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76 St. John's L. Rev. 483 (2002)
Witness Detention and Intimidation: The History and Future of Material Witness Law

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WITNESS DETENTION AND INTIMIDATION:
THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF MATERIAL
WITNESS LAW
STACEY M. STUDNICKIt & JOHN P. APOLft
INTRODU CTION  ............................................................................ 485
I. THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL WITNESS DETENTION ................ 487
A. WITNESSES UNDER THE COMMON LAW ............................. 487
B. EARLY AMERICAN FEDERAL LAW ...................................... 489
C.  THE  BAIL  REFORM  ACT ...................................................... 492
D. THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ............... 493
II. THE FEDERAL MATERIAL WITNESS STATUTE ........................ 494
A. MATERIALITY REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 3144 ................ 497
B. IMPRACTICABILITY REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 3144 ........ 499
C. THE DEPOSITION ALTERNATIVE OF SECTION 3144 ............ 502
III. PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS ............................................ 505
A. MATERIAL WITNESSES AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT .... 505
B. MATERIAL WITNESS ARREST WITHOUT A WARRANT ......... 507
C. MATERIAL WITNESS DETENTION PURSUANT TO THE
COMMON LAW POWERS OF THE COURT .............................. 510
D. MATERIAL WITNESSES AND GRAND JURY
PROCEEDIN  GS  .................................................................... 511
E. MATERIAL WITNESS DETENTION UNDER THE ALL
W R ITS  A CT  ......................................................................... 5 16
F. MATERIAL WITNESSES AND THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE ..... 519
t Deputy Defender, Federal Defender Office, Legal Aid and Defender
Association, Detroit, Michigan; B.S., Wayne State University, 1987; J.D., summa
cum laude, Detroit College of Law, 1991.
tt Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law; B.A.,
Grand Valley State College, 1969; J.D., University of Michigan, 1972.