Duquesne Criminal Law Journal

Volume 1, Number 1 (Fall 2009)

Welcome to the first issue of the Duquesne Criminal Law Journal. Below you will find the complete first issue in one file and links to the separate articles within the Journal.

Duquesne Criminal Law Journal : Volume 1, Number 1 (complete issue)

Introduction

Bruce Antkowiak, Introduction to the First Volume of the Duquesne Criminal Law Journal, 1 Duq. Crim. L. J. 1 (2009)

Recent Decisions

Kristine Malmgren Yeater, Under the Independent Source Doctrine, Evidence Uncovered in a Search Will Not Be Suppressed When a Search Warrant, Excised of Any Previously Illegally Obtained Evidence, Contains Probable Cause, 1 Duq. Crim. L. J. 3 (2009)

Joseph Stichler, The Commonwealth May Involuntarily Administer Antipsychotic Medication to Inmates to Render Them Competent to Participate in Post-Conviction Relief Act Proceedings, 1 Duq. Crim. L. J. 11 (2009)

Brian Walsh, Warrantless Arrests Based on Probable Cause and Subsequent Searches Incident to Those Arrests Do Not Violate the Fourth Amendment, 1 Duq. Crim. L. J. 25 (2009)

Brian Lucot, Capital Punishment for the Rape of a Child is Cruel and Unusual Punishment Under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, 1 Duq. Crim. L. J. 34 (2009)

Ryan Duty, Habeas Corpus Relief Will Not Be Granted to American Citizens Seeking to Avoid Prosecution in Foreign Sovereign Nations, 1 Duq. Crim. L. J. 47 (2009)

Michael C. Kilmer, Courts are Permitted to Reject and Vary Categorically from the Crack Cocaine U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Based on Policy Disagreements with Those Guidelines, 1 Duq. Crim. L. J. 60 (2009)