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76 St. John's L. Rev. 483 (2002)
Witness Detention and Intimidation: The History and Future of Material Witness Law

handle is hein.journals/stjohn76 and id is 493 raw text is: ARTICLES WITNESS DETENTION AND INTIMIDATION: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF MATERIAL WITNESS LAW STACEY M. STUDNICKIt & JOHN P. APOLft INTRODU CTION ............................................................................ 485 I. THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL WITNESS DETENTION ................ 487 A. WITNESSES UNDER THE COMMON LAW ............................. 487 B. EARLY AMERICAN FEDERAL LAW ...................................... 489 C. THE BAIL REFORM ACT ...................................................... 492 D. THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ............... 493 II. THE FEDERAL MATERIAL WITNESS STATUTE ........................ 494 A. MATERIALITY REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 3144 ................ 497 B. IMPRACTICABILITY REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 3144 ........ 499 C. THE DEPOSITION ALTERNATIVE OF SECTION 3144 ............ 502 III. PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS ............................................ 505 A. MATERIAL WITNESSES AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT .... 505 B. MATERIAL WITNESS ARREST WITHOUT A WARRANT ......... 507 C. MATERIAL WITNESS DETENTION PURSUANT TO THE COMMON LAW POWERS OF THE COURT .............................. 510 D. MATERIAL WITNESSES AND GRAND JURY PROCEEDIN GS .................................................................... 511 E. MATERIAL WITNESS DETENTION UNDER THE ALL W R ITS A CT ......................................................................... 5 16 F. MATERIAL WITNESSES AND THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE ..... 519 t Deputy Defender, Federal Defender Office, Legal Aid and Defender Association, Detroit, Michigan; B.S., Wayne State University, 1987; J.D., summa cum laude, Detroit College of Law, 1991. tt Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law; B.A., Grand Valley State College, 1969; J.D., University of Michigan, 1972.

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