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Etchings On Glass: Reflections On The Science Of Proof, Louise Harmon
Etchings On Glass: Reflections On The Science Of Proof, Louise Harmon
Louise Harmon
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The Business Records Exception To The Hearsay Rule - New Is Not Necessarily Better, Sidney Kwestel
The Business Records Exception To The Hearsay Rule - New Is Not Necessarily Better, Sidney Kwestel
Sidney Kwestel
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Plea Bargaining, Discovery, And The Intractable Problem Of Impeachment Disclosures, R. Michael Cassidy
Plea Bargaining, Discovery, And The Intractable Problem Of Impeachment Disclosures, R. Michael Cassidy
R. Michael Cassidy
In a criminal justice system where guilty pleas are the norm and trials the rare exception, the issue of how much discovery a defendant is entitled to before allocution has immense significance. This article examines the scope of a prosecutor’s obligation to disclose impeachment information before a guilty plea. This question has polarized the criminal bar and bedeviled the academic community since the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in United States v. Ruiz (2002). A critical feature of the debate has been the enduring schism between a prosecutor’s legal and ethical obligations – a gulf that the American Bar Association recently …