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Criminal Investigation Assignment

   

Added on  2020-04-21

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Running head: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONCriminal Investigation Name of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONPart AThe rules of evidence in Virginia have a for long history which had began in the year 1983 whena committee had been appointed by Virginia state bar for the purpose of developing the rules ofevidence. In Virginia the law related to discovery is very limited when discussed in the light ofthe other states. In the state the law of discovery is derived from constitutional and statue law.The precise constitutional law or case in relation to discovery rules in the case of Brady vs.Maryland. The rules which have been provided by the Virginian Supreme Court are incompliance with the Bardy case. The case requires certain information to be shared by thecommonwealth. In relation to the information it consists of things that are exculpatory and belikely to improve innocence and refute guilt, recording, videos or statements of the accused alongwith the criminal history of the accused. The supreme court of Virginia has resisted theexpansion of rules relating to discovery as compared to the other states (Keane & McKeown,2014). Part BUnder North Carolina General Statutes § 15A-501 all materials, including photos, notes, phonemessages, etc., must be turned over to the state for prosecution of each felony case. However thisis not the situation in the case of every state and rules in relation to the submission of evidencemay differ. As discussed above the rules in relation discovery in Virginia are very different andlimited. The supreme court of Virginia restrains itself from expansion of rules related todiscovery. In the state of Virginia prosecutors has to be vigilant in relation to talking to witness,police reports and in the process of following their own conversation for figuring out what has tobe submitted to the defense counsel. In Virginia additionally unlike Carolina reliance is put upon
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