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Code of Criminal Procedure records

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Call Number:
ALI.04.025
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
150 items
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the Code of Criminal Procedure Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.025, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
circa 1925-1959 (inclusive)
Creator:
American Law Institute
Abstract:
In March 1925, the American Law Institute (ALI) started the Code of Criminal Procedure project. The resulting volume attempted to provide a framework for effective administration of criminal law while maintaining protection for the rights of the accused. The collection, circa 1925-1959, includes drafts, correspondence, minutes, and other materials related to the drafting of the code, which outlined procedures for carrying out criminal law and defined the rights of the accused in areas such as arrest, bail, and execution.

At the request of the American Bar Association, the Association of American Law Schools, and the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, in March 1925, the American Law Institute (ALI) started the Code of Criminal Procedure project. The resulting volume attempted to provide a framework for effective administration of criminal law while maintaining protection for the rights of the accused. William Mikell and Edwin Keedy served as co-reporters. The Code of Criminal Procedure was adopted by the American Law Institute in June 1930. The ALI spent many years following its endorsement trying to get states to adopt the code.

The Code of Criminal Procedure Records, circa 1925-1959, include drafts, correspondence, minutes, and other materials related to the drafting of the code, which outlined procedures for carrying out criminal law and defined the rights of the accused in areas such as arrest, bail, and execution.

First shipment received from the American Law Institute in 1995.

An item-level container list is available offline in spreadsheet form.

Preliminary container list prepared by Melissa Backes, 1995-2005.

Reprocessed by Amanda Curylo, November 2007.

Encoded by Jordon Steele, May 2008.

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University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Finding Aid Author
Jordon Steele
Finding Aid Date
2008
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Collection Inventory

General

Throughout this collection, researchers should note the following abbreviations when examining the collection: "PD" stands for Preliminary Draft "TD" stands for Tentative Draft "CD" stands for Council Draft

1928 Tentative Draft no. 1. Reporters: William E. Mikell, Edwin R. Keedy. Subjects covered: arrest, preliminary examination, bail, methods of prosecution, grand jury, indictment and information., 1928 April 9.
Box 1 Box Folder 1
1929 TD no. 2. Reporters: William E. Mikell, Edwin R. Keedy. Subjects covered: process upon indictment and information, arraignment, motion to quash and pleas, jurisdiction and venue, change of judge and removal of cause, waiver of jury trial, trial jury., 1929 March 19.
Box 1 Box Folder 2
1929 Letter of the director in re action by the council on section on names of witnesses to be endorsed on indictment or information of the chapter on indictment and information, TD no. 1. , 1929 May 4.
Box 1 Box Folder 3
1930 Proposed final draft. Reporters: William E. Mikell, Edwin R. Keedy., 1930 April 1.
Box 1 Box Folder 4
1930 Official draft. Reporters: William E. Mikell, Edwin R. Keedy., 1930 June 15.
Box 1 Box Folder 5
1930 Official draft with index to commentaries. Reporters: William E. Mikell, Edwin R. Keedy., 1930 June 15.
Box 1 Box Folder 6
1930 Official draft, June 15, 1930, with commentaries. , 1930 March 16.
Box 1 Box Folder 7
1931 A short description, 1931 edition. By Charles B. Howland and Herbert F. Goodrich., 1931.
Box 1 Box Folder 8
c. 1925 A proposed draft of a code of criminal procedure (report of committee E of the institute). By William E. Mikell. No date., 1925.
Box 1 Box Folder 9
1930 Report on the ALI's code of criminal procedure. Submitted by Herbert R. Limburg., 1930 October.
Box 1
1948 Legislative recognition and bibliography, 1948 March 1.
Box 1
1925 Report to the special committee of the institute on a plan for the preparation of a code of criminal procedure. William E. Mikell, Edwin R. Keedy., 1925 October 14.
Box 1
1952 Uniform rules of criminal procedure, with comments. Drafted by the NCCUSL. , 1952 September 8-13.
Box 1
1936 Information concerning adoption by statute or court rule, reports by bar association committees, etc., 1936 January.
Box 1
1936, 1938 Information concerning adoption by statute or court rule. Reports by bar association committee, etc. Combined memoranda of Jan. 1936 and May 1938., 1936 January and 1938 May.
Box 1
1927 Preliminary Draft no. 8, 1927 November 15.
Box 1
1928 Statement of William S. Forrest, adviser. In re: preliminary drafts nos. 8 and 12, dissents in respect to certain provisions in the chapters on arrest, bail, grand jury, and indictment., 1928 February 18.
Box 2
1924 Partial preliminary report to the council by the committee on a survey and statement on the defects in criminal justice. , 1924 February 22.
Box 2
1925 Report to the council of the special committee on a plan for the preparation of a code of criminal procedure. Report no. 12., 1925 November 20.
Box 2
1934 The ALI report of advisory committee on criminal justice., 1934 December 31.
Box 2
1935 Report of the advisory committee on criminal justice to the council, 1935 January 30.
Box 2
1935 Cost estimates and explanations of the proposed work on criminal justice. Prepared by the director. , 1935 October 15.
Box 2

1927 Changes made in PDs nos. 7, 9 (indictment) as the result of the conferences of Oct. 12-15, 1927 and Dec. 7-10, 1927., 1927 October 12-15 and 1927 December 7-10.
Box 1
1928 Conference of advisers. Re: PD 18., 1928 October 19-20.
Box 1
1928 Conference of advisers. Re: drafts 16, 17, 18., 1928 October 17-20.
Box 1
1928 Conference of advisers. Re: PD 18., 1928 December 5-6.
Box 1
1928 Conference of advisers. Re: PD no. 21., 1928 December 7-8.
Box 1
1929 Conference of advisers. Re: PD no. 22., 1929 January 30- February 2.
Box 1
1929 Conference of advisers. Re: PDs 25, 26., 1929 October 14-19.
Box 1
1929 Conference of advisers. Re: PDs 27, 28., 1929 October 18-19.
Box 1
1929 Conference of advisers. Re: PDs 25, 26, 27, 27A, 28., 1929 November 6-9.
Box 1
1929 Conference of advisers. Re: PDs 30, 32., 1929 December 4-7.
Box 1
1930 Conference of advisers. Re: PDs 30, 31., 1930 January 6-11.
Box 1
1926 Conference of advisers. June 17-19, 1926. Re: arrest., 1926 June 17-19.
Box 1

1936-1952 General correspondence, 1936-1952.
Box 1
1952 General correspondence, 1952.
Box 1
1958-1959 General correspondence, 1958-1959.
Box 1
1942 Obituary of Joseph F. O'Connell, adviser to code of criminal procedure, 1942.
Box 1
1940-1943 Re: federal rules, 1940-1943.
Box 2
1948-1951 General correspondence, 1948-1951.
Box 2

Memorandum for Mr. Mikell. Section 43. No date.
Box 1
1934 A two to three year program as a basis for construction of a realistic criminal code under the auspices of the ALI. By Sheldon Glueck. ., 1934 November 6.
Box 1

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