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Reviving “Dead Letters”: Reimagining Federal Rule Of Evidence 410 As A Conditional Privilege, Peter G. Cornick
Reviving “Dead Letters”: Reimagining Federal Rule Of Evidence 410 As A Conditional Privilege, Peter G. Cornick
Vanderbilt Law Review
Though understudied relative to its fellow specialized relevance rules, Federal Rule of Evidence 410 protects a crucial element of the criminal justice system: plea negotiations. As written, the rule prevents the admission of evidence gathered during plea discussions, which helps assure criminal defendants that their candid discussions with prosecutors will not harm them in any future proceeding. But the Supreme Court has greatly weakened Rule 410, permitting broad waiver of the rule’s protections that run afoul of Congress’s purpose in creating the rule and its plain language. In light of these developments, the Note argues that Rule 410 should be …
Maintaining The Adversarial System: The Practice Of Allowing Jurors To Question Witnesses During Trial, Kristen Debarba
Maintaining The Adversarial System: The Practice Of Allowing Jurors To Question Witnesses During Trial, Kristen Debarba
Vanderbilt Law Review
A defendant sits in the witness stand undergoing examination by his attorney. He is accused of armed robbery, among other criminal acts. During the course of the defendant's testimony, a juror blurts out that he has a question. The judge tells the juror to write his question down and advises the juror that he will be able to ask his question upon completion of the attorneys' examinations. When the juror's question is finally asked, the judge indicates to the defendant's attorney that the attorney should address the matter raised by the juror on reexamination. During the reexamination, the attorney turns …
The Acquisition Of Evidence For Criminal Prosecution: Some Constitutional Premises And Practices In Transition, H. Richard Uviller
The Acquisition Of Evidence For Criminal Prosecution: Some Constitutional Premises And Practices In Transition, H. Richard Uviller
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Article isolates only two of the many aspects of the Court's labors affecting the acquisition of evidence for criminal prosecution. The first concerns the allocation of primacy among the values that the exclusionary response to the illegal acquisition of evidence serves: a theoretical choice that may carry some notable practical consequences. The second requires are examination of the role of the trial court in supervising the preaccusatory search for evidence in a way that suggests the possible obsolescence of the Supreme Court's ruling credo in the Stewart era.
The Dilemma Of The Directed Acquittal, Richard H. Winningham
The Dilemma Of The Directed Acquittal, Richard H. Winningham
Vanderbilt Law Review
Some of the worst abuses of state criminal due process, the author believes, result from anachronistic and artificial restraints which prevent the trial judge from directing acquittals. Therefore,he advocates for all states a uniform policy and practice recognizing and authorizing directed acquittals where the evidence is legally insufficient to support a conviction.
The Theory Of Criminal Discovery And The Practice Of Criminal Law, David W. Louisell
The Theory Of Criminal Discovery And The Practice Of Criminal Law, David W. Louisell
Vanderbilt Law Review
To crystallize in a few words the motif of a career as varied and comprehensive as that of Eddie Morgan would in any event be difficult, but it is doubly so for a life devoted, as his has been, to stuff as vital and dynamic as procedure and evidence. For me, his work most fundamentally is to be characterized as a quest for greater rationality in the adjudicative process. Whether one thinks of his analysis of the hearsay rule,' or his rationale of the admissions exception to it, or his treatment of the dead man's statute, or his study of …
Book Review, Law Review Staff
Book Review, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
The National Probation and Parole Association has been working for over 35 years to improve the administration of justice and in the publication of "Guides for Sentencing" it has provided one of its most important services to judges who are charged with the administration of criminal justice and to juvenile and domestic relations courts. The book is the first of a series of practical manuals for all of the above named courts and it is the result of the combined labors of 37 specially selected United States, state and juvenile judges for a period of about five years. Bolitha J. …
Book Reviews, Ronan E. Degnan (Reviewer), James J. Lenoir (Reviewer), David H. Vernon (Reviewer), David W. Louisell (Reviewer), David Maxwell (Reviewer)
Book Reviews, Ronan E. Degnan (Reviewer), James J. Lenoir (Reviewer), David H. Vernon (Reviewer), David W. Louisell (Reviewer), David Maxwell (Reviewer)
Vanderbilt Law Review
Book Reviews:
Cases and Materials on Evidence, Fourth Edition. By Morgan, Maguide & Weinstein Brooklyn: Foundation Press, 1957. Pp. xxiv,880. $11.00
reviewers: Ronan E. Degnan and David W. Louisell
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Estate Planning and Taxation Two volumes. By William J. Bowe Buffalo: Dennis & Company, Inc., 1957. Vol. I, pp. lvi, 590; Vol. II,pp. viii, 614.
reviewer: James J. Lenoir
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The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law By Glanville Williams. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Pp. xi, 350. $5.00.
reviewer: David H. Vernon
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Current Legal Problems Edited by G. W. Keeton & G. Schwarzenberger London: Stevens & …
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
A Commentary on Recent Case Law --By Subject:
Constitutional Law--Due Process--Use in State Prosecution of Evidence obtained by Illegal Invasion of Privacy
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Constitutional Law--Unlawful Search and Seizure--Admissibility of Evidence for Impeachment Purposes
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Evidence--Radar Evidence of Speed--Coincidence of Radar and Speedometer Readings as Hearsay
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Federal Courts--State NonResident Motorist Statute--Waiver of Federal Venue Privilege
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Federal Jurisdiction--Diversity of Citizenship--Retroactive Effect of Amendments to Perfect Jurisdiction
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Income Taxation--Deductions--Periodic Alimony Payments
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Labor Law--Preemptive Effect of Taft-Hartley--Scope of State Jurisdiction
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Torts--Dog Bite--Owner's Scienter
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Workmen's Compensation--Accident Arising out of Employment--Pre-Existing Heart Disease
Evidentiary Privileges Against The Production Of Data Within The Control Of Executive Departments, William V. Sanford
Evidentiary Privileges Against The Production Of Data Within The Control Of Executive Departments, William V. Sanford
Vanderbilt Law Review
In the conduct of their affairs the various executive departments and administrative agencies acquire much information--reports, documents, records of all kinds, and other data--which may be useful to litigants in civil and criminal actions. The public interest in a full and fair hearing of all disputes between individuals and between individuals and the state calls for the production and disclosure of all evidence relevant to the issues in dispute.' This public interest calls for the production and disclosure of relevant evidence within the control of executive departments and administrative agencies. The evidence sought, however, may be of such a nature …