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Constitutional Criminal Procedure
(1981)
This article discusses decisions of the Eleventh Circuit and also decisions of the former Fifth Circuit during the survey period of January 1, 1981, to December 31, 1981. Of the twenty-three individual rights guaranteed ...
Constitutional Law: Cases, Materials, & Problems
(Wolters Kluwer, 2011)
In Constitutional Law: Cases, Materials, and Problems Professor Richard Rosen and co-authors provide cases and notes in a casebook format for Constitutional law students. Issues include judicial review, national legislative ...
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
(Mercer Law Review, 1981)
This article discusses decisions of the Eleventh Circuit and also decisions of the former Fifth Circuit during the survey period of January 1, 1981, to December 31, 1981. Of the twenty-three individual rights guaranteed ...
Knowing "Consent" Means "Knowing Consent": The Underappreciated Wisdom of Justice Marshall's Schneckloth v. Bustamonte Dissent
(Mississippi Law Journal, 2009)
This Article argues that the majority opinion in the Supreme Court’s decision in Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218 (1973), has led to a burgeoning jurisprudence of placing a premium on citizens’ ignorance of their ...
The Texas Statutes Authorizing the Death Penalty Do Not Violate the Eighth Amendment’s Prohibition of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1975)
Examines Jurek v. Taylor. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Jurek held that article 1257 of the Texas Penal Code, which authorized the death penalty for certain offenses, did not violate the eighth amendment’s bar of ...
No Constitutional Basis Exists to Permit a Parent to Assert for His Adult Child a Right to Die
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1976)
Describes the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division case of In re Quinlan. In Quinlan, a parent sought to suspend the use of a respirator on which his adult daughter, who was in a “persistent vegetative state,” ...
Adverse Inferences May Be Drawn From the Refusal of a Prison Inmate to Testify at a Disciplinary Hearing
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1976)
Discusses the Supreme Court case, Baxter v. Palmigiano. In Baxter an inmate of a Rhode Island Correctional Institution was charged with creating a disturbance likely to result in a riot. At a subsequent disciplinary hearing ...
Federal Habeas Corpus Relief Is Barred for State Prisoners' Fourth Amendment Claims
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1976)
Discusses Supreme Court case, Stone v. Powell. In Stone, respondent Lloyd Powell was convicted of murder in state court. At trial, evidence was admitted over the respondent's objection that it was the product of an illegal ...
Any Classification Based on Sex is Subject to Strict Scrutiny Under the Texas Equal Rights Amendment
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1977)
Examines the Texas Court of Civil Appeals case, Mercer v. Board of Trustees. In Mercer a minor sought a temporary injunction against the enforcement of a regulation restricting the hair-length of male students. On appeals ...
What Hath 9/11 Wrought?
(2012)
Post-9/11 security measures in airports across the United States are infringing on everyday citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights. This article explores the astounding scope and number of searches and seizures performed by ...