defendant in error
defendant in error. Archaic. In a case on appeal, the prevailing party in the court below. See APPELLEE; RESPONDENT(1).
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defendant in error
defendant in error 被上诉人 在上诉案件中，指下级法院判决中的胜诉方。 (→proceeding in error; writ of error)
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bail in error
bail in error. Security given by a defendant who intends to bring a writ of error on a judgment and desires a stay of execution in the meantime. See appeal bond, supersedeas bond under BOND(2).
Caldwell error
The constitutionally impermissible error of resting a death sentence on a determination made by a sentencer who has been led to believe that the responsibility for determining the appropriateness of the defendant’s death sentence lies elsewhere. Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320, 105 S.Ct. 2633 (1985). • The error most often occurs when the prosecutor
Bruton error
Bruton error 〈美〉布鲁顿错误 在对共同犯罪的被告人进行合并审判〔joint trial〕时发生的一种错误，即在共同被告人〔codefendant〕未在法庭上作证，且被告人主张自己无罪的情况下，将共同被告人所作的牵涉到被告人的认罪供述〔confession〕作为证据采纳。它侵犯了被告人享有的与对己不利的证人对质〔confrontation〕的宪法性权利。该名称得自于布鲁顿诉美国〔Bruton v. United States〕一案。
bruton error
Bruton error (broot-[schwa]n). The violation of a criminal defendant’s constitutional right of confrontation by admitting into evidence a nontestifying codefendant’s confession that implicates both of them, where the statement is not admissible against the defendant under any exception to the hearsay rule. • The error is not cured by a limiting instruction to the jury
variance
variance. 1. A difference or disparity between two statements or documents that ought to agree; esp., in criminal procedure, a difference between the allegations in a charging instrument and the proof actually introduced at trial. — Also termed variation. [Cases: Indictment and Information 171. C.J.S. Indictments and Informations §§ 206, 211.] fatal variance. A variance
secret evidence
Classified information that may be used against a defendant in an immigration proceeding but withheld from the defendant, the defendant’s lawyer, and the public on national-security grounds. • The use of secret evidence was made easier under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
innocence
innocence, n. The absence of guilt; esp., freedom from guilt for a particular offense. Cf. GUILT. actual innocence. Criminal law. The absence of facts that are prerequisites for the sentence given to a defendant. • In death-penalty cases, actual innocence is an exception to the cause-and-prejudice rule, and can result in a successful challenge to
de bonis non amovendis
de bonis non amovendis (dee boh-nis non ay-moh-ven-dis), n. [Latin “of goods not to be moved”] Hist. A writ directing the sheriffs of London to make sure that a defendant’s goods are not removed while the defendant’s writ of error on a judgment is pending.
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