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Illegally Obtained Evidence, Norman B. Miller
Illegally Obtained Evidence, Norman B. Miller
Cleveland State Law Review
In this case the Supreme Court of the United States in a five to three decision revised its earlier thinking on the problem of evidence illegally obtained by State police officers in a State criminal case and held that evidence obtained through an illegal search and seizure is inadmissible in a state criminal trial even though the illegal means was used by other than Federal law enforcement officers. The author's original reaction to the decision was one of regret in that the court had decided this case when the precise issue on which it turned had been neither adequately argued …
Recent Ohio Procedure Changes, Lee E. Skeel
Recent Ohio Procedure Changes, Lee E. Skeel
Cleveland State Law Review
It might be well to begin by giving consideration to the recent cases dealing with appellate procedure, before considering statutory changes. The questions of when a motion for new trial tolls the time for giving notice of appeal, and what constitutes a final order, have been given consideration in recent cases.
Drug Induced Statements, Gilbert Geis, Ernest R. Kamm
Drug Induced Statements, Gilbert Geis, Ernest R. Kamm
Cleveland State Law Review
No serious attempt appears to have been made to check the opinions of scientific authorities in regard to drug-induced statements, beyond a cursory survey in 1941, and the courts have gone their way without much information, often, as has been charged in other areas involving forensic psychiatry, substituting the claims of the more articulate and aggressive members of the profession for the consensus of knowledgeable opinion within the entire group. This paper, therefore, is an attempt to learn from a sample of psychiatrists the present state of professional belief about the legal value and reliability of barbiturate drugs in forensic …