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Criminal Procedure, Ronald J. Bacigal
Criminal Procedure, Ronald J. Bacigal
Law Faculty Publications
This article summarizes significant legislative changes, decisions of the United States and Virginia Supreme Courts, and decisions of the Virginia Court of Appeals. A more extensive consideration of this material as well as recent decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and federal district courts is contained in R. Bacigal, Virginia Criminal Procedure (Supp. 1987).
Confronting Rape Shield, Allison I. Connelly
Confronting Rape Shield, Allison I. Connelly
Law Faculty Popular Media
In this newsletter article, Professor Connelly discusses the difficulties faced by defense attorneys in addressing rape shield laws.
Evidentiary Use Of Other Crime Evidence: A Survey Of Recent Trends In Criminal Procedure, Susan Stuart
Evidentiary Use Of Other Crime Evidence: A Survey Of Recent Trends In Criminal Procedure, Susan Stuart
Law Faculty Publications
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Batson V. Kentucky: Curing The Disease But Killing The Patient, William T. Pizzi
Batson V. Kentucky: Curing The Disease But Killing The Patient, William T. Pizzi
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Rico: The Crime Of Being A Criminal Parts I And Ii, Gerard E. Lynch
Rico: The Crime Of Being A Criminal Parts I And Ii, Gerard E. Lynch
Faculty Scholarship
One of the most controversial statutes in the federal criminal code is that entitled "Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations," known familiarly by its acronym, RICO. Passed in 1970 as title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, RICO has attracted much attention because of its draconian penalties, including innovative forfeiture provisions; its broad draftsmanship, which has left it open to a wide range of applications, not all of which were foreseen or intended by the Congress that enacted it; and the sometimes dramatic prosecutions that have been brought in its name.
RICO's complexity has attracted several efforts to unscramble …
Rico: The Crime Of Being A Criminal Parts Iii And Iv, Gerard E. Lynch
Rico: The Crime Of Being A Criminal Parts Iii And Iv, Gerard E. Lynch
Faculty Scholarship
In the first portion of this study, we saw that the Supreme Court in its 1981 Turkette decision endorsed what was already the consensus view of the courts of appeals that a group of individuals associated in fact to pursue entirely illegitimate purposes could constitute a RICO enterprise. Prosecutions of such associations have quickly become the leading use of the statute. It can be reliably estimated that more than forty percent of the reported appellate cases involving RICO indictments concern prosecutions in which the alleged enterprise was such an illicit association. When the cases are classified by the nature of …