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Criminal Venue In The Federal Courts: The Obstruction Of Justice Puzzle, Michigan Law Review Oct 1983

Criminal Venue In The Federal Courts: The Obstruction Of Justice Puzzle, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Courts have struggled to determine venue for cases involving obstruction of justice with similarly inconsistent results. The circuits have divided over where to lay venue in prosecutions for obstruction of justice when the defendant allegedly acted in one judicial district to obstruct a proceeding that was pending in another. This Note argues that formalistic analysis, which has led courts to set venue in the district of the affected trial, should be rejected in favor of a more policy-oriented approach. Part I demonstrates that a formalistic statutory analysis that closely inspects either legislative history or the language of the statute ultimately …


Jury Vetting: The Jury Under Attack, Peter Duff, Mark Findlay Jul 1983

Jury Vetting: The Jury Under Attack, Peter Duff, Mark Findlay

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The English jury has recently been undergoing various alterations. These changes have their roots in assumptions, often not clearly identified, about the nature and purpose of the jury within the criminal justice system. Once the purpose and ideals of the jury system are identified, and there may be arguments about what they are,' it becomes apparent that there may be a conflict about how they should be put into practice. The state and its agencies may take one view whilst others may differ. An example of one such conflict is the controversy over the newly discovered practice of 'jury vetting'.


Improving Jury Deliberations: A Reconsideration Of Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael D. Craig Apr 1983

Improving Jury Deliberations: A Reconsideration Of Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael D. Craig

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note approves of efforts to avoid hung juries by giving lesser included offense instructions but opposes those instructions that restrict juror decisions and coerce minority jurors. Rather, this Note offers a lesser included offense instruction that promotes flexibility and jury compromise without undermining the deliberative process. Part I describes the problem of hung juries and how courts have tried to prevent them with restrictive lesser included offense instructions. Part II analyzes the coercive impact of restrictive lesser included offense instructions and concludes that an instruction conditioning deliberations upon individual juror disagreement better promotes compromises on the merits while reducing …


Habeas Corpus Review Of State Trial Court Failure To Give Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael H. Hoffheimer Apr 1983

Habeas Corpus Review Of State Trial Court Failure To Give Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael H. Hoffheimer

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note advocates that federal courts review state criminal convictions in habeas corpus proceedings when lesser included offense instructions are available under state law but were not given. Part I demonstrates that granting such review conforms to the modern jurisdictional scope of federal collateral review because failure to give the instructions undermines the fact-finding function of juries and is therefore unconstitutional. Part II analyzes the proper standard of review and determines that the federal interest in protecting the reliability of the fact-finding process should prevail over any conflicting state interest in refusing to give lesser included offense instructions. Part II …


Criminal Procedure—Supreme Court Defines Scope Of Automobile Exception To Fourth Amendment Warrant Requirement, Michael Schneider Apr 1983

Criminal Procedure—Supreme Court Defines Scope Of Automobile Exception To Fourth Amendment Warrant Requirement, Michael Schneider

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Jury Instructions, John M. Purcell Apr 1983

Jury Instructions, John M. Purcell

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Watching The Judiciary Watch The Police, Jon O. Newman Mar 1983

Watching The Judiciary Watch The Police, Jon O. Newman

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Police Practices and the Law: Essays from the Michigan Law ReviewThe University of Michigan Press


Habeas Corpus: Its History And Its Future, Charles Alan Wright Mar 1983

Habeas Corpus: Its History And Its Future, Charles Alan Wright

Michigan Law Review

A Review of A Constitutional History of Habeas Corpus by William F. Duker


Exploring The Roots Of Our Criminal Justice Systems, Samuel Walker Mar 1983

Exploring The Roots Of Our Criminal Justice Systems, Samuel Walker

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Roots of Justice by Lawrence M. Friedman and Robert V. Percival, and Conscience and Convenience by David Rothman


The Right To Bail In United States Extradition Proceedings, Carl A. Valenstein Jan 1983

The Right To Bail In United States Extradition Proceedings, Carl A. Valenstein

Michigan Journal of International Law

This note examines the judicial rationale for denying bail in extradition proceedings except in special circumstances. The author maintains that the courts apply the special circumstances rule inconsistently. Moreover, a better balance should be struck between the interests of the accused and the interests of the United States Government. This can be accomplished by granting the accused in an extradition proceeding the same right to bail before a final order granting extradition as exists under the federal bail statute.


Procedural Unvertainty Attending The Assertion Of The Political Offense Exception In Extradition Hearings, Charles R. Meyer Iii Jan 1983

Procedural Unvertainty Attending The Assertion Of The Political Offense Exception In Extradition Hearings, Charles R. Meyer Iii

Michigan Journal of International Law

The American approach to the political offense exception to extradition is under increasing attack. Unfavorable commentary, sparked in part by the recent decision In re McMullen, has noted the confusion present in the operation of the exception. This article will trace some of the difficulties to the uncertain procedural burdens of raising and proving the exception in the judicial hearing. The current practice should be reformed to ameliorate the confusion. To this end, the United States Congress or Supreme Court must intervene to unify the procedural approaches taken by U.S. magistrates with respect to raising and proving the political …


Bowman V. Leverette: Retroactivity Of Criminal Procedure Decisions, Mary Sanders Richards, John Michael Hedges Jan 1983

Bowman V. Leverette: Retroactivity Of Criminal Procedure Decisions, Mary Sanders Richards, John Michael Hedges

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Judge's Role In Fostering Voluntary Settlements, Thomas D. Lambros Jan 1983

The Judge's Role In Fostering Voluntary Settlements, Thomas D. Lambros

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Silent Revolution, Faust Rossi Jan 1983

The Silent Revolution, Faust Rossi

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.