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MASS TRIALS - COURTROOM DISRUPTION AND THE RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS

NCJ Number
15878
Author(s)
S D WHITE
Date Published
1971
Length
6 pages
Annotation
ABSTRACTS OF 14 ARTICLES WHICH DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY JOINDER OF DEFENDANTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE SAME ACT OR TRANSACTION OR THE SAME SERIES OF ACTS OR TRANSACTIONS CONSTITUTING AN OFFENSE OR OFFENSES.
Abstract
CONSIDERED ARE THE DISRUPTION OF COURTROOM PROCEDURE AND THE PREJUDICE TO THE DEFENDANT ASSOCIATED WITH MASS TRIALS. PARTICLES ARE ALSO CITED WHICH DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS.