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Criminal Procedure

Pepperdine University

2013

Equal protection

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State Recoupment Of The Costs Of Defense Of Indigent Criminal Defendants , Mark M. Horgan May 2013

State Recoupment Of The Costs Of Defense Of Indigent Criminal Defendants , Mark M. Horgan

Pepperdine Law Review

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Johnson V. Superior Court - The Future Of The Grand Jury Indictment In California , Suzanne Haigh May 2013

Johnson V. Superior Court - The Future Of The Grand Jury Indictment In California , Suzanne Haigh

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Murguia V. Municipal Court - The Defense Of Discriminatory Prosecution, Jeffrey L. Garland May 2013

Murguia V. Municipal Court - The Defense Of Discriminatory Prosecution, Jeffrey L. Garland

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Mistreating A Symptom: The Legitimizing Of Mandatory, Indefinite Commitment Of Insanity Acquittees - Jones V. United States, Paul S. Avilla Feb 2013

Mistreating A Symptom: The Legitimizing Of Mandatory, Indefinite Commitment Of Insanity Acquittees - Jones V. United States, Paul S. Avilla

Pepperdine Law Review

At the end of the 1982 term, in Jones v. United States, the United States Supreme Court upheld a District of Columbia statute requiring the automatic and indefinite commitment of persons acquitted by reason of insanity. While under the D.C. statute the acquittee is periodically given the opportunity to gain release, the practice of involuntarily confining someone who has been acquitted raises serious due process and equal protection issues. This note examines the Court's analysis of these issues, focusing on a comparison of the elements necessary for an insanity defense with the showing required by the due process clause for …