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1981

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A New Era In The Evolution Of Scientific Evidence - A Primer On Evaluating The Weight Of Scientific Evidence, Edward J. Imwinkelried Dec 1981

A New Era In The Evolution Of Scientific Evidence - A Primer On Evaluating The Weight Of Scientific Evidence, Edward J. Imwinkelried

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Witness For The Defense: A Right To Immunity, Robin D. Mass Nov 1981

Witness For The Defense: A Right To Immunity, Robin D. Mass

Vanderbilt Law Review

This Note has outlined various constitutional arguments that the criminal defendant can invoke in support of an application for witness immunity.First, the Note relies on the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Nixon for its argument that courts should use a flexible separation of powers approach in the context of witness immunity grants. While the Nixon Court accepted the notion that separation of powers protects the decision making authority of the individual branches of government from infringement by the other branches, it observed that the doctrine does not enforce an absolute executive privilege. Thus, the separation of powers doctrine …


Civil Juries And Complex Cases: Let's Not Rush To Judgment, Richard O. Lempert Nov 1981

Civil Juries And Complex Cases: Let's Not Rush To Judgment, Richard O. Lempert

Michigan Law Review

When a fundamental constitutional right is at issue, it is admittedly difficult for the Court to treat the lower courts as laboratories. But if the constitutional right turns on empirical questions, it is better to wait for knowledge than to rush toward a judgment that may later be shown to have vitiated an important right across all circuits. If the Court feels compelled to resolve the conflict, the better decision - if empirical issues are seen as central - is to sustain the right to jury trial regardless of complexity. Sustaining that right will allow courts and researchers to collect …


Moving Towards An Evidence Law Of General Princples: Several Suggestions Concerning An Evidence Code For North Carolina, Walker J. Blakey Oct 1981

Moving Towards An Evidence Law Of General Princples: Several Suggestions Concerning An Evidence Code For North Carolina, Walker J. Blakey

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidentiary Problems In Multiple Defendant Cases: How To Plan For And Deal With Them, Herman E. Gaskins Jr. Oct 1981

Evidentiary Problems In Multiple Defendant Cases: How To Plan For And Deal With Them, Herman E. Gaskins Jr.

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Polygraph: Perceiving Or Deceiving Us, Richard A. Elmore Oct 1981

The Polygraph: Perceiving Or Deceiving Us, Richard A. Elmore

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.


Parent-Child Incest: Proof At Trial Without Testimony In Court By The Victim, Dustin P. Ordway Oct 1981

Parent-Child Incest: Proof At Trial Without Testimony In Court By The Victim, Dustin P. Ordway

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note argues that the incest victim should not testify personally at trial. Rather, the child's testimony should be replaced with tape-recorded pretrial examinations of the victim by an expert, supplemented by the in-court testimony of the examining expert. Part I discusses how the present system of requiring in-court testimony by the victim harms the child, fails to correct the incest problem, and produces unreliable evidence. Part II outlines and discusses the merits of the proposed reform. Part ill examines the proposed reform in light of the defendant's constitutional rights to due process and to confront witnesses against him. The …


Comparison Evidence In Obscenity Trials, Marguerite Munson Lentz Oct 1981

Comparison Evidence In Obscenity Trials, Marguerite Munson Lentz

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Article critiques the approach endorsed in Hamling, particularly regarding the Court's failure to consider how the presentation of proof in an obscenity trial affects the defendant's constitutional rights. The Article urges that relevant comparison evidence should be admissible despite the risk of confusion or the opportunity to present expert testimony, and furthermore, that a court should be required to make explicit its findings regarding the relevancy of comparison evidence. Part I of the Article demonstrates the constitutional significance to the obscenity defendant of evidence, particularly comparison exhibits, bearing on prevailing community standards. Part II considers the assessment of …


Criminal Procedure—Scope Of The Exclusionary Rule—Inevitable Discovery Exception Adopted, Melanie J. Strigel Oct 1981

Criminal Procedure—Scope Of The Exclusionary Rule—Inevitable Discovery Exception Adopted, Melanie J. Strigel

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


State Of The Art Evidence Admissible To Rebut Evidence Of Feasible Design Alternatives., Patricia Mary Mcentee Sep 1981

State Of The Art Evidence Admissible To Rebut Evidence Of Feasible Design Alternatives., Patricia Mary Mcentee

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


United States V. Williams: The Good Faith Exception To The Exclusionary Rule, Patricia Walker Bass Jul 1981

United States V. Williams: The Good Faith Exception To The Exclusionary Rule, Patricia Walker Bass

Mercer Law Review

In an opinion with two alternative holdings, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided en banc United States v. Williams on July 31, 1980. The court first held that, because Ms. Williams' arrest was legal, the incriminating evidence found as a result of the search incident to arrest could be used against her at trial. Alternatively, the court ruled that evidence should not be excluded when it is discovered by officers acting in good faith despite the fact that they are mistaken in thinking that their actions are lawful. This note focuses on the second holding that purports to establish …


Closing The Evidentiary Gap: A Review Of Circuit Court Opinions Analyzing Federal Black Lung Presumptions Of Entitlement, Henry L. Stephens Jr., Alva A. Hollon Jr. Jun 1981

Closing The Evidentiary Gap: A Review Of Circuit Court Opinions Analyzing Federal Black Lung Presumptions Of Entitlement, Henry L. Stephens Jr., Alva A. Hollon Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Disclosure Of Grand Jury Materials Under Clayton Act Section 4f(B), Michigan Law Review May 1981

Disclosure Of Grand Jury Materials Under Clayton Act Section 4f(B), Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note analyzes the controversy and concludes that the latter courts are correct: Congress never intended to abrogate or modify rule 6(e)'s "particularized need" standard when it enacted section4F(b). Part I discusses whether Congress intended section 4F(b) to require the Attorney General to disclose grand jury materials to state attorneys general upon request, thereby abrogating rule 6(e)'s explicit prohibition against such disclosure. Part II examines the statutory language and legislative history of section). 4F(b) to determine whether Congress intended section 4F(b) to modify rule 6(e)'s "particularized need" standard. Finally, Part III evaluates the policies affected by liberalized disclosure of grand …


The Privacy Protection Act Of 1980: Curbing Unrestricted Third-Party Searches In The Wake Of Zurcher V. Stanford Daily, Jose M. Sariego Apr 1981

The Privacy Protection Act Of 1980: Curbing Unrestricted Third-Party Searches In The Wake Of Zurcher V. Stanford Daily, Jose M. Sariego

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This article analyzes the Privacy Protection Act as a response to Zurcher. Part I discusses the Zurcher decision and its effect on First and Fourth Amendment rights, as well as its impact on state testimonial privileges. Part II critically examines key features of the statute, focusing on the parties and materials protected, the police practices regulated, the remedies provided for violations, and the Act's constitutional underpinnings. Part II also offers suggestions for remedying the problems the Act currently presents. The article concludes that the Privacy Protection Act, while a necessary first step to minimizing the impact of Zurcher, is …


Reflections On Alfred Hill's "Testimonial Privilege And Fair Trial", Peter Westen Apr 1981

Reflections On Alfred Hill's "Testimonial Privilege And Fair Trial", Peter Westen

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

I have learned a great deal from "Testimonial Privilege and Fair Trial"-as I always do from Professor Hill's work. Indeed, he has changed my way of thinking in this area in several important respects. At the same time, I come to rather different conclusions than he regarding each of his three major topics. Part I of this article examines the problem of finding a "remedy" for testimonial privileges that violate a defendant's right to a fair trial. Part II discusses the problem of determining when a defendant is entitled to assert that the "right" has been violated. Finally, Part III …


United States V. Payner--Constriction Of The Federal Courts' Supervisory Power, Mary Rich Lewis Apr 1981

United States V. Payner--Constriction Of The Federal Courts' Supervisory Power, Mary Rich Lewis

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ix. Evidence Mar 1981

Ix. Evidence

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cross-Examination Of An Expert Witness., C.L. Mike Schmidt Mar 1981

Cross-Examination Of An Expert Witness., C.L. Mike Schmidt

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


Psycholegal Research: Past And Present, Wallace D. Loh Mar 1981

Psycholegal Research: Past And Present, Wallace D. Loh

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Psychology of Eyewitness Testimony by A. Daniel Yarmey, and Eyewitness Testimony by Elizabeth F. Loftus, and Social Psychology in Court by Michael J. Saks and Reid Hastie, and The Criminal Justice System and Its Psychology by Alfred Cohn and Roy Udolf


Constitutional Law - Privacy - Invasion Of Privacy Justified Where Hospital Records Are Sought For Grand Jury Investigation, Kathleen D. Yesenko Jan 1981

Constitutional Law - Privacy - Invasion Of Privacy Justified Where Hospital Records Are Sought For Grand Jury Investigation, Kathleen D. Yesenko

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Selected Evidence Problems In Illinois Will Contests, Joachim J. Brown Jan 1981

Selected Evidence Problems In Illinois Will Contests, Joachim J. Brown

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Abolition Of The Party-Witness Disqualification: An Historical Survey, Joel N. Bodansky Jan 1981

The Abolition Of The Party-Witness Disqualification: An Historical Survey, Joel N. Bodansky

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Admissibility Of Hypnotically Induced Recollection, R. Eberley Davis Jan 1981

The Admissibility Of Hypnotically Induced Recollection, R. Eberley Davis

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Kutak Model Rules V. The American Lawyer's Code Of Conduct, Monroe H. Freedman Jan 1981

The Kutak Model Rules V. The American Lawyer's Code Of Conduct, Monroe H. Freedman

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law, Various Editors Jan 1981

Constitutional Law, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure, Various Editors Jan 1981

Criminal Procedure, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Ethics: Ideas In Conflict - Editor's Preface, Doris Del Tosto Jan 1981

Legal Ethics: Ideas In Conflict - Editor's Preface, Doris Del Tosto

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Proposed Revisions Of The Code Of Professional Responsibility: Solving The Crisis Of Professionalism, Or Legitimating The Status Quo, Mary Joe Frug Jan 1981

The Proposed Revisions Of The Code Of Professional Responsibility: Solving The Crisis Of Professionalism, Or Legitimating The Status Quo, Mary Joe Frug

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Revision, Not Rejection, Is The Way To Modernize The Code Of Professional Responsibility, Allen B. Zerfoss Jan 1981

Revision, Not Rejection, Is The Way To Modernize The Code Of Professional Responsibility, Allen B. Zerfoss

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Current Controversies Concerning Witness Immunity In The Federal Courts, Jane Duffy Jan 1981

Current Controversies Concerning Witness Immunity In The Federal Courts, Jane Duffy

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.