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Co-Operation Between The Judiciary And The Police, John B. Waite
Co-Operation Between The Judiciary And The Police, John B. Waite
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"The problem in which I have been interested is the reason for the great disproportion between the number of arrests by the police and the number of convictions resulting...." Professor Waite expresses his opinion that judges occasionally thwart police in their lawful activities out of distrust or ignorance of police practices by capriciously interfering with criminal procedure.
Irresistible Impulse And Criminal Liability, John Barker Waite
Irresistible Impulse And Criminal Liability, John Barker Waite
Michigan Law Review
Do you believe in free-will, or mechanistic determinism, or fore-ordination, or fatalism? What do you mean by 'irresistible impulse'? What is the purpose of this prosecution against which you advocate, or deny, irresistible impulse as a defense; and just what do you mean by 'defense'? If, instead of one question, "is irresistible impulse a defense", we should ask these other questions of counsel, judge and medical expert, how often would their answers be in accord? Yet the one question can never be intelligently discussed in the absence of certainty and agreement as to the other premises. There are certain combinations …
Trial--Improper Conduct--Argument And Remarks Of Counsel--Reversible Action, C. M. L. Jr.
Trial--Improper Conduct--Argument And Remarks Of Counsel--Reversible Action, C. M. L. Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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