NCJ Number
32944
Journal
Georgetown Law Journal Volume: 64 Issue: 2 Dated: (DECEMBER 1975) Pages: WHOLE ISSUE
Date Published
1975
Length
447 pages
Annotation
IN THIS FIFTH ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THESE CIRCUIT NOTES, A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL DECISIONS FROM ALL ELEVEN JUDICIAL CIRCUITS AND THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS PROVIDED.
Abstract
CONSISTENT WITH THE INHERENT IMPORTANCE OF THE SUPREME COURT'S DECESIONS TO THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY, THIS NOTE IS STRUCTURED TO ASSESS THESE DECISIONS IN THE TEXT. THE NOTE ALSO GIVES TEXTUAL DISCUSSION TO THE MOST IMPORTANT CASES DECIDED BY THE CIRCUIT COURTS, BRINGING INTO FOCUS, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT AND LOWER APPELLATE APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. THE SEQUENCE OF TOPICS IN THIS NOTE IS ARRANGED TO APPROXIMATE THE ACTUAL COURSE OF EVENTS IN CRIMINAL LAW PRACTICE: IT PROCEEDS FROM ARREST, SEARCH AND SEIZURE, THROUGH PRETRIAL AND TRIAL STAGES, TO SENTENCING, AND POST-CONVICTION REMEDIES. SECTIONS ON PAROLE AND PROBATIONARY PROCEEDINGS AND A JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS ARE ALSO INCLUDED. THE NOTE CONCLUDES WITH A DISCUSSION OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES THAT MAY BE ASSERTED THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL PROCESS. A CASE INDEX IS INCLUDED TO FACILITATE EFFICIENT REFERENCE TO PARTICULAR DECISIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) (SNI ABSTRACT)