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The Florida Grand Jury: Abolition Or Reform?, Robert Q. Williams
The Florida Grand Jury: Abolition Or Reform?, Robert Q. Williams
Florida State University Law Review
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The Prosecutor's Duty To Present Exculpatory Evidence To An Indicting Grand Jury, Michigan Law Review
The Prosecutor's Duty To Present Exculpatory Evidence To An Indicting Grand Jury, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
This Note explores the implications of the stark procedural disparities between prosecution by information and prosecution by indictment in those states where both methods are used. It first examines the consequences to a defendant of a prosecutor's decision to seek an indictment rather than proceed by information, the reasons underlying the discretion given the prosecutor to choose between the two methods, and the potential for abuse of this discretionary power. It then considers several alternative approaches for minimizing this potential for abuse. After rejecting possible constitutional objections to the disparity between indictment and information procedures and application of the common-law …
Legal Ethics And The Prosecuting Attorney, John O. Kizer
Legal Ethics And The Prosecuting Attorney, John O. Kizer
West Virginia Law Review
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