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A First Step Back In Time?, Blake Jacobs Jan 2023

A First Step Back In Time?, Blake Jacobs

West Virginia Law Review

This Note discusses the implications of the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Concepcion v. United States, which left open whether district courts must reanalyze the 18 U.S.C.A. § 3553(a) factors when ruling on a motion to reduce a defendant’s sentence under the First Step Act. The decision settled a dispute between the First, Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, which did not require sentencing courts to consider intervening factual or legal developments; and the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits which did. However, the Supreme Court’s decision only obligates a district court to consider intervening …


Putting Together The Pieces: The Mosaic Theory And Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence Since Carpenter, Ben Vanston May 2022

Putting Together The Pieces: The Mosaic Theory And Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence Since Carpenter, Ben Vanston

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Warrant Nullification, L. Joe Dunman May 2022

Warrant Nullification, L. Joe Dunman

West Virginia Law Review

Police officers execute thousands of search warrants in the United States every year, often looking for drugs in people's homes. Many search warrants are executed by militarized "dynamic entry" teams who violently conduct raids late at night with little or no warning, guns drawn. These raids have killed and injured hundreds of people nationwide-not just suspects but also officers and bystanders. Protests erupt in response, the community divides, and trust in institutions crumbles.

Legislative and executive policy can reduce the violence of search warrant executions, but could there also be a judicial option? This Article explores one such option: nullification. …


Downgrading Superprecedents, R. George Wright Sep 2019

Downgrading Superprecedents, R. George Wright

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mandating Meaningful Forensic Discovery: A Proposal To Fuel The Engine Of Truthfulness, Marjorie Mcdiarmid Jan 2018

Mandating Meaningful Forensic Discovery: A Proposal To Fuel The Engine Of Truthfulness, Marjorie Mcdiarmid

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Introduction To The West Virginia Law Review Flawed Forensics And Innocence Symposium, Valena E. Beety Dec 2016

Introduction To The West Virginia Law Review Flawed Forensics And Innocence Symposium, Valena E. Beety

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Legal And Practical Implications Of The Potential Increased Participation In Jury Service By Racial Minorities In The U.S. Criminal Justice System, Brian Keith Leonard Apr 2015

An Analysis Of The Legal And Practical Implications Of The Potential Increased Participation In Jury Service By Racial Minorities In The U.S. Criminal Justice System, Brian Keith Leonard

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Linchpin Of Identification Evidence: The Unreliability Of Eyewitnesses And The Need For Reform In West Virginia, Jared T. Dotson Dec 2014

The Linchpin Of Identification Evidence: The Unreliability Of Eyewitnesses And The Need For Reform In West Virginia, Jared T. Dotson

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Good Name: Applying Regulatory Takings Analysis To Reputation Damage Caused By Criminal History, Jamila Jefferson-Jones Dec 2013

A Good Name: Applying Regulatory Takings Analysis To Reputation Damage Caused By Criminal History, Jamila Jefferson-Jones

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Wrong Kind Of Innocence: Why United States V. Begay Warrants The Extension Of "Actual Innocence" To Exclude Erroneous, Non-Capital Sentences, Greg Siepel Dec 2013

The Wrong Kind Of Innocence: Why United States V. Begay Warrants The Extension Of "Actual Innocence" To Exclude Erroneous, Non-Capital Sentences, Greg Siepel

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Drawing The Line At Atkins And Roper: The Case Against Additional Categorical Exemptions From Capital Punishment For Offenders With Conditions Affecting Brain Function, Mark E. Coon Apr 2013

Drawing The Line At Atkins And Roper: The Case Against Additional Categorical Exemptions From Capital Punishment For Offenders With Conditions Affecting Brain Function, Mark E. Coon

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim: Why A Defendant In A Sexual Assault Case Has No Right To Compel Physical Examinations, Jenny M. Flanigan Jan 2011

Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim: Why A Defendant In A Sexual Assault Case Has No Right To Compel Physical Examinations, Jenny M. Flanigan

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civilizing Criminal Sanctions - A Practical Analysis Of Civil Asset Forfeiture Under The West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act, Joseph Cramer Apr 2010

Civilizing Criminal Sanctions - A Practical Analysis Of Civil Asset Forfeiture Under The West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act, Joseph Cramer

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Door Closed: The Right To Full Appellate Review Of Sentences Of Life Imprisonment Without Parole In West Virginia, Linnsey Evick Sep 2009

A Door Closed: The Right To Full Appellate Review Of Sentences Of Life Imprisonment Without Parole In West Virginia, Linnsey Evick

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


What Is So "Grand" About The West Virginia Grand Jury System? A Desperate Need For Reform After The Duek Lacrosse Rape Scandal, Nicholas James Apr 2008

What Is So "Grand" About The West Virginia Grand Jury System? A Desperate Need For Reform After The Duek Lacrosse Rape Scandal, Nicholas James

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Doubting Demaree: The Application Of Ex Post Facto Principles To The United States Sentencing Guidelines After United States V. Booker, James R. Dillon Apr 2008

Doubting Demaree: The Application Of Ex Post Facto Principles To The United States Sentencing Guidelines After United States V. Booker, James R. Dillon

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Youngblood Success Stories: Overcoming The "Bad Faith" Destruction Of Evidence Standard, Teresa N. Chen Jan 2007

The Youngblood Success Stories: Overcoming The "Bad Faith" Destruction Of Evidence Standard, Teresa N. Chen

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Unraveling Ring V. Arizona: Balancing Judicial Sentencing Enhancements With The Sixth Amendment In Capital Punishment Schemes, Daren S. Koudele Apr 2004

Unraveling Ring V. Arizona: Balancing Judicial Sentencing Enhancements With The Sixth Amendment In Capital Punishment Schemes, Daren S. Koudele

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Federal Criminal Prosecutions And The Right To Consular Notification Under Article 36 Of The Vienna Convention, Roberto Iraola Sep 2002

Federal Criminal Prosecutions And The Right To Consular Notification Under Article 36 Of The Vienna Convention, Roberto Iraola

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr. Jun 2002

Criminal Procedure, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil And Criminal Contempt Law, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr. Jun 2002

Civil And Criminal Contempt Law, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Common Law Tort Immunity For State Officials In West Virginia After The Parkulo V. West Virginia Board Of Probation Decision, Grant P.H. Shuman Dec 2000

Common Law Tort Immunity For State Officials In West Virginia After The Parkulo V. West Virginia Board Of Probation Decision, Grant P.H. Shuman

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


From Property To Personhood: What The Legal System Should Do For Children In Family Violence Cases, Leigh Goodmark Dec 1999

From Property To Personhood: What The Legal System Should Do For Children In Family Violence Cases, Leigh Goodmark

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr. Jun 1998

Criminal Procedure, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Main-Streaming Comparative Criminal Justice: How To Incorporate Comparative And International Concepts And Materials Into Basic Criminal Law And Procedure Courses, Richard S. Frase Jun 1998

Main-Streaming Comparative Criminal Justice: How To Incorporate Comparative And International Concepts And Materials Into Basic Criminal Law And Procedure Courses, Richard S. Frase

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The American Adversary System, William T. Pizzi Jun 1998

The American Adversary System, William T. Pizzi

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


European Perspectives On The Accused As A Source Of Testimonial Evidence, Gordon Van Kessel Jun 1998

European Perspectives On The Accused As A Source Of Testimonial Evidence, Gordon Van Kessel

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Adding A Comparative Perspective To American Criminal Procedure Classes, Albert W. Alschuler Jun 1998

Introduction: Adding A Comparative Perspective To American Criminal Procedure Classes, Albert W. Alschuler

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comparative Law Symposium: Is There A European Advantage In Criminal Procedure: Preface, Carl M. Selinger Jun 1998

Comparative Law Symposium: Is There A European Advantage In Criminal Procedure: Preface, Carl M. Selinger

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Can You Lie To The Government And Get Away With It--The Exculpatory-No Defense Under 18 U.S.C. 1001, Stephen Michael Everhart Jun 1997

Can You Lie To The Government And Get Away With It--The Exculpatory-No Defense Under 18 U.S.C. 1001, Stephen Michael Everhart

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.