fundamental fairness doctrine

It is a prime instrument for reducing the risk of convictions resting on factual error. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. For other recurrences to general due process reasoning, as distinct from reliance on more specific Bill of Rights provisions, see, e.g., United States v. Bryant, 579 U.S. ___, No. 867 Fuentes was an extension of the Sniadach principle to all significant property interests and thus mandated pre-deprivation hearings. See also id. See discussion of Assistance of Counsel under Amend. 3500. See also Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U.S. 396, 40405 (1974) (invalidating state prison mail censorship regulations). The meaning of FAIRNESS DOCTRINE is a tenet of licensed broadcasting that ensures a reasonable opportunity for the airing of conflicting viewpoints on controversial issues. 1075 Lindsey v. Normet, 405 U.S. 56, 77 (1972) (citing cases). 993 The in personam aspect of this decision is considered supra. (2011) (Kennedy, Roberts, Scalia and Thomas). Justice Powell thought that creation of a parole system did create a legitimate expectancy of fair procedure protected by due process, but, save in one respect, he agreed with the Court that the procedure followed was adequate. But this does not exhaust the requirements of fairness. See Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath, 341 U.S. 123, 17071 (1951) (Justice Frankfurter concurring). 975 433 U.S. at 20708 (footnotes omitted). The Due Process Clause and the remainder of the Fourteenth Amendment had not been ratified at the time of the entry of the state-court judgment giving rise to the case. [T]he individual prosecutor has a duty to learn of any favorable evidence known to others acting on the governments behalf in the case, including the police.1173, Proof, Burden of Proof, and Presumptions.It had long been presumed that reasonable doubt was the proper standard for criminal cases,1174 but, because the standard was so widely accepted, it was only relatively recently that the Court had the opportunity to pronounce it guaranteed by due process. . (2012) the Court held that the Federal Communiations Commission (FCC) had violated the Fifth Amendment due process rights of Fox Television and ABC, Inc. , because the FCC had not given fair notice that broadcasting isolated instances of expletives or brief nudity could lead to punishment. See also Martinez v. California, 444 U.S. 277, 28083 (1980) (state interest in fashioning its own tort law permits it to provide immunity defenses for its employees and thus defeat recovery). Newer cases, however, look to the interests of creditors as well. If the Court does so, it will not only crush the hopes of 43 million borrowers, keeping many in debt servitude, unable . 1157 Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959); Alcorta v. Texas, 355 U.S. 28 (1957). Counsel is not invariably required in parole or probation revocation proceedings. Thus, where a state has monopolized the avenues of settlement of disputes between persons by prescribing judicial resolution, and where the dispute involves a fundamental interest, such as marriage and its dissolution, the state may not deny access to those persons unable to pay its fees.1015, Older cases, which have not been questioned by more recent ones, held that a state, as the price of opening its tribunals to a nonresident plaintiff, may exact the condition that the nonresident stand ready to answer all cross actions filed and accept any in personam judgments obtained by a resident defendant through service of process or appropriate pleading upon the plaintiffs attorney of record.1016 For similar reasons, a requirement of the performance of a chemical analysis as a condition precedent to a suit to recover for damages resulting to crops from allegedly deficient fertilizers, while allowing other evidence, was not deemed arbitrary or unreasonable.1017, Amendment of pleadings is largely within the discretion of the trial court, and unless a gross abuse of discretion is shown, there is no ground for reversal. At times, however, a defendant alleges an out-of-court identification in the presence of police is so awed that it is inadmissible as a matter of fundamental justice under due process.1128 These cases most commonly challenge such police-arranged procedures as lineups, showups, photographic displays, and the like.1129 But not all cases have alleged careful police orchestration.1130, The Court generally disfavors judicial suppression of eyewitness identifications on due process grounds in lieu of having identification testimony tested in the normal course of the adversarial process.1131 Two elements are required for due process suppression. 1331 OConnor v. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563, 573 (1975). . at 2 (quoting Aetna Life Ins. denied, 439 U.S. 1034 (1978). The Court found that the defendants (1) carried on no activity in Oklahoma, (2) closed no sales and performed no services there, (3) availed themselves of none of the benefits of the states laws, (4) solicited no business there either through salespersons or through advertising reasonably calculated to reach the state, and (5) sold no cars to Oklahoma residents or indirectly served or sought to serve the Oklahoma market. 967 American Land Co. v. Zeiss, 219 U.S. 47 (1911); Tyler v. Judges of the Court of Registration, 175 Mass. See id. Congresss power to provide rules of evidence and standards of proof in the federal courts stems from its power to create such courts. 1009 Holmes v. Conway, 241 U.S. 624, 631 (1916); Louisville & Nashville R.R. 760 Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 U.S. 67, 8081 (1972). An identification process can be found to be suggestive regardless of police intent. The Court held that the delay was reasonable, as the private interest affectedthe temporary loss of the use of the moneycould be compensated by the addition of an interest payment to any refund of the fee. 1105 E.g., United States v. Freed, 401 U.S. 601 (1971). Compare Flagg Bros. v. Brooks, 436 U.S. 149 (1978) (no state action in warehousemans sale of goods for nonpayment of storage, as authorized by state law), with Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., 457 U.S. 922 (1982) (state officials joint participation with private party in effecting prejudgment attachment of property); and Tulsa Professional Collection Servs. Justice Harlan concurred because he did not believe jury trials were constitutionally mandated in state courts. , to require the corporation to defend the particular suit which is brought there; [and] . Doctrinal differences on the due process touchstones in streamofcommerce cases became more critical to the outcome in J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro.957 Justice Kennedy, writing for a four-Justice plurality, asserted that it is a defendants purposeful availment of the forum state that makes jurisdiction consistent with traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. R.R. . You know what it looks like but what is it called? 1051 Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982). See also Vitek v. Jones, 445 U.S. 480 (1980) (transfer of prison inmate to mental hospital). It must be pursued in the ordinary mode prescribed by law; it must be adapted to the end to be attained; and whenever necessary to the protection of the parties, it must give them an opportunity to be heard respecting the justice of the judgment sought. The use of visible physical restraints, such as shackles, leg irons, or belly chains, in front of a jury, has been held to raise due process concerns. Principles of Justice The most fundamental principle of justice was first defined by Aristotle: . See Londoner v. City of Denver, 210 U.S. 373 (1908). 1167 427 U.S. at 10614. 943 355 U.S. at 223. 1046 Home Ins. at 10 (noting that the judge in this case had highlighted the number of capital cases in which he participated when campaigning for judicial office). The Court viewed as highly undesirable the restriction of judicial discretion in sentencing by requiring adherence to rules of evidence which would exclude highly relevant and informative material. Accord, Thigpen v. Roberts, 468 U.S. 27 (1984). 827 416 U.S. 167 (Justices Powell and Blackmun concurring). A Democrat . Accord Swarthout v. Cooke, 562 U.S. ___, 10333, slip op. 852 It is not an indispensable requirement of due process that every procedure affecting the ownership or disposition of property be exclusively by judicial proceeding. 1199 subject disapproved, it was factually distinguished as involving users of hard narcotics. In both cases, the Court deemed it irrelevant that the false testimony had gone only to the credibility of the witness rather than to the defendants guilt. Also, the hearing officer should prepare a digest of the hearing and base his decision upon the evidence adduced at the hearing.1303, Prior to the final decision on revocation, there should be a more formal revocation hearing at which there would be a final evaluation of any contested relevant facts and consideration whether the facts as determined warrant revocation. 1120 Some of that difficulty may be alleviated through electronic and other surveillance, which is covered by the search and seizure provisions of the Fourth Amendment, or informers may be used, which also has constitutional implications. On religious practices and ceremonies, see Cooper v. Pate, 378 U.S. 546 (1964); Cruz v. Beto, 405 U.S. 319 (1972). 1319 McKeiver v. Pennsylvania, 403 U.S. 528 (1971). Walden v. Fiore further articulated what minimum contacts are necessary to create jurisdiction as a result of the relationship between the defendant, the forum, and the litigation.921 In Walden, the plaintiffs, who were residents of Nevada, sued a law enforcement officer in federal court in Nevada as a result of an incident that occurred in an airport in Atlanta as the plaintiffs were attempting to board a connecting ight from Puerto Rico to Las Vegas. When a state provides a two-tier court system in which one may have an expeditious and somewhat informal trial in an inferior court with an absolute right to trial de novo in a court of general criminal jurisdiction if convicted, the second court is not bound by the rule in Pearce, because the potential for vindictiveness and inclination to deter is not present. Ins. One moose, two moose. Due process of law requires that the proceedings shall be fair, but fairness is a relative, not an absolute concept. 1231 Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 262 (1971). See Estelle v. Williams, 425 U.S. 501, 503 (1976); Henderson v. Kibbe, 431 U.S. 145, 153 (1977); Ulster County Court v. Allen, 442 U.S. 140, 156 (1979); Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U.S. 510, 52024 (1979). It is a violation of due process, however, for a state to require that a defendant must prove competence to stand trial by clear and convincing evidence. Further factors considered were that a 30-day delay was unlikely to create a risk of significant factual errors, and that shortening the delay significantly would be administratively burdensome for the city. . . that the pending case would be before the newly elected justice.774 This $3 million was more than the total amount spent by all other supporters of the justice and three times the amount spent by the justices own committee. McMillen v. Anderson, 95 U.S. 37, 41 (1877). CT. REV. On the other hand, a policeman who was a permanent employee under an ordinance which appeared to afford him a continuing position subject to conditions subsequent was held not to be protected by the Due Process Clause because the federal district court interpreted the ordinance as providing only employment at the will and pleasure of the city, an interpretation that the Supreme Court chose not to disturb. Cf. 1083 Smith v. OGrady, 312 U.S. 329 (1941) (guilty plea of layman unrepresented by counsel to what prosecution represented as a charge of simple burglary but which was in fact a charge of burglary with explosives carrying a much lengthier sentence voided). v. Cade, 233 U.S. 642, 650 (1914). (2011). Due process requires that the procedures by which laws are applied must be evenhanded, so that individuals are not subjected to the arbitrary exercise of government power.737 Exactly what procedures are needed to satisfy due process, however, will vary depending on the circumstances and subject matter involved.738 A basic threshold issue respecting whether due process is satisfied is whether the government conduct being examined is a part of a criminal or civil proceeding.739 The appropriate framework for assessing procedural rules in the field of criminal law is determining whether the procedure is offensive to the concept of fundamental fairness.740 In civil contexts, however, a balancing test is used that evaluates the governments chosen procedure with respect to the private interest affected, the risk of erroneous deprivation of that interest under the chosen procedure, and the government interest at stake.741, Relevance of Historical Use.The requirements of due process are determined in part by an examination of the settled usages and modes of proceedings of the common and statutory law of England during pre-colonial times and in the early years of this country.742 In other words, the antiquity of a legal procedure is a factor weighing in its favor. On the other hand, the criminal standard of beyond a reasonable doubt is not necessary because the states aim is not punitive and because some or even much of the consequence of an erroneous decision not to commit may fall upon the individual. It was held, however, that this fiction did not satisfy the requirements of due process, and, whatever the nature of the proceeding, that notice must be given in a manner that actually notifies the person being sought or that has a reasonable certainty of resulting in such notice.973. 984 433 U.S. at 207 (internal quotation from RESTATEMENT (SECOND)OF CONFLICT OF LAWS 56, Introductory Note (1971)). The clause cannot be deemed to be satisfied by mere notice and hearing if a State has contrived a conviction through the pretense of a trial which in truth is but used as a means of depriving a defendant of liberty through a deliberate deception of court and jury by the presentation of testimony known to be perjured. Instead, the inmates substantive liberty interest (derived from the Due Process Clause as well as from state law) was adequately protected by an administrative hearing before independent medical professionals, at which hearing the inmate has the right to a lay advisor but not an attorney. But, in Paul v. Davis,840 the Court appeared to retreat from recognizing damage to reputation alone, holding instead that the liberty interest extended only to those situations where loss of ones reputation also resulted in loss of a statutory entitlement. Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645, 647 (1972). See also Wood v. Bartholomew, 516 U.S. 1 (1995) (per curiam) (holding no due process violation where prosecutors failure to disclose the result of a witness polygraph test would not have affected the outcome of the case). at 18. In such a situation, the defendant may ignore the proceedings as wholly ineffective, and attack the validity of the judgment if and when an attempt is made to take his property thereunder. The procedural details of such hearings are for the states to develop, but the Court specified minimum requirements of due process. 1027 Yazoo & Miss. Thus, as the interest in correct fact-finding was strong on both sides, the proceeding was relatively simple, no features were present raising a risk of criminal liability, no expert witnesses were present, and no specially troublesome substantive or procedural issues had been raised, the litigant did not have a right to appointed counsel.794 In other due process cases involving parental rights, the Court has held that due process requires special state attention to parental rights.795 Thus, it would appear likely that in other parental right cases, a right to appointed counsel could be established. The Marylander ascertained, apparently adventitiously, that Harris, a North Carolina resident who owed Balk an amount of money, was passing through Maryland, and the Marylander attached this debt. Efforts to litigate challenges to seizures in actions involving two private parties may be thwarted by findings of no state action, but there often is sufficient participation by state officials in transferring possession of property to constitute state action and implicate due process. Statutory proceedings affecting property rights which, by later resort to the courts, secures to adverse parties an opportunity to be heard, suitable to the occasion, do not deny due process. Anderson Natl Bank v. Luckett, 321 U.S. 233, 24647 (1944). A boy is charged with misconduct. See Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 53840 (1981). 928 Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S. ___, No. Perry v. New Hampshire, 565 U.S. ___, No. For instance, in a case involving a state proceeding to terminate the parental rights of an indigent without providing her counsel, the Court recognized the parents interest as an extremely important one. The Court, however, also noted the states strong interest in protecting the welfare of children. The majority opinion draws no such express distinction, see id. In another context, the Supreme Court applied the Mathews test to strike down a provision in Colorados Exoneration Act.877 That statute required individuals whose criminal convictions had been invalidated to prove their innocence by clear and convincing evidence in order to recoup any fines, penalties, court costs, or restitution paid to the state as a result of the conviction.878 The Court, noting that [a]bsent conviction of crime, one is presumed innocent,879 concluded that all three considerations under Mathews weigh[ed] decisively against Colorados scheme.880 Specifically, the Court reasoned that (1) those affected by the Colorado statute have an obvious interest in regaining their funds;881 (2) the burden of proving ones innocence by clear and convincing evidence unacceptably risked erroneous deprivation of those funds;882 and (3) the state had no countervailing interests in withholding money to which it had zero claim of right.883 As a result, the Court held that the state could not impose anything more than minimal procedures for the return of funds that occurred as a result of a conviction that was subsequently invalidated.884, In another respect, the balancing standard of Mathews has resulted in states having wider exibility in determining what process is required. 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