U.S. v. Blackwell, No. 97-1143(L) (2nd Cir.) (172 F.3d 129) (March 19, 1999) (Per Curiam)
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published in Punch and Jurists
May 24, 1999
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Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
In the topsy-turvy world of criminal law, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure can be one of its greatest enigmas. While those Rules were created to govern and to bring about an air of certainty to criminal proceedings, they are often relegated to the status of meaningless exhortations under …
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