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Nearing Thirty Years: The Burger Court, Strickland V. Washington, And The Parameters Of The Right To Counsel, Joshua Kastenberg Oct 2013

Nearing Thirty Years: The Burger Court, Strickland V. Washington, And The Parameters Of The Right To Counsel, Joshua Kastenberg

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Supplementing The Record In The Federal Courts Of Appeals: What If The Evidence You Need Is Not In The Record?, George C. Harris, Xiang Li Oct 2013

Supplementing The Record In The Federal Courts Of Appeals: What If The Evidence You Need Is Not In The Record?, George C. Harris, Xiang Li

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.


Report To Governor Mike Beebe, President Pro Tempore Of The Senate, And Speaker Of The House, Non-Legislative Commission On The Study Of Landlord-Tenant Laws Jul 2013

Report To Governor Mike Beebe, President Pro Tempore Of The Senate, And Speaker Of The House, Non-Legislative Commission On The Study Of Landlord-Tenant Laws

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Sentence Appeals In England: Promoting Consistent Sentencing Through Robust Appellate Review, Briana Lynn Rosenbaum Apr 2013

Sentence Appeals In England: Promoting Consistent Sentencing Through Robust Appellate Review, Briana Lynn Rosenbaum

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Constitutional Law—Sixth Amendment—Braving Confrontation: Arkansas’S Progressive Position Regarding Criminal Defendants’ Confrontation Rights At Sentencing, Cassie R. Howell Apr 2013

Constitutional Law—Sixth Amendment—Braving Confrontation: Arkansas’S Progressive Position Regarding Criminal Defendants’ Confrontation Rights At Sentencing, Cassie R. Howell

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Hands Of The State: The Failure To Vacate Statute And Residential Tenants’ Rights In Arkansas, Lynn Foster Jan 2013

The Hands Of The State: The Failure To Vacate Statute And Residential Tenants’ Rights In Arkansas, Lynn Foster

Faculty Scholarship

Two recent independent reports have revealed that Arkansas's residential landlord-tenant law is significantly out of balance with that of other states and, moreover, is arguably unconstitutional in part. How did this come about, and why is Arkansas so different?


Brady, Arkansas Rule 17.1, And Disclosure Of Scientific Evidence And Expert Opinion, J. Thomas Sullivan Jan 2013

Brady, Arkansas Rule 17.1, And Disclosure Of Scientific Evidence And Expert Opinion, J. Thomas Sullivan

Faculty Scholarship

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Brady, Arkansas Rule 17.1, And Disclosure Of Scientific Evidence And Expert Opinion, J. Thomas Sullivan Jan 2013

Brady, Arkansas Rule 17.1, And Disclosure Of Scientific Evidence And Expert Opinion, J. Thomas Sullivan

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

The United States Constitution as well as state procedural rules require prosecutorial authorities to disclose evidence to the defense as a means for ensuring fairness in the prosecution of individuals charged with criminal offenses. When prosecutorial authorities fail to disclose evidence as required, the integrity of the criminal justice system is threatened and the defense is unable to adequately prepare for trial. This threat is illustrated and magnified by the substantiation of prosecutorial misconduct claims in high profile trials where prosecutors have been unable to resist the temptation not to disclose evidence that could damage the prosecution's case, or, where …


Furman, After Four Decades, J. Thomas Sullivan Jan 2013

Furman, After Four Decades, J. Thomas Sullivan

Faculty Scholarship

Problems of racial discrimination in the imposition of capital sentences, disclosure of misconduct by prosecutors and police, inconsistency in the quality of defense afforded capital defendants, exoneration of death row inmates due to newly available DNA testing, and, most recently, controversies surrounding the potential for cruelty in the execution process itself continue to complicate views about the morality, legality, and practicality of reliance on capital punishment to address even the most heinous of homicide offenses. Despite repeated efforts by the Supreme Court to craft a capital sentencing framework that ensures that death sentences be imposed fairly in light of the …