26 research outputs found
Texas Rules of Evidence Sourcebook
No full textCo-author: Erwin S. McGeeThis book was compiled and written by Murl A. Larkin and Erwin S. McGee and provides a detailed account of the Texas Rules of Evidence, which were adopted by the Supreme Court of Texas on November 23, 1982 to become effective on September 1, 1983
A Tribute to Murl A. Larkin
No full textThis is a dedication to retired Texas Tech Law Professor Murl A. Larkin. Discusses his career and impact on the Texas Tech School of Law
Evidence Trial Manual For Texas Lawyers
No full textProfessor Larkin has provided this comprehensive guide on the law of evidence to assist Texas lawyers in a trial setting
The Right of Confrontation: What Next?
No full textProfessor Larkin researches the history of the right of confrontation and predicts the federal future of this right by introducing innovations from the state governments
Civil Evidence Trial Manual for Texas Lawyers
No full textProfessor Larkin has provided this comprehensive guide on the law of evidence to assist Texas lawyers in a civil trial setting
Article II: Judicial Notice
No full textBecause of recent additions to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Professor Larkin has taken it upon himself to detail the use of judicial notice in Texas courts and maps out the federal origins of the rule changes
Article III: Presumptions
No full textThe hodgepodge of rules known as presumptions includes rules of vastly varying importance, rules serving widely divergent purposes, and rules that may construct rules of decision. All of these have only two characteristics in common: 1) a relationship between an admitted or proved fact or group of facts and another fact which is sought to be proved, and 2) a label with a life of its own. Professor Larkin attempts to give some order to all these presumptions
The Military "Search Warrant"
No full textAlthough it may be arguable that the guarantee of the Fourth Amendment to the federal constitution that people shall be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures is not a limitation upon the power granted to Congress to “make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces,” current military law is relatively unconcerned with such a concept. Professor Larkin traces the history of this unconcern
Article II: Judicial Notice
No full textThis article provides a detailed commentary on Article II of the Texas Rules of Evidence. Article II contains three rules concerning the judicial notice of adjudicative facts, the determination of law of other states, and the determination of the laws of foreign countries. By comparing the scope and content of these rules with preexisting Texas law, Professor Larkin reveals the impact of Article II in Texas
Should the Military Less-Than-Unanimous Verdict of Guilt Be Retained?
No full textDespite praise for the Uniform Code of Military Justice as being more advanced than many thoroughly modern criminal codes, one criticism still remains: except for cases that require a mandatory death sentence, a unanimous guilty verdict is not required. To date, no extensive criticism of the arrangement has been published even though, as Justice Douglas understated it, such an arrangement is “less favorable to defendants.” Here, Professor Larkin takes up the burden of critiquing this arrangement, first providing the history and constitutionality of the decision, its place in due process, arguments for and against the arrangement, and finally arriving at an opinion against it
