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Constitutional Law - Judicial Powers - Legality Of The Grand Jury Report, Alan Reeve Hunt S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

On December 2, 1952, a federal grand jury for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in a "presentment" made to that court, took the State Department severely to task for what it considered to be a conspicuous failure in handling the problem of subversive employees, United States citizens, at the United Nations. It further charged the State Department with impeding the grand jury's progress in attempting to fix responsibility for the failure upon certain State Department officials. On October 11, 1951, the Camden County grand jury presented to the Superior Court of New Jersey …

Constitutional Law-Legislative-Power To Reduce Grade Of Criminal Offense In Order To Avoid Jury Trial, Chester F. Relyea S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

A complaint was made in the Municipal Court of Hoboken against the defendant charging that he had willfully committed an assault and battery by spitting on another, in violation of the Disorderly Persons Law, which states: "Any person who commits an assault or an assault and battery is a disorderly person." The defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the statute violated his constitutional right to prosecution by indictment and trial by jury. The municipal court denied the motion. On certification to the New Jersey Supreme Court, held, the statute did not wrongfully deny defendant a …

Criminal Procedure - Standing Of The Press To Protest Exclusion Of Public From Criminal Trial By Order Of The Trial Judge, M. Fred Mallender, Ii

Michigan Law Review

Defendant judge, believing that great harm to public morals and decency was to be apprehended from the testimony in the vice trial of Minot F. Jelke, exercised his discretion to exclude the general public including plaintiff newspapers from the court room during the state's case. The family and friends of the accused along with officers of the court, witnesses, and jury were not excluded. The plaintiffs applied for a writ of prohibition to restrain the defendant from enforcing his order. The court denied the application on the grounds that the defendant judge had the power to make the exclusion order …

Federal Control Over Use Of Coerced Confessions In State Criminal Cases-Some Unsettled Problems, Austin W. Scott Jr.

Indiana Law Journal

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Revision Of Criminal Law -- Objectives And Methods, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Immunity Statutes--Adams V. State Of Maryland, Wendell Safriet Williams

Kentucky Law Journal

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Developments In The Law Of Coerced Confessions, Howard Klemme

Publications

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Legislative Investigations: Safeguards For Witnesses, Joseph O'Meara

Journal Articles

A free and independent legislature is the hallmark of democracy. The power of investigation is essential to proper discharge of responsibilities, but that the investigative power has been abused' and that it is the obligation of the bar to find an answer to the resulting problem. The surrender of principle is the death of Justice and, without Justice, there is chaos, and total disregard of the dignity and destiny of man. One aspect of the challenge the legal profession confronts today is how to assure due process of law for witnesses in legislative investigations without unduly hampering legislative functions. The …

Criminal Law—Right Of Appeal, Myron Siegel

Buffalo Law Review

In Re Ryan, 306 N. Y. 11. 114 N. E. 2d 183 (1953).

Criminal Law—Indictment, Myron Siegel

Buffalo Law Review

People v. De Santis, 305 N. Y. 44, 110 N. E. 2d 549 (1953), cert. denied, 345 U. S. 944 (1953).

Criminal Law—At The Trial, Myron Siegel

Buffalo Law Review

People v. Feld, 305 N. Y. 322 113 N. E. 2d 440 (1953); People v. Trowbridge, 305 N. Y. 471, 113 N. E. 2d 841 (1953); People v. Leyra, 304 N. Y. 468, 108 N. E. 2d 673 (1953), cert. denied, 345 U. S. 918 (1953), rehearing denied, 345 U. S. 946 (1953); People v. Cocco, 305 N. Y. 282, 113 N. E. 2d 422 (1953); People v. Lupo, 305 N. Y. 448, 113 N. E. 2d 793 (1953); People v. Costello, 304 N. Y. 63, 110 N. E. 2d 880 (1953); Hogan v. Bohan, 305 N. Y. 110, 111 …

Criminal Law—Coerced Confessions, Jules Gordon

Buffalo Law Review

Stein v. New York, 346 U. S. 156 (1953).

Criminal Procedure - Juries - Effect Of Disqualified Juror On The Verdict, Joseph M. Kortenhof S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was convicted of selling whiskey and imprisoned in the county jail. After the time for appeal had elapsed he discovered that one jury member had been an unpardoned convict. In a habeas corpus proceeding the defendant urged that the judgment was void and subject to collateral attack. The county court refused to discharge the defendant. On appeal, held, affirmed. Discovery after the verdict that a convict sat on the jury, contrary to statute, gives an automatic right to a new trial. However, since the defect only renders the verdict voidable and not void it must be challenged within …

The Bill Of Particulars In Virginia, Arthur W. Phelps

Faculty Publications

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Constitutional Law - Public Trial In Criminal Cases, Carl S. Krueger S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The criminal trial has been traditionally open to the public in Anglo-Saxon procedure, as it was in Roman and other civilized societies of an earlier time. The public trial of today, however, has been subjected to considerable criticism on the ground that there is a tendency for criminal trials to degenerate into public spectacles, frequently interrupting the orderly procedure of justice, and not infrequently actually prejudicing the accused. If no useful purpose is served by the presence of the idle public during the deadly serious determination of guilt or innocence, should not the judge, subject to the right of admittance …

Book Reviews, Philip Mechem, Harold C. Havighurst, Robert E. Keeton, Frederick J. Ludwig, Clarence J. Morrow, William Miller, L. G. Blackstock, T. A. Smedley, Benjamin Harrow, Samuel L. Prince, A. Arthur Schiller, Clyde W. Summers

Journal of Legal Education

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Criminal Law-Propriety Of Instructing Jury As To Possibility That Sentence Set By Jury May Be Affected By Commutation Or Parole. [Virginia]

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Criminal Law And Procedure, William D. Warren

Vanderbilt Law Review

In the field of Criminal Law and Procedure, the Tennessee Supreme Court might be said to have completed a normal, even typical, year; some new law was announced, and much existing law was reiterated and reshaped. The Court's respect for local precedent persisted undiminished. No Tennessee case was directly overruled, and Tennessee precedents were closely adhered to when available. Not a single dissent appeared in the cases discussed in this article. The brevity of appellate opinions--particularly their highly condensed fact paragraphs--makes critical analysis of them a difficult and somewhat risky procedure. Nevertheless, an attempt has been made in this article …

Sapoznikov V. The Court Of Discipline Of The Israel Police, Yoel Sussman, Moshe Silberg, Yitzhak Olshan

Translated Opinions

Under section 18 of the Police Ordinance the Inspector-General may constitute Courts of Discipline to try police officers charged with disciplinary offences, the section prescribing the offences which may be the subject of such charges. One of those offences is thus described (in section 18(1)(i)): "any offence contrary to the good order and discipline of the Force.. ." The High Commissioner in Council was empowered by section 50(1)(e) to make rules "for the definition of offences to the prejudice of good order and discipline", and under that power made the Police (Disciplinary Offences) (Definition) Rules, 1941. Offence No. 23 of …

Trial By Jury—Waiver—Trial Before Eleven Jurors, Alan F. Austin

Washington Law Review

D was indicted for second-degree burglary. During the course of the trial one of the jurors became ill, and on motion of D's counsel, with approval of the prosecutor and the court, the ailing juror was excused and the trial proceeded with eleven jurors. The jury of eleven subsequently brought in a verdict of guilty against D. Appeal. Held: Affirmed. An accused may waive his privilege of trial before a jury of twelve and submit it to eleven jurors if he acts intelligently, voluntarily, and free from improper influences. State v. Lane, 40 Wn. 2d 734, 264 P. 2d 474 …

Criminal Law—Indictment Dismissed Where Illegal Evidence Influenced Grand Jury, Myron Siegel

Buffalo Law Review

People v. Leary, 280 App. Div. 679, 117 N. Y. S. 2d 392 (3d Dep't 1952).

Constitutional Law—Proof Of Intoxication Obtained From Blood Test Held Violative Of Due Process, Paul Gonson

Buffalo Law Review

People v. Haessuler, __ Cal. App. __, 248 P. 2d 434 (2d Dist. 1952).

Constitutional Law—Mistrial In Absence Of Legal Error Held Due Process, Irwin N. Davis

Buffalo Law Review

Brock v. State of North Carolina, 73 S. Ct. 349 (1953).

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

CONFLICT OF LAWS--ANNULMENT FOR MENTAL INCAPACITY--APPLICABILITY OF LAW OF DOMICIL

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CONFLICT OF LAWS -DAMAGES -EFFECT OF OUT-OF-STATE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

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CONFLICT OF LAWS --JURISDICTION -FOREIGN ACTS AFFECTING COMMERCE

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CONFLICT OF LAWS --JURISDICTION --TRESPASS TO LAND AS TRANSITORY ACTION

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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE --SUSPENDED SENTENCE --FACTORS CONSIDERED IN REVOCATION

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FEDERAL PROCEDURE --RULE 50(b) --TRIAL COURT'S DISCRETION TO GRANT NEW TRIAL OR JUDGMENT

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LIMITATION OF ACTIONS --STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION--"ACT OR OMISSION COMPLAINED OF"

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Evidence—Admissibility Of Related Offenses, Dale Riveland

Washington Law Review

D was charged with sodomy and rape. A confession of a prior similar assault and attempted rape was admitted with the instruction that the confession should be used only for whatever bearing it might have upon common scheme or plan in connection with the rape charges. D was acquitted of rape and convicted of sodomy. Appeal. Held: Affirmed. Evidence of other crimes may not be admitted unless the evidence is relevant and necessary to prove an essential ingredient of the crime charged. This confession was not sufficiently related to show w common scheme or plan. However, D was not prejudiced …

Criminal Procedure-Extradition For Non-Support Under Section 6 Of The Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, David D. Dowd, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner had been divorced while residing in the State of California and ordered to pay $30 per month to his wife for the support of three minor children. After moving to New Mexico he defaulted in the payments. The Governor of California requested the extradition of the petitioner under section 6 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act to answer the charge of failure to provide for minor children. Petitioner questioned his detention under the order for extradition by seeking a writ of habeas corpus in an original proceeding before the Supreme Court of New Mexico. Held, writ denied. Section …

The Background Of The Uniform Code Of Military Justice, Edmund M. Morgan

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Articles of War and the Articles for the Government of the Navy have always constituted the code of criminal law and criminal procedure for the Armed Forces. In contrast to the law governing civilians, the punishments imposable are not specified in the Code but are left to be fixed by the military authorities, except that the later codes do not authorize punishment by death save for specifically designated offenses. The system also provides for summary punishment for minor infractions and a series of courts--a general court having power to try all offenses, a special court with limited power to …

Constitutional Law-Due Process-Burden Of Proving Insanity As Defense To Crime, Lois H. Hambro S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was convicted of first degree murder after having pleaded insanity as a defense to the charge. He appealed to the Supreme Court of Oregon, alleging that the Oregon statute, which required an accused pleading insanity to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it placed on him the burden of proving his inability to premeditate and intend the criminal act. The defendant relied in part on the fact that Oregon is the only state requiring insanity to be proved ''beyond a reasonable doubt," while other states require at most that …

Vanderbilt: Cases And Materials On Modern Procedure And Judicial Administration, Charles W. Joiner

Michigan Law Review

A Review of CASES AND MATERIALS ON MODERN PROCEDURE AND JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION by Arthur T. Vanderbilt.

Should Reversal Of Criminal Conviction Because Of Insufficient Evidence, Under The New Criminal Rules, Be With Or Without A New Trial? - Lambert V. State

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.