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Accomplices' Confessions And The Confrontation Clause, Welsh S. White
Accomplices' Confessions And The Confrontation Clause, Welsh S. White
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
The admissibility of an accomplice's confession against a criminal defendant has long been a subject of concern in Anglo-American law. The Supreme Court has held that accomplices' confessions to the police are presumptively unreliable under the Confrontation Clause, without clearly expressing what facts would lend to the reliability of such statements. However, Professor White argues that in Williamson v. United States, the Court adopted an empirical framework that will make such confessions more likely to be admissible against an accused.
In this Article, Professor White first explores the traditional skepticism towards accomplices' confessions and explains the nature of the current …
Lessons For The United States: A Greek Cypriot Model For Domestic Violence Law, Joan L. Neisser
Lessons For The United States: A Greek Cypriot Model For Domestic Violence Law, Joan L. Neisser
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
The purpose of this Article is twofold: to view the problem of domestic violence victims not wishing to testify against their abusers through the lenses of different feminist perspectives; and to use the Greek Cypriot experience as a model to test the value of these theories when developing legal policies addressing this issue.
Rule 412: Sex Offense Cases; Relevance Of Alleged Victim's Past Sexual Behavior Or Alleged Sexual Disposition
Touro Law Review
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Rule 702: Testimony By Experts
Rule 704: Opinion On Ultimate Issue
Rule 803(18): Learned Treatises
Rule 901: Requirement Of Authentication Or Identification
Rule 901: Requirement Of Authentication Or Identification
Touro Law Review
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