supervisory authority
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 318 U.S. 332 - McNabb v. United States · 1943Most cited · 4,532 citing opinions
Judicial supervision of the administration of criminal justice in the federal courts implies the duty of establishing and maintaining civilized standards of procedure and evidence. Such standards are not satisfied merely by observance of those minimal historic safeguards for securing trial by reason which are summarized as 'due process of law' and below which we reach what is really trial by force.
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