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Evidence - Admissibility In Federal Courts Of Record Of Telephone Conversation-Meaning Of "Interception", Robert C. Fox S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In a prosecution for perjury committed before a subcommittee of Congress, defendant filed a motion to suppress the record of a telephone conversation which had been made by the other party to the conversation without defendant's knowledge or consent.

Held , motion granted. To record a telephone conversation in this manner is to intercept it within the meaning of section 605 of the Communications Act; under the Supreme Court's ruling in Nardone v. United States, divulgence in court of a conversation so intercepted would be a violation of the Communications Act. United States v. Stephenson, (D.C. D.C. 1954) …

Criminal Responsibility And Mental Disorder: New Approaches To An Old Problem

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law—Effect Of Coerced Confession Held To Carry Over To Later Confession, Richard C. Wagner

Buffalo Law Review

Leyra v. Denno, 347 U. S. 556 (1954).

Extra-Legal Materials And The Law Of Evidence, John S. Strahorn Jr.

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Evidence—Effect Of Federal Immunity Statute On State Proceedings, Eileen Tomaka

Buffalo Law Review

Adams v. Maryland, 347 U. S. 179 (1954).

Symposium On "Trauma Or Heart Disease? Pretrial Conference For Medical Testimony"

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Third Degree--Its Historical Background, The Present Law And Recommendations, Charles Richard Doyle

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law - Due Process - Judicial Review Of Jury Determination On Coerced Character Of Confession, James M. Potter S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, suspected of the murder of his parents, was subjected to intensive police interrogation culminating in a confession to a state-employed psychiatrist. Petitioner had been allowed only a small amount of sleep and was suffering from a sinus condition when he was introduced to the psychiatrist, who was represented as a general practitioner. The questioning of the psychiatrist, who was skilled in hypnosis, was a subtle blend of threats and promises of leniency. Within the next three and one-half hours petitioner also confessed to a police captain, a business associate, and two assistant state prosecutors. The confession to the psychiatrist …

Evidence - Attorney-Client Privilege - Communications Relating To Future Criminal Transactions, Robert B. Fiske, Jr. S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was subpoenaed in connection with a grand jury investigation of gambling and corruption of public officials. He had been retained by one 'Willie" Moretti as attorney for five of his associates in October, 1950 after a complaint charging a gambling conspiracy had been filed against them. During some two hundred conferences with Moretti in the following year, defendant learned that protection money was being paid to certain high ranking state officials, Moretti at one point complaining of the frequent demands of these officials for more· money. Moretti also discussed with defendant a visit he had paid to the home …