Trial by Jury in Federal Criminal Procedure

Removal of Defendants in Federal Criminal Procedure

Criminal Procedure: Negligent Suppression of Evidence as Ground for New Trial in Federal Criminal

IN United States v. Consolidated Laundries Corp.' the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has expanded the scope of the public prosecutor's duty to secure a fair trial to defendants in criminal proceedings. A new trial was ordered on the finding that material evidence had been "negligently suppressed." Consolidated arose as an antitrust prosecution against a number of linen supply companies...

Some Comments on the Proposed Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Measuring the Consequences of Criminal Jury Trial Protections

The Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution guarantee criminal defendants the right to a jury trial and require that the elements of crimes be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Academics, judges, and practitioners generally assume that these constitutional guarantees protect defendants. Recently, however, scholars and even members of the Supreme Court have suggested that expand...

Requiring Jury Instructions on Eyewitness Identification Evidence at Federal Criminal Trials