NCJ Number
13186
Date Published
1970
Length
387 pages
Annotation
EXPOSITION OF THE MONUMENTAL CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE DECISIONS BY THE WARREN COURT, REASONS THE DECISIONS WERE MADE, AND THE POSSIBLE OUTCOME.
Abstract
CBS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT FRED GRAHAM, ALSO AN ATTORNEY, EXAMINES THE WARREN COURT'S CRIMINAL LAW RECORD, AND ARGUES THAT THE CHARGES THAT THE COURT SO BROADENED THE RIGHTS OF CRIMINALS AND HANDCUFFED THE POLICE AS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CRIME WAVE OF THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES ARE UNSUPPORTABLE. HE PERMEATES THE LAW AND ORDER RHETORIC TO REVEAL THE BACKGROUNDS OF THE LANDMARK DECISIONS. NOTING THE POSSIBLE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE COURT AND THE CONGRESS, HE VIEWS THE POST-WARREN ERA AS A COOLING OFF PERIOD IN ATTEMPTS TO MAKE POLICE CONFORM WITH CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS. THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE SUPREME COURT RESPONSE TO SEARCHES, CONFESSIONS, IDENTIFICATIONS, AND EAVESDROPPING. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)