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Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Wife's Consent To Search And Seizure Of Husband's Property Held Not Sufficient To Waive Constitutional Rights Protecting Husband. State V. Hall, 142 S.E.2d 177 (1965)., R. H. Kraftson Jan 1966

Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Wife's Consent To Search And Seizure Of Husband's Property Held Not Sufficient To Waive Constitutional Rights Protecting Husband. State V. Hall, 142 S.E.2d 177 (1965)., R. H. Kraftson

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Ex Parte Order May Not Serve The Function Of A Search Warrant Under The Fourth Amendment To Authorize A Physical Intrusion In Connection With A "Search" For Conversations--People V. Grossman, Michigan Law Review Jan 1966

An Ex Parte Order May Not Serve The Function Of A Search Warrant Under The Fourth Amendment To Authorize A Physical Intrusion In Connection With A "Search" For Conversations--People V. Grossman, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

There was probable cause to believe that defendant Scandifia was implicated in a larceny of jewelry by false pretenses. Pursuant to section 813-a of the New York Code of Criminal Procedure, the Supreme Court in New York County issued an ex parte order authorizing the installation of an eavesdropping device in a service station owned by Scandifia. Shortly thereafter, police broke into the station's private office and installed a microphone. Conversations were overheard which indicated that defendant Grossman had in his possession two pistols received from Scandifia. An affidavit setting forth these conversations supplied the sole probable cause for a …


Privacy In Connecticut, Arthur E. Sutherland Dec 1965

Privacy In Connecticut, Arthur E. Sutherland

Michigan Law Review

Occasionally a judgment of our Supreme Court, delivered in a superficially petty case, suddenly before our startled eyes displays fundamentals of our constitutional theory. Thus, in Griswold v. Connecticut, holding unconstitutional an 1879 Connecticut statute forbidding all persons to use contraceptive devices, the Court found it necessary to discover a "right of privacy" latent in the Bill of Rights and incorporated into the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. The outcome of the case is satisfying; all nine Justices joined in saying, in one way or another, that Connecticut's statute was nonsense. I am happy to see this …


Constitutional Law--Prospective Limitation Of Mapp V. Ohio, Menis Elbert Ketchum Ii Dec 1965

Constitutional Law--Prospective Limitation Of Mapp V. Ohio, Menis Elbert Ketchum Ii

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Griswold Penumbra: Constitutional Charter For An Expanded Law Of Privacy?, Robert G. Dixon Jr. Dec 1965

The Griswold Penumbra: Constitutional Charter For An Expanded Law Of Privacy?, Robert G. Dixon Jr.

Michigan Law Review

The comments that follow are divided into a brief review, for purposes of perspective, of the elusive nature of "privacy" as developed in American law to date, and an attempted rigorous analysis of the privacy aspects of Griswold. A final section suggests that effectuation of the new constitutional right of marital privacy necessarily or derivatively implies a corollary right of access to birth control information and devices-a right which should have been more clearly articulated by the Court.


Nine Justices In Search Of A Doctrine, Thomas I. Emerson Dec 1965

Nine Justices In Search Of A Doctrine, Thomas I. Emerson

Michigan Law Review

To the ordinary layman, Griswold v. Connecticut seemed easy. But to the lawyer it was somewhat more difficult. The lawyer's problem with the case was that the issues did not readily fit into any existing legal pigeonhole. Actually, there were five possibilities. The case could have been dealt with under the equal protection clause, the first amendment, substantive due process, the right of privacy, or, in extremis, the ninth amendment. In order to strike down the statute under any of these doctrines, however, the Court would be forced to enter uncharted waters. Whatever course the Court took, its action …


Penumbras, Peripheries, Emanations, Things Fundamental And Things Forgotten: The Griswold Case, Paul G. Kauper Dec 1965

Penumbras, Peripheries, Emanations, Things Fundamental And Things Forgotten: The Griswold Case, Paul G. Kauper

Michigan Law Review

The varying theories followed in the several opinions in the Griswold case can be fully understood and appreciated only in the context of the tortuous but fascinating history of the judicial interpretation of the fourteenth amendment.


The Right Of Privacy: Emanations And Intimations, Robert B. Mckay Dec 1965

The Right Of Privacy: Emanations And Intimations, Robert B. Mckay

Michigan Law Review

When Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren wrote in 1890 of "The Right to Privacy," they sought a means of protecting against unwelcome newspaper attention to social activities in the Warren household. Addressing their argument to the private law of torts, they presumably did not anticipate constitutional protection for other rights under the claim of privacy. Nevertheless, seventy· five years later that concept, now called the "right of privacy," was used by the Supreme Court of the United States in Griswold v. Connecticut to describe a constitutional right. Some members of the Court said the new right was within the "penumbra" …


Evidence Illegally Seized By Private Persons Excluded From Criminal Prosecution--People V. Mccomb, Michigan Law Review Nov 1965

Evidence Illegally Seized By Private Persons Excluded From Criminal Prosecution--People V. Mccomb, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

At common law, illegally seized evidence was admissible on the theory that the nature of the seizure did not necessarily affect the probative value of the evidence. However, in 1914 the United States Supreme Court, in order to protect the fourth amendment's guarantee of freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, adopted a rule excluding from federal courts evidence illegally seized by federal officials. In 1961, the scope of this rule was extended by Mapp v. Ohio, which held that all evidence obtained in violation of the fourth amendment is inadmissible in state courts. However, the Mapp doctrine applies only …


Criminal Procedure—Inclusion Of Briefcase In "Frisk" Does Not Create A Constitutionally Protected Search, David Brown Apr 1965

Criminal Procedure—Inclusion Of Briefcase In "Frisk" Does Not Create A Constitutionally Protected Search, David Brown

Buffalo Law Review

People v. Pugach, 15 N.Y.2d 65, 204 N.E.2d 176, 255 N.Y.S.2d 833 (1964).


Commissioner May Examine Taxpayer's Records For Years Barred By Statute Of Limitations Without Proving Reasonable Suspicion Of Fraud--United States V. Powell, Michigan Law Review Mar 1965

Commissioner May Examine Taxpayer's Records For Years Barred By Statute Of Limitations Without Proving Reasonable Suspicion Of Fraud--United States V. Powell, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has power to summon witnesses and to examine records in order to ascertain the correctness of a taxpayer's return. If a summons is not obeyed or if the records sought are not produced, the Commissioner may seek enforcement by applying to the proper federal district court. Although the Commissioner's investigative powers are broad, they are not unlimited. In the absence of fraud, he must act within the confines of a three-year statute of limitations. In addition, the Code makes it abundantly clear that taxpayers may not be subjected to unnecessary examinations or investigations and that …


The Gouled Rule: Current Utility, Ronald H. Heck Jan 1965

The Gouled Rule: Current Utility, Ronald H. Heck

Duquesne Law Review

Within the literal statement of the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution, no reference is made as to what type of material is lawfully subject to search and seizure. In fact, the amendment gives the impression that anything is the lawful subject of seizure so long as the place to be searched "and the persons or things to be seized" are "particularly described." However, the Supreme Court has not so interpreted this amendment. Their interpretation of the amendment limits the type of articles subject to seizure. This limitation is known as the Gouled Rule. The discussion which follows deals …


Seizure Of Private Papers Pursuant To A Search Warrant: With Specific Application To Federal And California Bookmaking Prosecutions, Dennis G. Adams Jan 1965

Seizure Of Private Papers Pursuant To A Search Warrant: With Specific Application To Federal And California Bookmaking Prosecutions, Dennis G. Adams

San Diego Law Review

The federal exclusionary rule excludes evidence obtained by an illegal search and seizure. Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, such as Mapp v. Ohio and Malloy v. Hogan, have made the federal exclusionary rule and the Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination applicable to the states. Because this type of evidence usually forms the basis of bookmaking convictions, this article discusses whether such evidence can still be constitutionally seized in California. The author concludes that these Supreme Court cases have rendered California Penal Code § 1524, governing property validly seizable under a search warrant, unconstitutional.


Searches And Seizures - Information Supplied By An Anonymous Informer Must Be Corroborated By Establishing That The Law Is Being Violated To Constitute A Basis For Probable Cause To Search Or Arrest Without'a Warrant: Verification Of Other Information Is Insufficient Corroboration. People V. Reeves (Cal. 1964), Armando L. Odorico Jan 1965

Searches And Seizures - Information Supplied By An Anonymous Informer Must Be Corroborated By Establishing That The Law Is Being Violated To Constitute A Basis For Probable Cause To Search Or Arrest Without'a Warrant: Verification Of Other Information Is Insufficient Corroboration. People V. Reeves (Cal. 1964), Armando L. Odorico

San Diego Law Review

This recent case discusses People v. Reeves (Cal. 1964)


Parolee Not Protected Against Unreasonable Searches And Seizures By His Parole Officer, Roger B. Dworkin Jan 1965

Parolee Not Protected Against Unreasonable Searches And Seizures By His Parole Officer, Roger B. Dworkin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Federal Civil Procedure-Existence Of Federal Cause Of Action For Abuse Of Federal Process, Laurence D. Connor Jun 1964

Federal Civil Procedure-Existence Of Federal Cause Of Action For Abuse Of Federal Process, Laurence D. Connor

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner was served with a subpoena ordering him to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He subsequently brought an action in federal district court asking for damages and injunctive relief and praying that the subpoena be declared void and of no effect. He alleged it had been signed in blank by the Committee chairman and that respondent, an investigator for the Committee without delegated subpoena power, had filled in petitioner's name without authorization and caused it to be served on him at his place of employment. Petitioner also alleged that respondent intended to subject him to public shame …


Constitutional Law-Search And Seizure-Retrospective Application Of Mapp V. Ohio, Timothy D. Wittlinger May 1964

Constitutional Law-Search And Seizure-Retrospective Application Of Mapp V. Ohio, Timothy D. Wittlinger

Michigan Law Review

On February 15, 1960, the Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed petitioner's conviction for simple burglary. The conviction was obtained through the use of evidence unlawfully seized from petitioner in violation of the fourth amendment of the United States Constitution. In December 1961 the District Court for the Parish of West Feliciana denied petitioner's writ of habeas corpus filed after the Supreme Court decision of Mapp v. Ohio, which forbade introduction at state trials of evidence seized by state officers in violation of the fourth amendment. The denial of the writ was affirmed by the Louisiana Supreme Court, and certiorari was …


Lawful Objects Of Search And Seizure, Joseph Wool Jan 1964

Lawful Objects Of Search And Seizure, Joseph Wool

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law-Self-Incrimination- Denial Of Privilege To General Partner Holding Subpoenaed Books And Records Of Limited Partnership, Roger L. Mcmanus Jan 1964

Constitutional Law-Self-Incrimination- Denial Of Privilege To General Partner Holding Subpoenaed Books And Records Of Limited Partnership, Roger L. Mcmanus

Michigan Law Review

A special agent of the Internal Revenue Service sought enumerated books and records of four New York limited partnerships in connection with petitioner's tax liability for prior years. A subpoena duces tecum was issued directing petitioner to produce the records, which were in his possession as general partner. Petitioner, his son, and his son-in-law were the general partners of each limited partnership involved, with limited partners ranging from twenty-five to 119 in number and capitalization from 225,000 dollars to 2,740,000 dollars. The partnerships, together with a management company, were housed in a single office with a staff of one secretary. …


Search And Seizure Incidental To A Lawful Arrest, Gregory U. Evans Apr 1963

Search And Seizure Incidental To A Lawful Arrest, Gregory U. Evans

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judicial Reaction To Evidence Obtained By Harsh And Unusual Means, Gene Haislip Jan 1963

Judicial Reaction To Evidence Obtained By Harsh And Unusual Means, Gene Haislip

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Betts V. Brady Twenty Years Later: The Right To Counself And Due Process Values, Yale Kamisar Dec 1962

Betts V. Brady Twenty Years Later: The Right To Counself And Due Process Values, Yale Kamisar

Michigan Law Review

I am quite distressed by talk that the landmark case of Mapp v. Ohio "suggests by analogy" that the Court may now overrule Betts v. Brady. For whether one talks about the fourth or the sixth amendment, there is much to be said for Justice Harlan's dissenting views in Mapp. "[W]hatever configurations ... have been developed in the particularizing federal precedents" should not be "deemed a part of 'ordered liberty,' and as such ... enforceable against the States .... [W]e would not be true to the Fourteenth Amendment were we merely to stretch the general principle [ of …


The Constitution And Contempt Of Court, Ronald Goldfarb Dec 1962

The Constitution And Contempt Of Court, Ronald Goldfarb

Michigan Law Review

Few legal devices find conflict within the lines of our Constitution with the ubiquity of the contempt power. These conflicts involve issues concerning the governmental power structure such as the separation of powers and the delicate balancing of federal-state relations. In addition, there are civil rights issues attributable to the conflict between the use of the contempt power and such vital procedural protections as the right to trial by jury, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and indictment-to name only the most recurrent and controversial examples. Aside from these problems, there are other civil liberties issues, such as those involving freedom …


Comments, Various Editors Jan 1962

Comments, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law--Unlawful Search And Seizure--Evidence Obtained Thereby Not Admissible In State Courts, John Templeton Kay Jr. Dec 1961

Constitutional Law--Unlawful Search And Seizure--Evidence Obtained Thereby Not Admissible In State Courts, John Templeton Kay Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure - Search And Seizure - Federal Court Injunction Against State Officer To Suppress Illegally Obtained Evidence In State Court, S. Anthony Benton Dec 1961

Criminal Procedure - Search And Seizure - Federal Court Injunction Against State Officer To Suppress Illegally Obtained Evidence In State Court, S. Anthony Benton

Michigan Law Review

Federal customs enforcement officers suspected plaintiff of theft from a waterfront pier. In the course of their investigation they searched plaintiff's home without a search warrant and detained plaintiff for questioning without first bringing him before a federal commissioner. Both acts violated the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Defendant, a state officer, although not a participant in the search, was present during the illegal detention at the invitation of the federal officers. Plaintiff obtained an order in federal district court enjoining defendant from giving any testimony or producing any evidence in state criminal proceedings against him with respect to property …


The End Of An Experiment In Federalism—A Note On Mapp V. Ohio, Arval Morris Nov 1961

The End Of An Experiment In Federalism—A Note On Mapp V. Ohio, Arval Morris

Washington Law Review

When one views the full panoply of constitutional rights from the perspective of total United States Supreme Court history, he soon becomes aware that relatively few cases have directed that Court's attention to the constitutional immunity from unreasonable searches and seizures. However, the right expressed by the fourth amendment is obviously one of the most fundamental' for it gives legal protection to the "right of a man to privacy in his home, a right which is one of the indispensable ultimate essentials of our concept of civilization." Since this right is "basic to a free society"' and "implicit in the …


The Washington Law Of Arrest Without Warrant—Incidental Search, Robert D. Duggan Nov 1961

The Washington Law Of Arrest Without Warrant—Incidental Search, Robert D. Duggan

Washington Law Review

The scope of this comment is limited to considerations of the substantive law of arrest without a warrant and the permissible scope of searches and seizures incidental thereto. The discussion of substantive requirements for arrest without warrant and its incidental search will be confined to present Washington case law as measured against the federal constitutional and common law backgrounds.


The Origin Of The Sacco-Vanzetti Case, Tom O'Connor Jun 1961

The Origin Of The Sacco-Vanzetti Case, Tom O'Connor

Vanderbilt Law Review

For the first time in the thirty-three years since Sacco and Vanzetti were executed, on August 23, 1927, there has appeared an apologia for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The work bears the title: Sacco-Vanzetti: The Murder and the Myth. The author is Robert H. Montgomery, a Harvard Law School graduate (1912) and a corporation lawyer in Boston for nearly fifty years. His clients include textile mills, such as the American Woolen Company (center of the famous Lawrence Strike of 1911), New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., and large electric power interests. The approach of Attorney Montgomery to the Sacco-Vanzetti case …


Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Evidence Obtained By Unreasonable Search And Seizure Is Constitutionally Inadmissible In State Criminal Prosecutions, John B. Lieberman Iii Jan 1961

Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Evidence Obtained By Unreasonable Search And Seizure Is Constitutionally Inadmissible In State Criminal Prosecutions, John B. Lieberman Iii

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.