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Discovery Depositions In Florida Criminal Proceedings: Should They Survive?, John F. Yetter

Florida State University Law Review

Pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution of the 1988 Florida Legislature, the Supreme Court of Florida created a commission which is presently studying the use of depositions by the defense in criminal prosecutions. In this Article, Dean Yetter, a member of the commission, traces the history of criminal defense depositions in Florida, explores the arguments which shaped last session's legislative debate, and identifies available options for reform.

Dna Identification Tests And The Courts, Laurel Beeler, William R. Wiebe

Washington Law Review

This Comment assesses the current state of forensic DNA tests and analyzes whether courts should admit the results of these tests as evidence. Section I provides a background discussion of how DNA tests work. This knowledge is essential for attorneys and courts seeking to evaluate expert testimony and analyze important issues concerning the reliability and admissibility of DNA test results. Section I also proposes safeguards and standards to facilitate the judicial acceptance of forensic DNA tests. Section II discusses judicial approaches to the admissibility of novel scientific techniques such as DNA tests, and concludes that courts should admit the results …

Miranda Decision Revisited: Did It Give Criminals Too Many Rights?, Paul Marcus, Stephen J. Markman

Faculty Publications

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Dna Identification Tests And The Courts, Laurel Beeler, William R. Wiebe

Washington Law Review

This Comment assesses the current state of forensic DNA tests and analyzes whether courts should admit the results of these tests as evidence. Section I provides a background discussion of how DNA tests work. This knowledge is essential for attorneys and courts seeking to evaluate expert testimony and analyze important issues concerning the reliability and admissibility of DNA test results. Section I also proposes safeguards and standards to facilitate the judicial acceptance of forensic DNA tests. Section II discusses judicial approaches to the admissibility of novel scientific techniques such as DNA tests, and concludes that courts should admit the results …

The Concurrent Sentence Doctrine Dies A Quiet Death -- Or Are The Reports Greatly Exaggerated?, Anne S. Emanuel

Florida State University Law Review

The concurrent sentence doctrine is a judicially-created rule of criminal procedure. In this article, Professor Emanuel traces the history of the doctrine from its roots in eighteenth-century England to its current status in state and federal courts. Recently, the United States Supreme Court effectively forestalled the use of the doctrine in any federal felony conviction; however, Professor Emanuel argues that the doctrine remains viable in collateral actions for postconviction relief from federal convictions and in state couts.

Criminal Procedure—Waiver Of Appellate Review Of Death Sentences In Arkansas. Standing—Capacity To Litigate Matters Of Public Interest In Arkansas. Franz V. State, 296 Ark. 181, 754 S.W.2d 839 (1988)., Michael White

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Prosecutor As "Minister Of Justice", Bennett L. Gershman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Times have changed. Today, prosecutors are on top of the world. Their powers are enormous, and constantly reinforced by sympathetic legislatures and courts. The "awful instruments of the criminal law," as Justice Frankfurter described the system,1 are today supplemented with broad new crimes, easier proof requirements, heavier sentencing laws, and an extremely cooperative judiciary, from district and state judges, to the highest Court in the land.

Mandatory And Permissive Presumptions In Criminal Cases: The Morass Created By Allen, Shari L. Jacobson

University of Miami Law Review

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In Search Of The Virtuous Prosecutor: A Conceptual Framework, Stanley Z. Fisher

Faculty Scholarship

Questions about the scope and content of the duty to "seek justice" pervade prosecutorial work. Prosecutors are required to serve in a dual role: they are both advocates seeking conviction and "ministers of justice." Observers have complained about a tendency on the part of prosecutors to prefer the former of these "schizophrenic" obligations to the latter. This is commonly described as a tendency to behave overzealously or according to a "conviction psychology. ' "

State Constitutional Protection For Defendants In Criminal Prosecutions, Paul Marcus

Faculty Publications

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Iv. Criminal Procedure

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Charging Decision: At Play In The Prosecutor's Nursery, David Schwendiman

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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The Federal Prisoner Collateral Attack: Requiescat In Pace, Josephine R. Potuto

BYU Law Review

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A Due Process Analysis Of The Impeachment Use Of Silence In Criminal Trials, Barbara Rook Snyder

William & Mary Law Review

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Postsentence Sentencing: Determining Probation Revocation Sanctions, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

Although procedural due process requirements govern the proof of a violation in a probation revocation hearing, judges exercise almost total discretion in deciding what sanctions to impose once a violation is established. These postsentence judgments can be as important as the initial sentencing. Sanctions for even minor probation violations can range from obligating a probationer to meet with his probation officer more frequently to executing a suspended prison sentence. The Supreme Court recognized in Morrissey v. Brewer that the choice of sanctions is often more complex than the proof of a violation. Principles must be developed to regulate postsentence sentencing. …

Broken Promises And Involuntary Confessions: May A State Introduce Incriminating Statements Made By A Defendant As A Result Of Promises In A Plea Bargain Agreement If The Defendant Breaches That Agreement?, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

There is a substantial constitutional question concerning whether admissions made pursuant to a plea bargain that the defendant has breached are admissible under the fifth amendment's privilege against compelled self-incrimination or the due process clauses of the fifth and fourteenth amendments. Courts have reached conflicting results in regard to whether such statements are voluntary.lo This Article argues that it is difficult to resolve whether such admissions are voluntary because courts have not provided a clear definition as to under what circumstances a confession is voluntary in accordance with the dictates of the fifth and fourteenth amendments.

The Doctrine Of Inevitable Discovery: A Plea For Reasonable Limitations, Steven P. Grossman

All Faculty Scholarship

In reinstating the Iowa murder conviction of Robert Williams, the Supreme Court accepted explicitly for the first time the doctrine of inevitable discovery. Applied for some time by state and federal courts, the doctrine of inevitable discovery is a means by which evidence obtained illegally can still be admitted against defendants in criminal cases. Unfortunately, the Court chose to adopt the doctrine without any of the safeguards necessary to insure that the deterrent impact of the exclusionary rule would be preserved, and in a form that is subject to and almost invites abuse.

This article warns of the danger to …

Criminal Procedure, James P. Carey, Paul A. Gilman

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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Second Degree Murder Replaces Voluntary Manslaughter In Illinois: Problems Solved, Problems Created, James B. Haddad

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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Consequences Of Federalizing Criminal Law, Roger J. Miner '56

Criminal Law

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Criminal Procedure: The Admissibility Of A Criminal Defendant's Hypnotically Refreshed Testimony - Rock V. Arkansas, Audrey Cooper

Campbell Law Review

This Note discusses the nature and history of hypnosis and supports the Rock Court's holding as the correct approach. The procedural safeguards approach decreases risks associated with hypnosis that may adversely affect the reliability of a defendant's subsequent testimony and protects a defendant's constitutional right to testify in her own behalf. This approach allows a court to admit hypnotically enhanced testimony where there are indices that the testimony is reliable and advances our judicial system's search for the truth.

Criminal Procedure: The Supreme Court Takes A Stance With Plain View Searches And Seizures - Arizona V. Hicks, Tonya C. Cumalander

Campbell Law Review

This Note will assess the ramifications and effect of Arizona v. Hicks on existing search and seizure law and law enforcement in general. Further, it will propose and evaluate a more flexible alternative approach that the Court could have taken.

Plea Bargaining And The Supreme Court, Loftus Becker

Faculty Articles and Papers

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White V. State: And Now For Something Different, Susan Stuart, Richard Pitts

Law Faculty Publications

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Sentencing The Mentally Retarded To Death: An Eighth Amendment Analysis, John H. Blume, David Bruck

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Today, on death rows across the United States, sit a number of men with the minds of children. These people are mentally retarded. Typical of these individuals is Limmie Arthur, who currently is imprisoned at Central Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. Although Arthur is twenty-eight years old, all the mental health professionals who have evaluated him, including employees of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, agree he has the mental capacity of approximately a 10-year-old child. Arthur was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a neighbor. At his first trial, his court appointed attorneys did not …

Prison Reform Issues For The Eighties: Modification And Dissolution Of Injunctions In The Federal Courts, Sarah N. Welling, Barbara W. Jones

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

During the past two decades, federal courts have become involved in the supervision of state and local prison systems. This supervisory role is the result of a new type of litigation, the institutional reform lawsuit. These lawsuits originate when prisoners sue state or local prison administrators, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement. Plaintiffs usually seek a permanent injunction outlining a plan to eliminate the offending conditions. As prison litigation matured, the normal evolution of these lawsuits led to new questions taking center stage in the 1980's, questions of injunction, modification, and dissolution.

This article begins with a summary examination of prison …

Victims In The Criminal Process: A Utilitarian Analysis Of Victim Participation In The Charging Decision, Sarah N. Welling

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Crime victims are currently being given the right to participate in criminal prosecutions at both the sentencing and plea bargaining stages. These are important steps in a criminal prosecution, but both the sentence and the plea bargain are dependent on the initial charging decision which determines what crime is to be prosecuted or whether there is to be any prosecution at all. As a prerequisite to both a plea bargain or a sentence, the charging decision is the crux of the prosecution.

Given the importance of the charging decision, and the fact that some jurisdictions have granted victims a right …

Judicial Vigilantism: Inherent Judicial Authority To Appoint Contempt Prosecutors In Young V. United States Ex Rel Vuitton Et Fils S.A., Neal Devins, Steven J. Mulroy

Kentucky Law Journal

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Risk Arbitrage And Insider Trading: A Functional Analysis Of The Fiduciary Concept Under Rule 10b-5, Laurence A. Steckman

Touro Law Review

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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