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Improper Discharge Of Jury Before Verdict As Double Jeopardy, C. L. C. Dec 1938

Improper Discharge Of Jury Before Verdict As Double Jeopardy, C. L. C.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Mind Of The Juror, Stephen Ailes Apr 1938

The Mind Of The Juror, Stephen Ailes

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law And Procedure - Appeal - Reversal Of Conviction Despite Guilt As Rebuke To The Administration Of Justice, Michigan Law Review Mar 1938

Criminal Law And Procedure - Appeal - Reversal Of Conviction Despite Guilt As Rebuke To The Administration Of Justice, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

In a prosecution for murder the prosecuting attorney, in his opening address, improperly stated that the evidence would show that both defendants had previous records for burglary and robbery, had served time in penitentiaries, and that the state would ask that the two men be hanged on the basis of this and other evidence. No objection or move for a mistrial was made at the time by the defendants, nor was the court requested to instruct the jury to disregard the remarks. Defendants were unquestionably guilty of murder, the evidence for the state being conclusive, while that of the defendants …


Criminal Law And Procedure - Instruction As To The Reasonable Doubt Of Each Juror Nov 1934

Criminal Law And Procedure - Instruction As To The Reasonable Doubt Of Each Juror

Michigan Law Review

The accused in a criminal prosecution requested, in addition to a general charge on reasonable doubt, an instruction stating, "The court instructs the jury that if after the consideration of the whole case, any juror entertains a reasonable doubt of the defendant's guilt it is the duty of such juror so entertaining such doubt, not to vote for a verdict of guilty, or be influenced in so voting for the single reason that a majority of the jury might be in favor of a verdict of guilty:" This instruction was refused and the defendant appealed from his conviction. Held, …


Trial--Instructions--Unanimity Of The Jury Verdict, Richard F. Currence Jun 1934

Trial--Instructions--Unanimity Of The Jury Verdict, Richard F. Currence

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Jury Trial, Waiver Thereof And The Alternate Juror, Alfred A. Naff Jan 1933

Jury Trial, Waiver Thereof And The Alternate Juror, Alfred A. Naff

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Trial--Polling The Jury--Manner Of Conducting, E. Gaujot Bias Dec 1932

Trial--Polling The Jury--Manner Of Conducting, E. Gaujot Bias

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Crimes--Burden Of Proving Alibi And Self-Defense May 1931

Crimes--Burden Of Proving Alibi And Self-Defense

Michigan Law Review

The defendant, indicted for murder, requested a charge that, if the evidence as to self-defense raised in the minds of the jurors a reasonable doubt of the guilt of the defendant, they should acquit him. Held, the trial court properly refused to· give the instruction. The burden was on the defendant to establish the defense by a preponderance of the evidence. Commonwealth v. Troup (Pa. 1931) 153 Atl. 337.


Crimes-Speedy Trial-Justification For Delay Jan 1931

Crimes-Speedy Trial-Justification For Delay

Michigan Law Review

The defendant was convicted under a state prohibition statute. The information was filed on June 7, 1929, and no further proceedings were taken against him for more than sixty days thereafter. The defendant moved to dismiss the suit on the ground that he had not had a speedy trial. No jury was on duty during the months of July, August, and the early part of September. Held, that the constitutional guaranty of a speedy trial was not infringed by such delay. State v. Vukich (Wash. 1930) 290 Pac. 992.


Should The Jury System Be Abolished, T. W. A. Apr 1929

Should The Jury System Be Abolished, T. W. A.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Special Interrogatories To The Jury--Their Nature And Purpose--Court's Discretion Relative To Their Submission, G. D. H. Feb 1927

Special Interrogatories To The Jury--Their Nature And Purpose--Court's Discretion Relative To Their Submission, G. D. H.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Abolish The Jury, J. C. Mcwhorter Jan 1923

Abolish The Jury, J. C. Mcwhorter

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.