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Admissibility Of Evidence Of Prior Crimes In Murder Trials

Indiana Law Journal

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Direct Appeal To The Supreme Court By The United States In Criminal Cases, Philip B. Kurland, Richard F. Wolfson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

ADJOINING LAN DOWNERS--OVERHANGING BRANCHES--INJUNCTION AGAINST MAINTENANCE REFUSED

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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW--ZONING BOARD--RIGHT OF BOARD TO APPEAL FROM ADVERSE DECISION OF LOWER COURT

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--FREEDOM OF RELIGION--STATUTE OUTLAWING SNAKE-HANDLING

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING TO "UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN" THE CONSTITUTION--EFFECT OF DISCRIMINATORY ADMINISTRATION AGAINST NEGROES

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CONTRACTS--OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE--EFFECT OF ATTEMPTED REVOCATION OF UNILATERAL OFFER AFTER PART PERFORMANCE

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CRIMINAL LAW--DOUBLE JEOPARDY--CONVICTION OF HIGHER OFFENSE ON RETRIAL

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CRIMINAL LAW--LARCENY--SINGLE ACT CONSTITUTING SEPARATE OFFENSES

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FEDERAL JURISDICTION--AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY--DEGREE OF EVIDENCE REQUIRED

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INSURANCE--INCONTESTABLE CLAUSE--EFFECT ON ACTION BY INSURER TO REFORM POLICY

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LOTTERIES--SLOT MACHINES--FREE GAMES AS PROPERTY OF …

The Tennessee Law Of Arrest, Rollin M. Perkins

Vanderbilt Law Review

The many sections in the Tennessee Code' dealing with arrest constitute an incomplete codification of the common law of this subject modified by some important changes. This statutory material leaves the common law in full force wherever it is either silent on the particular point or merely restates the preexisting rule. Those sections which produce results different from those found under the unwritten law leave the latter in the realm of matters having historical interest only, as far as the law of this state is concerned. The purpose of this undertaking is to depict the present law of Tennessee on …

Variations In Burden Of Proof In South Carolina, M. S. Whaley

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Strict Interpretation Of Penal Statutes Of Virginia, Edgar K. Wells Jr.

William and Mary Review of Virginia Law

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The Legacy Of Sacco And Vanzetti, By G. Louis Joughin And Edmund M. Morgan, Hugh M. Davidson, Monrad G. Paulsen

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW--RADIO LICENSES--FCC CONTROL OF RADIO PROGRAMMING

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--CORPORATIONS--STATUTE REQUIRING SECURITY FOR COSTS IN STOCKHOLDER'S DERIVATIVE SUIT

CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS--TAX SALES--RIGHT OF REMAINDERMAN TO PURCHASE AT TAX SALE TO THE EXCLUSION OF LIFE TENANT

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE--EVIDENCE--EXCLUSION OF VOLUNTARY CONFESSION OBTAINED DURING ILLEGAL DETENTION

DOMESTIC RELATIONS--ALIMONY-POWER OF COURT TO MODIFY OR REMIT PAST DUE INSTALLMENTS

EMINENT DOMAIN--REMOVAL COSTS WHEN PART OF A LEASE IS TAKEN--EFFECT OF RENEWAL OF OPTION TAKING ALL OF LEASE

EVIDENCE--CHARACTER WITNESS FOR ACCUSED--CROSS-EXAMINATION AS TO KNOWLEDGE OF ARREST MANY YEARS PREVIOUSLY

FEDERAL PROCEDURE--FOREIGN CORPORATIONS--WAIVER OF VENUE BY DESIGNATION OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS

FULL FAITH AND CREDIT--SUIT …

Criminal Law-Procedure-Right Of Defendant To Inspect Grand Jury Minutes, L. W. Larson, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was indicted for murder by a grand jury. The trial court denied a motion by defendant requesting that the district attorney be ordered to furnish him with a transcript of the evidence offered before the grand jury. On appeal, held, affirmed. It was within the discretion of the trial court to grant or refuse the motion. Commonwealth v. Galvin, (Mass. 1948) 80 N.E. (2d) 825.

Evidence--Criminal Law--Cross-Examination Of Accused's Character Witness Concerning Accused's Prior Arrest, C. C. Grunewald S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

On trial in a district court for bribing a federal revenue agent, defendant called five witnesses to testify to his good reputation. During cross-examination by the district attorney, the character witnesses were asked: ''Did you ever hear that on October 11, 1920, the defendant was arrested for receiving stolen goods?" The trial judge overruled the objection to the question, and the witnesses answered in the negative. The prosecutor exhibited a paper record of this arrest to the court. The judge instructed the jury that the question was to test the standard of the character evidence only, not to establish the …

Criminal Law-Evidence-Silence To Accusation While Under Arrest As Admission Of Guilt, Colvin A. Peterson, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was convicted of murder. Before the victim died, defendant, handcuffed and in custody of police, had been taken to the hospital room where the victim lay. Eight witnesses were present at the time, and each testified that the victim pointed out the defendant as her assailant. At the trial the witnesses were permitted to testify that when accused of the crime, defendant stood by silently, saying and doing nothing, although it also appeared that he had been told by the police chief to ''keep your mouth shut." The prosecution capitalized upon defendant's silence as an admission of guilt. On …

Torts-Imposition Of Civil Liability For Conduct Constituting Violation Of Criminal Statute

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Assault and Battery--Injury Sustained in Prize Fig

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Constitutional Law--Elections--Voting Rights of Residents of Federal Enclave where Polling Places are on Land under Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction

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Constitutional Law--Miscegenation Statutes--Statutory Prohibitions against Inter-Racial Marriages held Unconstitutional

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Criminal Law--Evidence--Admissibility of Sound Motion Pictures of Re-Enactment of Crime by Defendants

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Criminal Procedure--Use of Jury Primer Prior to Trial

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Estate Planning--Mistake as to Tax Consequences of a Gift--Requirements for Rescission

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Evidence--Impeachment of Witnesses--Warning Question on Examination as to Prior Testimony

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Interstate Commerce--Sherman Act--Applicability to Organized Baseball

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Labor Law--Constitutional Law--Validity of Prohibition on Contributions and Expenditures of Labor …

Negligence--Proximate Cause--Effect Of Non-Registration Of Automobile, Richard B. Gushée

Michigan Law Review

Defendant X owned a non-registered automobile which was parked on a public way by defendant Y, an agent of X. The keys were left in the car in violation of a statute. Later in the same day the car was stolen. Plaintiff, a pedestrian, was injured by the thief's negligent operation of the car. In an action to recover for the injury, a verdict was directed for defendants. On appeal, held, affirmed. As a matter of law, defendant's action in allowing a non-registered automobile containing its keys to remain on a public way was not the proximate …

Criminal Law-Requisite Mental Element In Criminal Assault, Charles Hansen

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was driving his car after dark at a speed greatly in excess of that prescribed by a local ordinance. While proceeding in this fashion, the car overtook and struck a bicycle, severely injuring a passenger thereon. From a conviction of criminal assault of the passenger, defendant appealed. Held, affirmed. The necessary intent to injure a specific passenger of a vehicle may be inferred from the recklessness evidenced by driving at night at a speed greatly exceeding the statutory limit. Wellons v. State, (Ga. App. 1948) 48 S.E. (2d) 925.

Criminal Law-Withdrawal Of A Plea Of Guilty, Andrew W. Lockton, Iii S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of statutory rape. After questioning him the court accepted his plea, and sentence was deferred pending an investigation by the probation and psychopathic departments. Before being sentenced, defendant requested that his plea be changed but did not deny that he was guilty. The court refused his request and sentenced him. Held, defendant should have been allowed to withdraw his plea of guilty. People v. Anderson, 321 Mich. 533, 33 N.W. (2d) 72 (1948).

The Chinese Theory Of Criminal Law, Chi-Yu Cheng

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Federal Court Remedies Against State And Local Police Abuses: Third Degree Practices Enjoined , Charles W. Corcoran

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Role Of The Police Matron, J. Roy Leevy

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Handwriting Testimony In A Criminal Conviction And The Disbarment Of A Lawyer, Elbridge W. Stein

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Progress In Medico-Legal Investigation Of Gunshot Injuries, Frank R. Dutra

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Police Science Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Destructive And Self-Destructive Trends In Criminalized Society: A Study Of Totalitarianism, Leo Alexander

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

The International Penal And Penitentiary Congress (1910) And The Indeterminate Sentence, Negley K. Teeters

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Some Factors Affecting The Admissibility Of Dying Declarations, Robert H. Klugman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Legislation Concerning Alibis, Perjury, Self-Incrimination Immunity, Official Conduct, And Grand Juries, Warren P. Hill, Daniel Walker

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Organization And Standardization Of Police Science Technics, Ralph F. Turner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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A Legal Phantasy: The Parole Commission Law, Morris Ploscowe

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Sexual Psychopath And The Law, James M. Reinhardt, Edward C. Fisher

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Current Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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