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Police Ignorance And (Un)Reasonable Fourth Amendment Exclusion, Nadia Banteka Jan 2022

Police Ignorance And (Un)Reasonable Fourth Amendment Exclusion, Nadia Banteka

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

The Fourth Amendment exclusion doctrine is as baffling as it is ubiquitous. Although courts rely on it every day to decide Fourth Amendment violations as well as defendants’ motions to suppress evidence obtained through these violations, virtually every aspect of the doctrine is a subject of fundamental disagreement and confusion. When defendants file motions to suppress unlawfully obtained evidence, the government often argues that even if a violation of the Fourth Amendment has transpired, the remedy of evidence suppression is barred because the police acted in “good faith,” meaning the officer reasonably, albeit mistakenly, believed the search or seizure was …


Expanding Statutes Of Limitations For Sex Crimes: Bad Public Policy, Michael Vitiello Jan 2022

Expanding Statutes Of Limitations For Sex Crimes: Bad Public Policy, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

The Victims’ Rights Movement has been one of the most consequential political forces in the United States over the past fifty-plus years. It has scored major legislative victories across the country. Every state and the federal government have adopted major laws advanced by the movement. After years of expanding prison populations, many policymakers and scholars have begun to question the wisdom of many of the movement’s legislative victories.


Despite current pushback against the movement, the movement and members of the public are pushing for the elimination or dramatic extensions of statutes of limitations for sex offenses and child-sex offenses. Such …


Miranda Is Dead. Long Live Miranda, Michael Vitiello Jan 2021

Miranda Is Dead. Long Live Miranda, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

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The Warren Court’S Eyewitness Identification Case Law: What If?, Michael Vitiello Jan 2020

The Warren Court’S Eyewitness Identification Case Law: What If?, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Bargained-For-Justice: Lessons From The Italians?, Michael Vitiello Jan 2017

Bargained-For-Justice: Lessons From The Italians?, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Reflections On An Extraordinary Career: Thoughts About Gerald Caplan's Retirement, Michael Vitiello Jan 2014

Reflections On An Extraordinary Career: Thoughts About Gerald Caplan's Retirement, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Reforming California Sentencing Practice And Policy: Are We There Yet?, Michael Vitiello Jan 2014

Reforming California Sentencing Practice And Policy: Are We There Yet?, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Does Prison Reform Bring Sentencing Reform? The Congress, The Courts, And The Structural Injunction, Brian K. Landsberg Jan 2014

Does Prison Reform Bring Sentencing Reform? The Congress, The Courts, And The Structural Injunction, Brian K. Landsberg

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


The Expanding Use Of Genetic And Psychological Evidence: Finding Coherence In The Criminal Law?, Michael Vitiello Jan 2014

The Expanding Use Of Genetic And Psychological Evidence: Finding Coherence In The Criminal Law?, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


The Evolution Of Justice Kennedy’S Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence On Categorical Bars In Capital Cases, Linda Carter Jan 2013

The Evolution Of Justice Kennedy’S Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence On Categorical Bars In Capital Cases, Linda Carter

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

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Goodyear And Hertz: Reconciling Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions, Lindsey D. Blanchard Jan 2013

Goodyear And Hertz: Reconciling Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions, Lindsey D. Blanchard

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


The Principle Of Complementarity And The International Criminal Court: The Role Of Ne Bis In Idem, Linda Carter Jan 2010

The Principle Of Complementarity And The International Criminal Court: The Role Of Ne Bis In Idem, Linda Carter

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


A Case For A Constitutional Right To Counsel In Habeas Corpus, Emily Garcia Uhrig Jan 2009

A Case For A Constitutional Right To Counsel In Habeas Corpus, Emily Garcia Uhrig

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Clemency In California Capital Cases, Mary-Beth Moylan, Linda Carter Jan 2009

Clemency In California Capital Cases, Mary-Beth Moylan, Linda Carter

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Herring V. United States: Mapp's "Artless" Overruling?, Michael Vitiello Jan 2009

Herring V. United States: Mapp's "Artless" Overruling?, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Sentencing Guideline Law And Practice In A Post-Booker World: Introduction, Michael Vitiello Jan 2006

Sentencing Guideline Law And Practice In A Post-Booker World: Introduction, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Innocent Of A Capital Crime: Parallels Between Innocence Of A Crime And Innocence Of The Death Penalty, Linda Carter Jan 2006

Innocent Of A Capital Crime: Parallels Between Innocence Of A Crime And Innocence Of The Death Penalty, Linda Carter

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


The Sporting Approach To Harmless Error: The Supreme Court's "No Harm, No Foul" Debacle In Neder V. United States, Linda Carter Jan 2001

The Sporting Approach To Harmless Error: The Supreme Court's "No Harm, No Foul" Debacle In Neder V. United States, Linda Carter

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Integrated Criminal Justice Technologies: An Introduction, J. Clark Kelso Jan 1998

Integrated Criminal Justice Technologies: An Introduction, J. Clark Kelso

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


"Three Strikes" And The Romero Case: The Supreme Court Restores Democracy, Michael Vitiello Jan 1997

"Three Strikes" And The Romero Case: The Supreme Court Restores Democracy, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


A Decade Of International Legal Reform Regarding Child Abuse Investigation And Litigation: Steps Toward A Child Witness Code, John E.B. Myers Jan 1996

A Decade Of International Legal Reform Regarding Child Abuse Investigation And Litigation: Steps Toward A Child Witness Code, John E.B. Myers

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Harmless Error In The Penalty Phase Of A Capital Case: A Doctrine Misunderstood And Misapplied, Linda Carter Jan 1993

Harmless Error In The Penalty Phase Of A Capital Case: A Doctrine Misunderstood And Misapplied, Linda Carter

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


The Victims' Bill Of Rights: Where Did It Come From And How Much Did It Do?, J. Clark Kelso, Brigitte A. Bass Jan 1992

The Victims' Bill Of Rights: Where Did It Come From And How Much Did It Do?, J. Clark Kelso, Brigitte A. Bass

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Significant Cases Interpreting Proposition 8, J. Clark Kelso, Brigitte A. Bass Jan 1992

Significant Cases Interpreting Proposition 8, J. Clark Kelso, Brigitte A. Bass

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


A Beyond A Reasonable Doubt Standard In Death Penalty Proceedings: A Neglected Element Of Fairness, Linda Carter Jan 1991

A Beyond A Reasonable Doubt Standard In Death Penalty Proceedings: A Neglected Element Of Fairness, Linda Carter

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

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Maintaining System Integrity In Capital Cases: The Use Of Court-Appointed Counsel To Present Mitigating Evidence When The Defendant Advocates Death, Linda Carter Jan 1987

Maintaining System Integrity In Capital Cases: The Use Of Court-Appointed Counsel To Present Mitigating Evidence When The Defendant Advocates Death, Linda Carter

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.