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Evidence--Effect Of Comment On Refusal Of Co-Indictee To Testify, L. F. Martin Jr. Jan 1957

Evidence--Effect Of Comment On Refusal Of Co-Indictee To Testify, L. F. Martin Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Prejudicial Error: Admissions And Exclusions Of Evidence In The Federal Courts, Robert W. Gibbs Jan 1957

Prejudicial Error: Admissions And Exclusions Of Evidence In The Federal Courts, Robert W. Gibbs

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law—Evidence—Prosecuting Attorney As Unsworn Witness, Robert Casey Jr. Jan 1957

Criminal Law—Evidence—Prosecuting Attorney As Unsworn Witness, Robert Casey Jr.

Buffalo Law Review

People v. Lovello, 1 N. Y. 2d 436, 136 N. E. 2d 483 (1956).


Criminal Law—Evidence—False Testimony Of Witness, Robert Casey Jr. Jan 1957

Criminal Law—Evidence—False Testimony Of Witness, Robert Casey Jr.

Buffalo Law Review

People v. Savvides, 1 N. Y. 2d 554, 136 N. E. 2d 853 (1956).


Criminal Law—Evidence—Impeachment, George Gibson Jan 1957

Criminal Law—Evidence—Impeachment, George Gibson

Buffalo Law Review

People v. Cannizarro, 1 N. Y. 2d 167, 134 N. E. 2d 206 (1956).


United States - 84th Congress, 2d Session - Kidnapping - Statutory Presumption Of Interstate Transportation Of Victim, George S. Forde Jr. Jan 1957

United States - 84th Congress, 2d Session - Kidnapping - Statutory Presumption Of Interstate Transportation Of Victim, George S. Forde Jr.

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


What Is This Thing Called Hearsay?, John W. Reed Jan 1957

What Is This Thing Called Hearsay?, John W. Reed

Articles

This article is based on an address delivered at the 1956 Advocacy Institute at the University of Michigan. A re-examination of elementary principles, the discussion proceeds on the express assumption that much of the uncertainty and confusion in usa of the hearsay rule is unnecessary because it is due to failure to recall and employ these principles.


Evidence--Does The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination Extend To Incrimination Under The Laws Of Another Jurisdiction?, James Park Jr. Jan 1957

Evidence--Does The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination Extend To Incrimination Under The Laws Of Another Jurisdiction?, James Park Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Compelling The Testimony Of Political Deviants, O. John Rogge Jan 1957

Compelling The Testimony Of Political Deviants, O. John Rogge

Michigan Law Review

Besides the two specific problems which the new federal act presents, namely, whether it imposes nonjudicial functions on federal courts, and whether it should, does and can protect against the substantial danger of state prosecution, there is a general objection that one can raise against it, and to other acts of the same type: they relate to the area of belief and opinion, the very area which was involved when the English people, spearheaded by the Puritans, engaged in the struggle with the Crown that finally resulted in the establishment of a right of silence. At least if we are …


Causation: A Medico-Legal Battlefield, Albert Averbach Jan 1957

Causation: A Medico-Legal Battlefield, Albert Averbach

Cleveland State Law Review

In the court room, the trial lawyer strives to introduce medical testimony as to the cause of a condition or disease. Resort in many instances is made, through a hypothetical question to a non-attending physician, as to whether or not the accident described was a competent cause of a later-described or assumed condition, or "might," "could, "would," or "was" competent to have caused it. A great conflict exists in the various states as to the permissible range of inquiry in such cases, depending upon the particular jurisdiction's interpretation of the requirement that medical opinions must be reasonably certain or reasonably …