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Recent Developments, Various Editors Jan 1972

Recent Developments, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Fourth Amendment Vagueness - Evidence Excluded When Obtained By Search Incident To Vagrancy Arrest Under Statute Previously Held Void For Vagueness, Allen C. Warshaw Jan 1972

Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Fourth Amendment Vagueness - Evidence Excluded When Obtained By Search Incident To Vagrancy Arrest Under Statute Previously Held Void For Vagueness, Allen C. Warshaw

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


An Eclectic Approach To Impeachment By Prior Convictions, Lawrence A. Margolis Jan 1972

An Eclectic Approach To Impeachment By Prior Convictions, Lawrence A. Margolis

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Almost every state permits persons convicted of a crime to testify in either their own or another person's behalf. Nonetheless, these states allow evidence of a person's prior criminal conviction to be used to impeach his credibility. The use of this method of impeachment in criminal trials has been the subject of substantial adverse criticism; yet, the practice remains widespread. This article first will discuss the problems that arise from the use of prior conviction evidence for impeachment purposes in criminal trials and then will examine several proposals that would restrict the use of such evidence. Finally, the article will …


Speedy Trial And The Congested Trial Calendar, Christopher L. Blakesley Jan 1972

Speedy Trial And The Congested Trial Calendar, Christopher L. Blakesley

Scholarly Works

In People v. Ganci, the defendant had been indicted for robbery, larceny, and assault while serving a prison sentence for another conviction. Five and one-half months after his indictment he moved, pursuant to section 668 of the New York Code of Criminal Procedure, to dismiss for failure to prosecute. Eleven months later, sixteen months after the indictment, he was brought to trial, convicted, and sentenced. On appeal, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department affirmed, whereupon the defendant appealed by permission to the New York Court of Appeals. On this appeal he contended that the delay deprived …


Excessive Delay In The Courts: Toward A Continuance Policy Relating To Counsel And Parties, Thomas O. Gorman Jan 1972

Excessive Delay In The Courts: Toward A Continuance Policy Relating To Counsel And Parties, Thomas O. Gorman

Cleveland State Law Review

The maxim "Justice delayed is justice denied" is an expression which is becoming all too meaningful in our courts today. Many of the large metropolitan courts in this country are being strangled by the ever-increasing backlog of cases. ...In most court systems, continuance policies are either non-existent or couched in vague terms such as "good cause shown.' It is the aim of this study to formulate guidelines for a sound continuance policy which will serve to speed the administration of justice without interfering with the high standard of judicial fairness necessary to proper adjudication.


The Indigent's Right To A Transcript Of Record, Larry Yackle Jan 1972

The Indigent's Right To A Transcript Of Record, Larry Yackle

Faculty Scholarship

There is no more fascinating subject in the field of federal constitutional law than the relationship between due process and equal protection, concepts brought together in the fourteenth amendment. Governmental action that is fundamentally unfair and a denial of due process may also involve discriminatory treatment and a denial of equal protection.' Accordingly, in a number of cases the distinction between the two concepts has been blurred. In Douglas v. California, the Supreme Court held that on first appeal counsel must be furnished to indigents at state expense because the failure to provide professional representation is both fundamentally unfair and …


Societal Concepts Of Criminal Liability For Homicide In Medieval England, Thomas A. Green Jan 1972

Societal Concepts Of Criminal Liability For Homicide In Medieval England, Thomas A. Green

Articles

THE early history of English criminal law lies hidden behind the laconic formulas of the rolls and law books. The rules of the law, as expounded by the judges, have been the subject of many studies; but their practical application in the courts, where the jury of the community was the final and unbridled arbiter, remains a mystery: in short, we know little of the social mores regarding crime and crimi- nals. This study represents an attempt to delineate one major aspect of these societal attitudes. Its thesis is that from late Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the middle …


Miranda Warnings In Other Than Police Custodial Interrogations, Marvin E. Sable Jan 1972

Miranda Warnings In Other Than Police Custodial Interrogations, Marvin E. Sable

Cleveland State Law Review

The court, in Miranda, was quick to point out, however, that the decision in that case did not suppose to vitiate the confession as a tool of law enforcement officers in ferretting out criminals. Likewise, volunteered statements of any kind were specifically exempted from the exclusionary rule that was applied to Miranda-type admissions only. Much of the progeny of Miranda addressed itself to just such types of admissions. Oftentimes, the courts dissected the seemingly unitized custodial interrogation requirement of Miranda by turning their decisions of its inapplicability upon the absence of either the "custody" or the "interrogation" aspect


Police Field Citations In New Haven, Mark Berger Jan 1972

Police Field Citations In New Haven, Mark Berger

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Law Enforcement Control: Checks And Balances For The Police System, Mark Berger Jan 1972

Law Enforcement Control: Checks And Balances For The Police System, Mark Berger

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Deadlocked Juries-The "Allen Charge" Is Defuse Jan 1972

Deadlocked Juries-The "Allen Charge" Is Defuse

University of Richmond Law Review

A deadlocked jury remains an ever-present problem to a judge whose docket is filled with cases to be litigated. Throughout history, crude methods of coercion have been -employed by judges to pry a verdict from a deadlocked jury. While such methods have long since been abandoned, a more subtle, though equally effective, device known as the "Allen charge" is still utilized today to bring about the same result.


Plea Bargaining: The Case For Reform Jan 1972

Plea Bargaining: The Case For Reform

University of Richmond Law Review

Although plea bargaining has not been openly recognized or sanctioned by most courts, it has become quite widespread and effective. Due to this lack of formal recognition, no uniform plea bargaining procedure has been developed, but generally, an accused is encouraged to plead guilty in exchange for some concession, the most familiar being a promise by the prosecutor to ask the court for leniency. Such concession is far from being the only "reward" offered by the state; indeed, if it were the only one, the practice would not have flourished as it has. Depending upon the particular laws of the …


Federal Court Intervention In Pending State Criminal Prosecutions- The Significance Of Younger V. Harris Jan 1972

Federal Court Intervention In Pending State Criminal Prosecutions- The Significance Of Younger V. Harris

University of Richmond Law Review

The recent United States Supreme Court decision of Younger v. Harris along with its companion cases represent the most significant development in the area of federal-state court relations since the Court decided Dombrowski v. Pfister in 1965. Dombrowski created grave doubts over the continued validity of the long established public policy against federal court interference with state court proceedings. Civil libertarians were quick to seize upon the broad assertions in that case as support for their efforts toward expanding the concept of federal court intervention in state criminal prosecutions. Though the Court was given the opportunity to reconcile the conflicting …


Criminal Procedure- Virginia's Limited Use Of A Two-Trial System Jan 1972

Criminal Procedure- Virginia's Limited Use Of A Two-Trial System

University of Richmond Law Review

It has long been the general assumption in criminal cases in the United States that the fair trial provided for by the Federal Constitution contemplates a unitary one wherein all of the issues are deliberated within a single proceeding, with verdict, and punishment if any, in the form of a single pronouncement. A recent Virginia case, however, has held that the issues of guilt and punishment are severable and may be tried separately where particular circumstances exist.


Cross-Sex Supervision In The Probation And After-Care Service, Phyllida Parsloe Jan 1972

Cross-Sex Supervision In The Probation And After-Care Service, Phyllida Parsloe

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


An Introduction To Virginia's New Rules Of Criminal Practice And Procedure, Murray J. Janus Jan 1972

An Introduction To Virginia's New Rules Of Criminal Practice And Procedure, Murray J. Janus

University of Richmond Law Review

On January 1, 1972 the new Virginia Rules of Criminal Practice and Procedure became effective, some three and one-half years after the President of the Virginia State Bar Association appointed a Special Committee to draft these proposed Rules. Mr. Justice Thomas C. Gordon, Jr., was appointed Chairman of the Committee in June of 1968. Peter C. Manson, Professor of Criminal Law at the University ,of.Virginia,acted as consultant for the Committee and he made available special student assistants who were invaluable with their research. In addition, two judges of courts of record with criminal jurisdiction, the Honorable Edmund P. Simpkins, Jr., …


Recent Legislation, J. Rodney Johnson Jan 1972

Recent Legislation, J. Rodney Johnson

University of Richmond Law Review

The 1972 session of the General Assembly was especially active in the areas of wills, trusts, and estates. Much of this legislation deals with fine points not affecting the average lawyer in his practice. However, the following items of legislation should be of general interest to the attorney whose practice involves probate work or estate planning, even though he does not hold himself out as a specialist in these areas.


Bail And Bail Bondsmen: Need For Reform In Kentucky, Frank Stainback Jan 1972

Bail And Bail Bondsmen: Need For Reform In Kentucky, Frank Stainback

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Primary Requirements For The Application Of The Federal Writ Of Habeas Corpus And Its Problem Areas., L. Vance Stanton Dec 1971

Primary Requirements For The Application Of The Federal Writ Of Habeas Corpus And Its Problem Areas., L. Vance Stanton

St. Mary's Law Journal

Applications for issuance of writs of habeas corpus are among the most frequently filed petitions in federal courts. The substantial number of applications may be attributed to the fact that habeas corpus can be the fastest and most effective method which the law provides to insure an individual’s liberty. However, there are still areas within its framework that are unsettled. Specifically, there are two primary unsettled problems existing in federal habeas corpus proceedings, which include the certificate of probable cause and whether the federal rules apply to habeas corpus proceedings. The primary purpose of this article is to explain the …


A Study In The Treatment Of Crime And Law Enforcement In The United States As Compared To The European Countries., George E. Glos Dec 1971

A Study In The Treatment Of Crime And Law Enforcement In The United States As Compared To The European Countries., George E. Glos

St. Mary's Law Journal

The United States holds a comparably higher crime rate than European countries in the area of homicide, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, and incitation of riots. This article explores the differences existing in the treatment of serious crimes in the leading systems of criminal law and law enforcement. This study examines how the United States, compared with European countries, define subcategories of major crimes and establish the penalties, defenses, and the access to relief attached to each crime. Contrasted with the provisions of the various states of the United States, the European provisions are simpler and carry stiffer penalties. The object …


Juvenile Courts--Juveniles In Delinquency Proceedings Are Not Constitutionally Entitled To The Right Of Trial By Jury--Mckeiver V. Pennsylvania, Michigan Law Review Nov 1971

Juvenile Courts--Juveniles In Delinquency Proceedings Are Not Constitutionally Entitled To The Right Of Trial By Jury--Mckeiver V. Pennsylvania, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

At a hearing in the juvenile court of Philadelphia in October 1968, Joseph McKeiver was declared a "delinquent child" and placed on probation by a juvenile court judge who determined that McKeiver had violated a Pennsylvania law. The juvenile court petition charged McKeiver, then sixteen years old, with robbery, larceny, and receiving stolen goods as the result of an incident in which McKeiver and twenty or thirty other youths took twenty-five cents from three teenagers. Despite the fact that the evidence against McKeiver consisted primarily of the weak and inconsistent testimony of two of the victims, the juvenile court judge, …


Argersinger V. Hamlin, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1971

Argersinger V. Hamlin, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Sarno V. Illinois Crime Investigating Commission, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1971

Sarno V. Illinois Crime Investigating Commission, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Kastigar V. United States, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Oct 1971

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

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


United States V. Brewster, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1971

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

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Shadwick V. Tampa, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1971

Shadwick V. Tampa, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Apodoca V. Oregon, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Oct 1971

Apodoca V. Oregon, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Kirby V. Illinois, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1971

Kirby V. Illinois, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Kois V. Wisconsin, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1971

Kois V. Wisconsin, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Traditional Criminal Procedure In Ethiopia, Stanley Z. Fisher Oct 1971

Traditional Criminal Procedure In Ethiopia, Stanley Z. Fisher

Faculty Scholarship

In the decade 1955-1965 the Ethiopian government completely revolutionized its legal system by promulgating comprehensive legal codes and a new constitution. These laws have a predominantly Western flavor, and seem to bear little relation to the traditional patterns of life which still prevail in the Empire-one of the least "developed" areas of Africa. This state of affairs has led some to characterize the new codes as "fantasy law," which may serve to put a modern "face" on the country but, at least for some time to come, will not have any serious impact on the conduct of its affairs.