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Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Virginia Criminal Procedure, Ronald J. Bacigal Jan 1986

Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Virginia Criminal Procedure, Ronald J. Bacigal

University of Richmond Law Review

Reversing a recent trend, the past year was relatively quiet with respect to search and seizure cases. The United States Supreme Court decided two cases dealing with open fields and the curtilage of a dwelling. Dow Chemical Co. v. United States held that the open areas of an industrial plant complex with numerous plant structures spread over an area of 2,000 acres are not analogous to the "curtilage" of a dwelling for purposes of aerial surveillance; such an industrial complex "is more comparable to an open field and as such is open to the view and observation of persons in …


Virginia's Jury Exemptions: Ripe For Reform, T. S. Ellis Iii, J. Thomas O'Brien Jr. Jan 1986

Virginia's Jury Exemptions: Ripe For Reform, T. S. Ellis Iii, J. Thomas O'Brien Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

Jury exemptions are frequent targets of derisory comment. Who among us has not heard of the proverbial litigant who, upon hearing his lawyer describe juries and jury exemptions, remarked that only a fool would place his fate in the hands of seven or twelve people who were not smart enough to get excused through an exemption. Indeed, the number and scope of jury exemptions have grown so substantially over the years that it is not unreasonable to suppose that jury non-service is now the norm and jury service the exception.