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Evidence-Scientific Tests For Lntoxication-Admissibility, James B. Wilson S. Ed., John J. Edman S. Ed.
Evidence-Scientific Tests For Lntoxication-Admissibility, James B. Wilson S. Ed., John J. Edman S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
It is the purpose of this comment to examine the admissibility and probative value of the tests available for determining the amount of alcohol in the human system.
Self-Crimination Privilege: "Links In The Chain", Judson F. Falknor
Self-Crimination Privilege: "Links In The Chain", Judson F. Falknor
Vanderbilt Law Review
"According to their [the prosecution's] statement, a witness can never refuse to answer any question, unless that answer, unconnected with other testimony, would be sufficient to convict him of a crime. This would be rendering the rule almost perfectly worthless. Many links frequently compose that chain of testimony' which is necessary to convict any individual of a crime. It appears to the Court to be the true sense of the rule that no witness is compellable to furnish any one of them against himself...What testimony may be possessed, or is attainable, against any individual, the Court can never know. It …
Evidence-Admissibility Of Confessions In Federal Courts Under The Mcnabb Rule, Harry T. Baumann S.Ed.
Evidence-Admissibility Of Confessions In Federal Courts Under The Mcnabb Rule, Harry T. Baumann S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Defendant, after proper arraignment on a charge of as· sault, was questioned intermittently about and confessed to a murder. This confession, introduced at the trial in the District Court of Alaska, was instrumental in convicting the defendant of the graver charge. The court of appeals reversed because of a failure to file the murder complaint within a reasonable time. On certiorari, held, the confession, made after proper detention on a lesser charge, was legal and admissible if given freely; but case affirmed as modified on other grounds. United States v. Carignan, 342 U.S. 36, 72 S.Ct. 97 (1951).