Given the burdens of a growing district court caseload and the fact that over 97% of criminal convictions result in guilty pleas, efficiency has necessitated an expanding role for magistrate judges. Within that expanded role lies a greater need for delegation to magistrate judges to assist in the practice of guilty plea acceptance. The Federal Magistrates Act (FMA) permits magistrate judges to take on additional duties so long as they are “not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States.” Despite the language of the FMA, the Seventh Circuit has been the first circuit to deny district courts the option to delegate the acceptance of plea agreements to magistrates. Therefore, the key question on which this Comment focuses ...
The conventional model of criminal trials holds that the prosecution is required to prove every elem...
Over the last three decades, growing caseloads and finite resources have fostered expansion of the j...
Plea bargaining in the United States is in critical respects unregulated, and a key reason is the ma...
Given the burdens of a growing district court caseload and the fact that over 97% of criminal convic...
In an ideal world, a trial would never be unreasonably delayed or cut short. Judges would never need...
Since the initial Federal Magistrates Act of 1968, district courts continue to utilize magistrates i...
In 1968, Congress enacted the Federal Magistrates Act to enhance judicial efficiency in the federal ...
Federal magistrate-judges have gained increasing amounts of power and authority within the federal c...
For decades the Supreme Court has balanced the tension between judicial efficiency and adherence to ...
Many practicing attorneys are unfamiliar with the role of the United States Magistrate in the federa...
On April 1, 2013, in United States v. Fisher, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacat...
Judicial confirmations are often the subject of political debate. Recently, much of the discussion ...
Under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, a defendant is normally obligated to attend all of th...
Effective July 1, 1966, Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure placed a burden on federa...
This Article contends that the predominant practice of federal courts of completely removing the jur...
The conventional model of criminal trials holds that the prosecution is required to prove every elem...
Over the last three decades, growing caseloads and finite resources have fostered expansion of the j...
Plea bargaining in the United States is in critical respects unregulated, and a key reason is the ma...
Given the burdens of a growing district court caseload and the fact that over 97% of criminal convic...
In an ideal world, a trial would never be unreasonably delayed or cut short. Judges would never need...
Since the initial Federal Magistrates Act of 1968, district courts continue to utilize magistrates i...
In 1968, Congress enacted the Federal Magistrates Act to enhance judicial efficiency in the federal ...
Federal magistrate-judges have gained increasing amounts of power and authority within the federal c...
For decades the Supreme Court has balanced the tension between judicial efficiency and adherence to ...
Many practicing attorneys are unfamiliar with the role of the United States Magistrate in the federa...
On April 1, 2013, in United States v. Fisher, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacat...
Judicial confirmations are often the subject of political debate. Recently, much of the discussion ...
Under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, a defendant is normally obligated to attend all of th...
Effective July 1, 1966, Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure placed a burden on federa...
This Article contends that the predominant practice of federal courts of completely removing the jur...
The conventional model of criminal trials holds that the prosecution is required to prove every elem...
Over the last three decades, growing caseloads and finite resources have fostered expansion of the j...
Plea bargaining in the United States is in critical respects unregulated, and a key reason is the ma...