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Effects Of Corroboration Instructions In A Rape Case On Experimental Juries, Valerie P. Hans, Neil Brooks

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The rules of evidence have evolved, in the main, to protect the jury from being misled, prejudiced or confused by certain types of evidence which might be presented to it. The rules attempt to achieve this purpose by utilizing a number of techniques, which were fashioned by common law judges. First, evidence which gives rise to these dangers might be excluded from the jury's consideration altogether. Secondly, such evidence might have to be corroborated by other evidence before the jury is permitted to reach a verdict in the case. Thirdly, the judge might be compelled to instruct the jury that …

Bell V. Ohio, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Lockett V. Ohio, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

United States V. Ceccolini, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Bordenkircher V. Hayes, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Ballew V. Georgia, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Zurcher V. Stanford Daily, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Mincey V. Arizona, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Mcadams V. Mcsurely, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Reappraising The Legality Of Post-Trial Interviews, Fredric I. Lederer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

05-16-1977 Per Curiam, Potter Stewart

Chappelle v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport Dist., 431 U.S. 159 (1977)

The judgement is reversed. Turner v. Fouche, 396 U.S. 346, 361-364.

05-05-1977 Justice Stewart, Per Curiam, Potter Stewart

Chappelle v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport Dist., 431 U.S. 159 (1977)

The judgment is reversed. Turner v. Fouche, 396 U.S. 346, 361-364.

05-03-1977 Correspondence From Brennan To Burger, William J. Brennan

Chappelle v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport Dist., 431 U.S. 159 (1977)

Dear Chief:

I agree with Potter's proposed disposition of the above.

05-03-1977 Correspondence From Stewart To Burger, Potter Stewart

Chappelle v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport Dist., 431 U.S. 159 (1977)

Since this case hardly rises to the level of a "peewee," since it is late in the Term, and since the vote at our Conference was quite one-sided, I suggest that it might appropriately be disposed of in a one-sentence order along the following lines:

Punitive Conditions Of Prison Confinement: An Analysis Of Pugh V. Locke And Federal Court Supervision Of State Penal Administration Under The Eighth Amendment, Ira Robbins

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

The 1960's marked a watershed for the criminal justice system. In such areas as search and seizure, right to counsel and the privilege against self-incrimination, the federal courts first defined substantive constitutional rights and then imposed them upon disinclined functionaries at the state level. At first, these innovations raised thorny questions of constitutional interpretation about the rights involved, but, as is especially visible in the search and seizure area, the debate more recently has focused on the remedy chosen by the Supreme Court for enforcing these rights against the states.' This pattern of escalating federal involvement in the criminal justice …

04-27-1977 Notes From Oral Argument, Harry A. Blackmun

Chappelle v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport Dist., 431 U.S. 159 (1977)

Harry A. Blackmun's handwritten notes from oral argument.

04-25-1977 Notes From Oral Argument, Harry A. Blackmun

Chappelle v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport Dist., 431 U.S. 159 (1977)

Harry A. Blackmun's handwritten notes fro oral argument.

04-19-1977 Justice Brennan, Per Curiam, William J. Brennan

Darden v. Florida, 430 U.S. 704 (1977)

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, with whom MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL joins, dissents and, adhering to his view that capital punishment is in all circumstances prohibited as cruel and unusual punishment by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, would set aside the death sentence imposed in this case.

04-13-1977 Chief Justice, Per Curiam, Warren E. Burger

Darden v. Florida, 430 U.S. 704 (1977)

The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.

04-13-1977 Correspondence From Powell To Burger, Lewis F. Powell

Darden v. Florida, 430 U.S. 704 (1977)

Dear Chief:

I agree with the DIG in this case.

Civilizing Pornography: The Case For An Exclusive Obscenity Nuisance Statute, Doug Rendleman

Scholarly Articles

Criminal penalties are increasingly perceived to be too severe for regulating obscenity. Professor Rendleman shares this perception and suggests that we replace criminal obscenity laws with an exclusive civil sanction utilizing injunctions. He proposes a comprehensive nuisance statute and discusses the various issues that arise in the equitable regulation of pornography.

Replacing The Exclusionary Rule With Administrative Rulemaking, Francis A. Gilligan, Fredric I. Lederer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Conspiracy: The Criminal Agreement, In Theory And In Practice, Paul Marcus

Faculty Publications

Professor Marcus combines empirical research and theoretical analysis in this comprehensive study of the conspiracy doctrine. The article shows that the theoretical reasons for the conspiracy doctrine are inapplicable to most actual conspiracy prosecutions and that the practical reasons for conspiracy charges are often unacceptable prosecutorial shortcuts. Although ultimately concluding that the conspiracy doctrine is needed in some limited instances, Professor Marcus indicates that prosecutors should bring conspiracy charges only when justified by proper reasons and that courts should consider such charges more carefully.

3-30-1977 Notes From Oral Argument, Harry A. Blackmun

Darden v. Florida, 430 U.S. 704 (1977)

Harry A. Blackmun's handwritten notes from oral argument.

3-22-1977 Notes From Oral Argument, Harry A. Blackmun

Darden v. Florida, 430 U.S. 704 (1977)

Harry A. Blackmun's handwritten notes from oral argument.

03-11-1977 Memorandum To The Conference, William H. Rehnquist

Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624 (1977)

Two cases have been held for Codd v. Velger, No. 75-812, decided February 22, 1977. Both cases present issues not resolved by our decision in Codd.

Federal Postconviction Relief, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Scholarly Works

A provision of the federal habeas corpus statute, 28 U.S.C. §2254(a) (1970), authorizes federal district courts to grant habeas corpus relief to persons detained pursuant to a state court judgment whenever the detention is in violation of federal law. But does §2254(a) authorize federal courts to grant habeas corpus relief to state prisoners convicted on the basis of evidence seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment?

02-22-1977 Justice Blackmun, Concurring, Harry A. Blackmun

Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624 (1977)

MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN, concurring.

02-22-1977 Per Curiam, William H. Rehnquist

Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624 (1977)

Respondent Velger's action shifted its focus, in a way not uncommon to lawsuits, from the time of the filing of his complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to the decision by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit which we review here. His original compliant alleged that he had been wrongly dismissed without a hearing or a statement of reasons from his position as as a patrolman with the New York City Police Department, and under 42 U.S.C. 1983, sought reinstatement and damages for the resulting injury to his reputation and …

01-19-1977 Correspondence From Powell To Rehnquist, Lewis F. Powell

Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624 (1977)

Dear Bill:

I will be glad to join your Per Curiam opinion if you make changes along the lines indicated in your letter of January 18 to Thurgood.