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80 Denv. U. L. Rev. 63 (2002-2003)
The Convenience of the Guillotine: Video Proceedings in Federal Prosecutions

handle is hein.journals/denlr80 and id is 86 raw text is: THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GUILLOTINE?: VIDEO PROCEEDINGS IN FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS GERALD G. ASHDOWNt & MICHAEL A. MENZELtt TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................ 64 I. BENEFITS AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VIDEO PROCEEDINGS ........................................ 65 A. Potential Increases in Institutional Economy, Safety, and Convenience .................................. 65 B. Sparing Defendants the Convenience of the Guillo- tine .... ....................................... 66 i. PRESENCE UNDER RULE 43 OF ThE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE .................................. 69 A. The effect of Valenzuela-Gonzalez v. United States District Court, United States v. Navarro, and United States v. Lawrence on Video Proceedings in Federal Prosecutions ..................................... 73 B. The Move to Amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to Expressly Allow Video Proceedings ........ 75 1II. USE OF VIDEO TECHNOLOGY IN STATE COURTS ............. 78 A. The Failed Amendment to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure ....................................... 79 B. Expansive use of Video Technology by Missouri State C ourts .......................................... 84 IV. EFFECT OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ................................. 87 A. The Need to Standardize Video Teleconferencing Equipment and Procedures .......................... 89 1. Equalizing Teleconferencing Systems Technology .... 91 t James A. Buck & June M. Harless Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law; B.B.A., University of Iowa, 1969; J.D., University of Iowa, 1972. ft B.S., University of Georgia, 1995; M.S., University of Georgia, 1998; Ph.D. Candidate, West Virginia University, 2003; J.D. Candidate, West Virginia University College of Law, 2003.

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