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Invoking Criminal Equity's Roots, Cortney Lollar
Invoking Criminal Equity's Roots, Cortney Lollar
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Equitable remedies have begun to play a critical role in addressing
some of the systemic issues in criminal cases. Invoked when other
solutions are inadequate to the fair and just resolution of the case,
equitable remedies, such as injunctions and specific performance,
operate as an unappreciated and underutilized safety valve that
protects against the procedural strictures and dehumanization that are
hallmarks of our criminal legal system. Less familiar equitable-like
legal remedies, such as writs of mandamus, writs of coram nobis, and
writs of audita querela, likewise serve to alleviate fundamental errors
in the criminal process. Several barriers contribute to the …
Brady-Based Prosecutorial Misconduct Claims, Buckley, And The Arkansas Coram Nobis Remedy, J. Thomas Sullivan
Brady-Based Prosecutorial Misconduct Claims, Buckley, And The Arkansas Coram Nobis Remedy, J. Thomas Sullivan
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Perjured Testimony As A Ground For Coram Nobis In Kentucky, Leo E. Oxley
Perjured Testimony As A Ground For Coram Nobis In Kentucky, Leo E. Oxley
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Coram Nobis In Kentucky, Grant F. Knuckles
Criminal Law And Procedure - Remedies Available To Convicted Defendant When New Facts Are Found, Smith Warder
Criminal Law And Procedure - Remedies Available To Convicted Defendant When New Facts Are Found, Smith Warder
Michigan Law Review
Due to its haphazard growth and evolution, the Anglo-American system of jurisprudence occasionally left gaping defects in its general contours. Many of these defects have been and are being filled, both by statute and by the continuing development of the common law. However, there is one case which re-occurs with distressing frequency where no satisfactory remedy has been developed and where this lack of remedy can have unjust or even barbaric results.