NCJ Number
138035
Editor(s)
J G Carr
Date Published
1991
Length
859 pages
Annotation
This anthology presents some of the most important and significant among the several hundred articles in the field of criminal law and procedure that were published in law reviews during 1990.
Abstract
An introductory survey reviews recent U.S. Supreme Court and other decisions relating to criminal procedure, followed by three articles on fourth amendment issues. The latter relate to the decline of the right of locomotion (freedom of movement on the streets), bad faith in search-and-seizure cases, and electronic surveillance and conversations in plain view. A single article pertinent to the fifth amendment examines its application in the attorney-client privilege in white-collar crime cases. Two articles pertinent to the sixth amendment consider how the U.S. Supreme Court views motions to disqualify criminal defense lawyers and sixth amendment implications of informant participation in defense meetings. A single article on pretrial proceedings examines procedural efficiency and the right to defend, followed by three articles on issues in guilty pleas: disclosure and accuracy in the guilty plea process, plea bargaining and the prosecutor's duty of good faith, and defendant's waiver of the right to appeal. Remaining articles examine the admissibility of expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitness identification and the resolution of retroactivity after Teague v. Lane. A cross-reference table