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Apr. 2012, Vol. 64, No. 2
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Charles W. Rhodes, Nineteenth Century Personal Jurisdiction Doctrine in a Twenty-First Century World
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Category Archives: Criminal Procedure
Jonathan Witmer-Rich, Interrogation and the Roberts Court
63 Fla. L. Rev. 1189 (2011)| | | ARTICLE :: Through 2010, the Roberts Court decided five cases involving the rules for police interrogation under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments: Kansas v. Ventris; Montejo v. Louisiana; Florida v. Powell; Maryland … Continue reading
Posted in Attorney Practice, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Federal Courts, Judicial Systems, Jurisprudence, Uncategorized
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Nathan A. Frazier, Amending for Justice’s Sake: Codified Disclosure Rule Needed to Provide Guidance to Prosecutor’s Duty to Disclose
63 Fla. L. Rev. 771 (2011)| | | | ABSTRACT :: “I wouldn’t wish what I am going through on anyone,” Senator Ted Stevens commented after losing his seat in the United States Senate on November 18, 2008. Senator Stevens … Continue reading
Posted in Attorney Practice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Fourth Amendment, Governments and Legislation, Uncategorized
Tagged 4th amendment, 6th amendment, bias, blatant violations, Brady, confessions, confrontation clause, considerable authority, conviction, Criminal Defense, Criminal Procedure, criminal prosecution, Discovery, Federal Court, federal rules of civil procedure, Giglio, inconsistent statements, information, Jencks, material evidence, mental impairments, monetary rewards, paid informants, prior testimony, promises of immunity, Rule 26, suppression, vacate
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Russell D. Covey, Longitudinal Guilt: Repeat Offenders, Plea Bargaining, and the Variable Standard of Proof
63 Fla. L. Rev. 431 (2011)| | | | ABSTRACT :: This Article introduces a new concept-“longitudinal guilt”-which invites readers to reconsider basic presuppositions about the way our criminal justice system determines guilt in criminal cases. In short, the idea … Continue reading
Posted in Attorney Practice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Uncategorized
Tagged Burden of Proof, Changes and Withrdawls, Covey, criminal justice system, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, danger ous offenders, deterrance, graduated sentencing systems, Guilty Pleas, longitudinal guilt, offenders, reasonable doubt, recidivism, repeat offenders, Sentencing, specific allegations of wrong doing
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Adam Denver Griffin, The Federal Sentencing Guidelines’ Abuse of Trust Enhancement: An Argument for the Professional Discretion Approach
63 Fla. L. Rev. 457 (2011)| | | | INTRODUCTION :: In a national issue of first impression for the circuit courts, the Eleventh Circuit, in United States v. Louis, held that a federally licensed firearm dealer who knowingly sells … Continue reading
Posted in Attorney Practice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Liability Law, Securities Law
Tagged 1993 Amendment, Abuse of trust Enhancement, authority, circuit split, Discretion, Eleventh Circuit, enhancement, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, federal Government, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, firearm dealers, Firearms, Griffin, Guidelines § 3B1.3, illegal firearm disbursement, licensed dealers, Professional Discretion Approach, Starnes, Third Circuit, U.S. Sentencing Commission, United States v. Louis
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Peter Nicolas, The Lavender Letter: Applying the Law of Adultery to Same Sex Couples and Same Sex Couples
63 Fla. L. Rev. 97 (2011)| | | | INTRODUCTION :: In the political and legal debate over same-sex marriage, references to the rights (or benefits or privileges) and responsibilities (or burdens or obligations) associated with marriage constitute a key … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Family Law, Governments and Legislation, Tort Law, Uncategorized
Tagged adultery, civil tort actions, criminal adultery prosecutions, fault-based divorce actions, murder cases, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Supreme Court, Nicolas, non-coitil sex, provaction defense, same-sex marriages, same-sexual conduct
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