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Brady V. Maryland
''Brady v. Maryland'', 373 U.S. 83 (1963), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that established that the prosecution must turn over all evidence that might exonerate the defendant (exculpatory evidence) to the defense.''Criminal Law: Cases and Materials'', 7th ed. 2012, ; John Kaplan, , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawyers' Edition
The ''United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition'', or ''Lawyers' Edition'' (L. Ed. and L. Ed. 2d in case citations) is an unofficial reporter of Supreme Court of the United States opinions. The ''Lawyers' Edition'' was established by the Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company of Rochester, New York in 1882, and features coverage of Supreme Court decisions going back to 1790. The first ''Lawyers' Edition'' series corresponds to the official ''United States Reports'' from volume 1 to volume 351, whereas the second series contains cases starting from the official reporter volume 352. It is currently published by LexisNexis. The ''Lawyers' Edition'' differs from the official reporter in that the editors write headnotes and case summaries, as well as provide annotations to some cases, and decisions are published far in advance of the official reporter. As such, it is similar to West's unofficial ''Supreme Court Reporter'' (S. Ct.). ''Lawyers' Edition'' case reports dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witness Impeachment
Witness impeachment, in the law of evidence of the United States, is the process of calling into question the credibility of an individual testifying in a trial. The Federal Rules of Evidence contain the rules governing impeachment in US federal courts. Parties that may impeach Under the common law of England, a party could not impeach its own witness unless one of four special circumstances was met. The Voucher Rule required the proponent of the witness to "vouch" for the truthfulness of the witness. Here are the special circumstances: #If the witness were an ''adverse party'' (such as the plaintiff calling the defendant to the stand, or vice versa). #If the witness were '' hostile'' (such as the witness refusing to co-operate). #If the witness were one that the party was required by law to call as a witness. #If the witness surprised the party who called him by giving damaging testimony against that party. The rule has been eliminated in many jurisdictions. Under the US Federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Testilying
Police perjury is the act of a police officer knowingly giving false testimony. It is typically used in a criminal trial to "make the case" against defendants believed by the police to be guilty when irregularities during the suspects' arrest or search threaten to result in their acquittal. It also can be extended to encompass substantive misstatements of fact to convict those whom the police believe to be guilty, procedural misstatements to "justify" a search and seizure, or even the inclusion of statements to frame an innocent citizen. More generically, it has been said to be " ing under oath, especially by a police officer, to help get a conviction." United States When police lie under oath, innocent people can be convicted and jailed; hundreds of convictions have been set aside as a result of such police misconduct. Some sources say that it is both a police and a prosecutorial problem and that it is a systemic response to the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine, which was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchess Motion
A ''Pitchess'' motion is a request made by the defense in a California criminal case, such as a DUI case or a resisting arrest case, to access a law enforcement officer's personnel information when the defendant alleges in an affidavit that the officer used excessive force or lied about the events surrounding the defendant's arrest. The information provided will include prior incidents of use of force, allegations of excessive force, citizen complaints, and information gathered during the officer's pre-employment background investigation. The motion's name comes from the case ''Pitchess v. Superior Court''. ''Pitchess v. Superior Court'' The story of ''Pitchess v. Superior Court'' is somewhat convoluted. The Los Angeles County Sheriff, Peter J. Pitchess, along with members of his administrative staff, are the case's petitioners, and the Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the respondent, with César Echeverría as the real party in interest. Sheriff Pitchess had sought a writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jencks V
Jencks could refer to: *''Jencks v. United States'', a U.S. Supreme Court case **Jencks Act, a law passed by the U.S. Congress regarding the rules of procedure in Federal courts, after the Supreme Court case had been decided People with the surname Jencks *Bob Jencks (1941–2010), American football player *Charles Jencks (1939–2019) American cultural theorist, landscape designer, architectural historian, cancer center founder. *Christopher Jencks (born 1922), social scientist *Clinton Jencks (1918–2005), American labor and social justice activist *Maggie Keswick Jencks (1941–1995), Scottish writer, artist and garden designer *Penelope Jencks (born 1936), American sculptor *Richard Jencks (1921–2014), American television executive and lawyer *William Jencks (1927–2007), American biochemist. See also * Jenckes, a surname * Jenks (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jencks Act
In the United States, the Jencks Act () provides that the prosecutor is required to produce a verbatim statement or report made by a government witness or prospective government witness (other than the defendant), but only after the witness has testified. Jencks material is evidence that is used in the course of a federal criminal prosecution in the United States. It usually consists of documents relied upon by government witnesses who testify at trial. The material is described as ''inculpatory'', favoring the United States government's prosecution of a criminal defendant. The Jencks Act also covers other documents related to the testimony, or relied upon by government witnesses at trial. Typically, the material may consist of police notes, memoranda, reports, summaries, letters, related to an indictment or verbatim transcripts used by government agents or employees to testify at trial. This also includes a witness's grand jury testimony, if the witness testified at trial. After t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giglio V
Giglio could refer to: *Giglio Island, an Italian island and municipality of Tuscany **Giglio Castello, Giglio Porto and Giglio Campese: hamlets of the island *'' Giglio v. United States'', a U.S. Supreme Court criminal procedure case *Santa Maria Zobenigo, or Santa Maria del Giglio, a church in Venice, Italy *Stadio Giglio, a multi-purpose stadium in Reggio Emilia, Italy *as a first name **Giglio Gregorio Giraldi (1479–1552), Italian scholar and poet *as a surname ** Bruno Giglio de Oliveira (born 1985), known as Oliveira, Brazilian central defender **Ermanno Giglio-Tos (1865–1926), Italian entomologist **Frank Giglio (born 1933), American politician **Giovanni del Giglio (15th century–1557), Italian painter **Joe Giglio (born 1967/8), Maltese politician **Joseph Giglio (born 1954), American politician **Louie Giglio (born 1958), American pastor **Luis di Giglio (born 1989), Italian cricketer **Maurizio Giglio (1920–1944), Italian soldier, policeman and secret agent for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connick V
Connick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Connick (1875-1945), prominent American stained glass artist *Harry Connick Jr. (born 1967), American singer, musician, and actor, son of Harry Connick Sr. *Harry Connick Sr. (born 1926), New Orleans district attorney and part-time singer **''Connick v. Myers'', a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision in a lawsuit brought against Harry Connick Sr. * Patrick Connick (born 1961), Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives * Robert E. Connick (1917–2014), a professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley * Seán Connick Seán Connick (born 27 August 1963) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with responsibility for Fisheries and Forestry from 2010 to 2011. He was a Teach ... (born 1963), Irish Fianna Fáil politician {{surname, Connick [Baidu] |
Brady Material
''Brady'' disclosure consists of exculpatory or impeaching information and evidence that is material to the guilt or innocence or to the punishment of a defendant. The term comes from the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case ''Brady v. Maryland'', in which the Supreme Court ruled that suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to a defendant who has requested it violates due process. Following ''Brady'', the prosecutor must disclose evidence or information that would prove the innocence of the defendant or would enable the defense to more effectively impeach the credibility of government witnesses. Evidence that would serve to reduce the defendant's sentence must also be disclosed by the prosecution. In practice this doctrine has often proved difficult to enforce. Some states have established their own laws to try to strengthen enforcement against prosecutorial misconduct in this area. Definition of the ''Brady'' rule The ''Brady'' doctrine is a pretrial discovery rule that wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Supreme Court Cases, Volume 373
This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 373 of the ''United States Reports'': * '' Sanders v. United States'', * '' Locomotive Engineers v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co.'', * '' Maximov v. United States'', * '' Hawaii v. Gordon'', (per curiam) * '' White v. Maryland'', (per curiam) * '' Johnson v. Virginia'', (per curiam) * '' A. L. Kornman Co. v. Pack'', (per curiam) * '' Foreman v. Bellefontaine'', (per curiam) * '' Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Reily'', * ''Brady v. Maryland'', * '' Willner v. Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Div. of Supreme Court of N. Y., First Judicial Dept.'', * '' Railway Clerks v. Allen'', * '' Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul'', * '' Namet v. United States'', * '' Whipple v. Commissioner'', * '' Gutierrez v. Waterman S. S. Corp.'', * '' NLRB v. Erie Resistor Corp.'', * ''Smith v. Mississippi'', (per curiam) * ''Shott v. Ohio'', (Appeal from the Supreme Court of Ohio. Certi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Blackmun
Harry Andrew Blackmun (November 12, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 to 1994. Appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon, Blackmun ultimately became one of the most liberal justices on the Court. He is best known as the author of the Court's opinion in ''Roe v. Wade.'' Raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Blackmun graduated from Harvard Law School in 1932. He practiced law in the Twin Cities, representing clients such as the Mayo Clinic. In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed him to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. After the defeat of two previous nominees, President Nixon successfully nominated Blackmun to the Supreme Court to replace Associate Justice Abe Fortas. Blackmun and his close friend, Chief Justice Warren Burger, were often called the " Minnesota Twins", but Blackmun drifted away from Burger during their tenure on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States V
United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two film Literature * ''United!'' (novel), a 1973 children's novel by Michael Hardcastle Music * United (band), Japanese thrash metal band formed in 1981 Albums * ''United'' (Commodores album), 1986 * ''United'' (Dream Evil album), 2006 * ''United'' (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell album), 1967 * ''United'' (Marian Gold album), 1996 * ''United'' (Phoenix album), 2000 * ''United'' (Woody Shaw album), 1981 Songs * "United" (Judas Priest song), 1980 * "United" (Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark song), 1994 * "United" (Robbie Williams song), 2000 * "United", a song by Danish duo Nik & Jay featuring Lisa Rowe Television * ''United'' (TV series), a 1990 BBC Two documentary series * ''United!'', a soap opera that aired on BBC One from 1965-19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
