     Alcoholics Anonymous is not a religion as such but has a 
         religious foundation and a religious nature and employs
         religious practices. ...........................................................................3
                                                                                  
B.     Coercion by the government to participate in religious activities 
         is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the first amendment.........5
                                                                                               
II.      CARL CONVICTÕS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS UNDER
THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE HAVE BEEN VIOLATED BY THE GOVERNMENTÕS ORDER THAT MR. CONVICT ABSTAIN FROM DRINKING THE ONE GLASS OF ÒHOLY WINEÓ REQUIRED DAILY
BY THE TENETS OF HIS CHURCH ................................................................8

A.     The government must show a compelling interest in the denial
         of a citizenÕs Constitutional right to the free exercise of his
          religious practices.  ................................................................................8

B.     There exists a lack of legitimate reason for impinging upon
         Carl ConvictÕs right to free exercise of his religion as guaranteed
         under the first amendment. ....................................................................8

III.      THE STATE ERRED IN PLACING SPECIAL CONDITIONS 
UPON CARL CONVICTÕS PROBATION WHICH IN NO WAY
RELATE TO THE OFFENSE OF WHICH MR. CONVICT WAS 
CONVICTED, THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING SAID
OFFENSE, OR MR. CONVICTÕS HISTORY. ................................................10

Conclusion......................................................................................................................15

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