Publication Date
7-1991
Document Type
Survey Article
Abstract
In 1990 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit was a court in transition. In the Fall of 1989, Judges Roney and Hill took senior status. Then in December of 1989, Judge Vance fell victim to a mail bomb which had been sent to his house. The court then entered 1990 with three vacancies and a tremendous workload. President Bush made appointments to fill two of those vacancies. Judge Birch joined the court on June 12, 1990, and Judge Dubina moved up from the district court of the Middle District of Alabama on October 5, 1990. Despite the vacancies on the court, the Eleventh Circuit issued decisions in record numbers. As usual, the court devoted a significant portion of its time to cases involving constitutional criminal procedure. A survey of some of those decisions follows. No attempt has been made to catalogue all of the court's criminal procedure decisions.
Recommended Citation
Carroll, John L.
(1991)
"Constitutional Criminal Procedure,"
Mercer Law Review: Vol. 42:
No.
4, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol42/iss4/7