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Term Talk: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson; McElrath v. Georgia

Francesca Williams, Laurie Levenson, Evan Lee

November 21, 2024

Criminal Law. Eighth Amendment. Fifth Amendment. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of status and conduct in the context of ordinances that punish sleeping in public in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, and the absolute bar to retrial of acquittals, even when there are inconsistent verdicts, in McElrath v. Georgia.

Term Talk: Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon

Laurie Levenson, Evan Lee, Francesca Wiilliams

November 21, 2024

Criminal Law. Malicious-prosecution. § 1983. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s determination that probable cause for one charge does not insulate other charges from a §1983 malicious-prosecution claim.

Treatment of Brady v. Maryland Material in United States District and State Courts' Rules, Orders, and Policies

Laural L. Hooper, Jennifer Evans Marsh, Brian Yeh

October 1, 2004

The Center prepared this report at the request of the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules as it considers whether to propose amendments to Rules 11 and 16 to codify the disclosure requirements in Brady v. Maryland.

Prosecutorial Discretion and Federal Sentencing Reform

Stephen J. Schulhofer

January 1, 1979

A discussion of specific ways in which prosecutorial influence over sentences might be affected by sentencing guideline systems debated in Congress. The first volume contains the body of the report, with analyses and conclusions; the second is a technical supplement.

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Term Talk: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson; McElrath v. Georgia

Term Talk: Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon

Treatment of Brady v. Maryland Material in United States District and State Courts' Rules, Orders, and Policies

Prosecutorial Discretion and Federal Sentencing Reform