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Evidence - Federal Practice - Competency Of Wife To Testify In Defense Of Husband In Criminal Case
Evidence - Federal Practice - Competency Of Wife To Testify In Defense Of Husband In Criminal Case
Michigan Law Review
The defendant, being tried in a federal district court on an indictment for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, offered his wife as a witness in his behalf. The district court, following what it concluded to be the established rule of the federal courts, refused to allow her to testify. The circuit court of appeals affirmed this ruling without discussing the point. Certiorari was granted by the Supreme Court, limited to the question as to what law was applicable in determining the competency of the wife. Held, that the federal courts have the power to determine for themselves the …
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Stare Decisis And The Dead Hand Of The Common Law, Trixy M. Peters
Stare Decisis And The Dead Hand Of The Common Law, Trixy M. Peters
West Virginia Law Review
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