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Yale Kamisar: The Enemy Of Injustice, Welsh S. White
Yale Kamisar: The Enemy Of Injustice, Welsh S. White
Michigan Law Review
In the summer of 1978, Duke Law School hosted a conference in which a variety of speakers offered perspectives on Constitutional Criminal Procedure. One of the speakers argued that the Warren Court's criminal-procedure revolution created a backlash that ultimately made things worse for criminal defendants. In order to dramatize his point, he suggested, "Yale Kamisar is the enemy." When that speaker had finished, the Conference Moderator began his response by stating, "First of all, Yale Kamisar is not the enemy of anything, except injustice."
Federal Courts-Granting Of New Trial On Initiative Of The Court, William F. Snyder S. Ed.
Federal Courts-Granting Of New Trial On Initiative Of The Court, William F. Snyder S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Following conviction for violation of a federal statute, petitioner was granted his release on a writ of habeas corpus by a federal district court, on the basis of uncontroverted testimony that his counsel had not been present when the jury returned its verdict. Within ten days of this release, a motion for rehearing was filed, supported by affidavits that his counsel actually had been present. On subsequent hearing, the court set aside its former order and remanded petitioner to custody, on the theory that his release was obtained by means of a fraud on the Court. The present action was …