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The Sixth Amendment And Expert Witnesses In Criminal Tax Cases, Steve R. Johnson

Scholarly Publications

Recently, in the Baxter case, a federal district court vacated the sentence imposed as a result of a guilty plea in a criminal tax case. The court held that the failure of defense counsel to retain the services of an expert in tax crimes sentencing violated the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to effective representation.

This installment of the Tax Crimes column explores Baxter. Part A briefly notes the civil and criminal tax contexts in which tax experts are used. Part B describes Baxter and its holding. Part C asks whether defense counsel in criminal tax cases should always retain a …

Rock V. Arkansas, Stevan D. Mitchell

Florida State University Law Review

Evidence/Constitutional Law-THE ADMISSIBILITY OF POSTHYPNOTIC TESTIMONY: CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO TESTIFY

The Exclusionary Rule: An Examination Of The Case Law And The Present Posture Of The Florida Supreme Court, Michael Shaw Tammaro

Florida State University Law Review

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