UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS - 1972-1973 TERM CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

• NCJ Number: 17738
• Journal: Georgetown Law Journal Volume: 62 Issue: 2 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1973) Pages: WHOLE ISSUE
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 378 pages
• Corporate Author: Georgetown University
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Biography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS CURCUIT NOTE SURVEYS ALL DECISIONS OF THE FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEALS RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE FOR THE 1972-1973 TERM.

Abstract

THE NOTE IS ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY FROM ARREST, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE THROUGH POST-CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS. TWO FINAL SECTIONS EXAMINE DECISIONS INVOLVING ALTERNATIVE DISPOSITIONS, SPECIAL CLASSES OF OFFENDERS, AND CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO THE CRIMINAL PROCESS, INCLUDING DOUBLE JEOPARDY AND SPEEDY TRIAL. APPROPRIATE REFERENCES HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGHOUT THE NOTE TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, THE PROPOSED FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AS APPROVED BY THE SUPREME COURT, AND DEVELOPMENTS DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS CIRCUIT NOTES. ADDITIONALLY, THE NOTE CONTAINS A CASE INDEX FOR EVERY DECISION CITED IN EITHER THE TEXT OR THE FOOTNOTES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)