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The Dimensions Of Seizure: The Concepts Of "Stop" And "Arrest", Richard A. Williamson
The Dimensions Of Seizure: The Concepts Of "Stop" And "Arrest", Richard A. Williamson
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Entrapment, Shocked Consciences, And The Staged Arrest, Bennett L. Gershman
Entrapment, Shocked Consciences, And The Staged Arrest, Bennett L. Gershman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Article discusses the relatively spare and unsettled case law relating to the staged arrest, reflected primarily in United States v. Archer and Nigrone v. Murtagh. Part III of this Article examines the defense of entrapment, one of the most confusing and controversial legal doctrines, and its application to the staged arrest. Because the staged arrest ineluctably raises questions of offensive government conduct that neither constitutes unlawful entrapment nor invades any independent rights of citizens, part IV considers the analysis of courts that have invoked the due process clause to limit government investigations. In view of the failure of these …
Kentucky Law Survey: Criminal Rules, William H. Fortune
Kentucky Law Survey: Criminal Rules, William H. Fortune
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In May 1978 the Kentucky Supreme Court set up a Criminal Rules Revision Committee (Advisory Committee) to study Kentucky's Rules of Criminal Procedure. The purpose of the Advisory Committee was to make recommendations to the Judicial Council. The committee met sixteen times between July 1978 and July 1980, and at the conclusion of its study, submitted a comprehensive revision of the rules of criminal procedure to the judicial council. These proposed revisions went beyond mere amendment of the existing rules. The Advisory Committee drew heavily from the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and ultimately proposed extensive changes in plea bargaining, …