Pleadings and Motions before Trial in Federal Criminal Procedure

Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure gave the Supreme Court Advisory Committee more drafting problems than any other rule. Professor Orfield, a member of the Advisory Committee, traces the rule\u27s development through its drafting stages, analyzes the case law which preceded it, and studies the courts\u27 treatment of the rule since its enactment

The Defense of Entrapment in the Federal Courts

Since 1932, the defense of entrapment has been firmly established in the federal courts; however, the doctrine itself is replete with basic confusion. In recent years, this underlying confusion has prompted the development of disparate rules governing the scope and application of the defense