Administration of Criminal Justice: Oversight Hearings Before the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session ...

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 - 2071 pages

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Page 1720 - Even so, they are not of the very essence of a scheme of ordered liberty. To abolish them is not to violate a "principle of justice so rooted in the traditions and conscience of our people as to be ranked as fundamental.
Page 1730 - If the formalities of the criminal adjudicative process are to be superimposed upon the juvenile court sys-tem, there is little need for its separate existence. Perhaps that ultimate disillusionment will come one day, but for the moment we are disinclined to give impetus to it.
Page 2023 - ... that a reasonable person would expect to be disseminated by means of public communication...
Page 2026 - ... shall not make or participate in making an extrajudicial statement that a reasonable person would expect to be disseminated by public communication and that is reasonably likely to affect the imposition of sentence.
Page 1925 - The plan should be designed to guarantee the integrity of the relationship between lawyer and client. The plan and the lawyers serving under it should be free from political influence and should be subject to judicial supervision only in the same manner and to the same extent as are lawyers in private practice.
Page 2026 - The possibility of a plea of guilty to the offense charged or to a lesser offense. (3) The existence or contents of any confession, admission, or statement given by the accused or his refusal or failure to make a statement. (4) The performance or results of any examinations or tests or the refusal or failure of the accused to submit to examinations or tests. (5) The identity, testimony, or credibility of a prospective witness.
Page 2026 - Any opinion as to the guilt or Innocence of the accused, the evidence, or the merits of the case.
Page 1736 - The knowledge that every criminal trial is subject to contemporaneous review in the forum of public opinion is an effective restraint on possible abuse of judicial power.
Page 1719 - Because we believe that trial by jury in criminal cases is fundamental to the American scheme of justice, we hold that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees a right of jury trial in all criminal cases which — were they to be tried in a federal court — would come within the Sixth Amendment's guarantee.

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