Jeffrey Bellin

William & Mary Law School

Professor of Law

South Henry Street

P.O. Box 8795

Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795

United States

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1.

Reassessing Prosecutorial Power Through the Lens of Mass Incarceration

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 116, p. 835, 2018
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2018
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 996 (45,221)
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Mass Incarceration, Prosecutors, Criminal Justice

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The Law of Evidence: Introduction and First Three Chapters

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 28 Apr 2021
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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Evidence, casebook, The Law of Evidence

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Theories of Prosecution

California Law Review, Vol. 108, p. 1203, 2020
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2020
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 852 (56,068)
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prosecutors, criminal justice

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The Inverse Relationship between the Constitutionality and Effectiveness of New York City 'Stop and Frisk'

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 94, p. 1495, 2014, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-274
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2014
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 718 (70,382)
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Stop and Frisk, Equal Protection, Racial Profiling, Fourth Amendment, New York City

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The Power of Prosecutors

New York University Law Review, Vol. 94 p. 171, 2019
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 07 May 2019
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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prosecutors, criminal justice

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Facebook, Twitter, and the Uncertain Future of Present Sense Impressions

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 160, p. 331, 2012, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 77
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 17 May 2014
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Hearsay, Social Media, Present Sense Impression, Crawford, Electronic Communication, Internet, 803, Excited Utterance, Texting, Text Messages, Iphone

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The Virginia and Federal Rules of Evidence: A Concise Comparison with Commentary (Introduction and Selected Excerpts)

The Virginia and Federal Rules of Evidence: A Concise Comparison with Commentary, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2015, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-308
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Apr 2015
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 484 (115,168)

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Evidence, Virginia, Litigation, Courts

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Policing the Admissibility of Body Camera Evidence

87 Fordham Law Review 1425 (2019)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2019
Jeffrey Bellin and Shevarma Pemberton
William & Mary Law School and Independent
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Police, Body Camera, Hearsay, Evidence, Confrontation, Present Sense Impression

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Criminal Procedure: Constitutional Limits on Policing (Excerpt)

Jeffrey Bellin & Adam M. Gershowitz (2023), Criminal Procedure: Constitutional Limits on Policing (Second Edition); ISBN: 979-8-37188-084-0
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 19 May 2023
Jeffrey Bellin and Adam M. Gershowitz
William & Mary Law School and William & Mary Law School
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Criminal Procedure, Policing, Investigation, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment

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Trial by Google: Judicial Notice in the Information Age

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 108, p. 1137, 2014
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2014
Jeffrey Bellin and Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
William & Mary Law School and American University Washington College of Law
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judicial notice, evidence, criminal procedure, internet, Google

11.

The Silence Penalty

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 103, p. 395, 2018
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2018
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 426 (133,851)
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criminal justice, fifth amendment, juries

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Fourth Amendment Textualism

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 118, p. 233, 2019
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2019
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 401 (143,572)
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Fourth Amendment, Search, Carpenter, Katz, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, Third Party Doctrine

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Defending Progressive Prosecution

Yale Law & Policy Review, Vol. 39, p. 218, 2020
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2021
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 395 (146,068)

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prosecutors, progressive prosecution, charged

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The Significance (If Any) for the Federal Criminal Justice System of Advances in Lie Detector Technology

Temple Law Review, Vol. 80, p. 711, 2007
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2014
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 390 (148,162)

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fmri, neuroimaging, lie detector, polygraph, hearsay, daubert, scheffer, ultimate issue, 801, 807, brain scan

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The Evidence Rules that Convict the Innocent

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 106, p. 305, 2021
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2021
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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Evidence, Wrongful Convictions, Innocence Movement, Eyewitness Identifications, Coerced Confessions, Informants

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Attorney Competence in an Age of Plea Bargaining and Econometrics

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol.12, p.153, 2014, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-260
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 13 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2015
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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plea bargain, indigent defense, public defender, Lafler, Frye, ineffective assistance of counsel, statistics, econometrics

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eHearsay

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 98, 2013, William & Mary Law School Research Paper 09-240
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 13 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2013
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 328 (179,030)

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evidence, hearsay, texting, Facebook, Twitter, technology, social media, smartphones, internet

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Is Punishment Relevant After All? A Prescription for Informing Juries of the Consequences of Conviction

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 2223, 2010, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 55
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2010
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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Punishment, Nullification, Sentencing, Shannon, Jury, Relevance, Motive, Three-Strikes, Mandatory Minimum, Pabon-Cruz, Datcher, Polizzi

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Mass Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover (Excerpt)

Cambridge University Press, 2023
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Dec 2022
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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mass incarceration, criminal law

20.

Plea Bargaining’s Uncertainty Problem

Texas Law Review, Vol. 101, p. 139, 2023
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2023
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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plea bargains, criminal law, mass incarceration

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Sentencing in an Era of Plea Bargains

SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 596, North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 102, p. 101, 2023
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2024
Jeffrey Bellin and Jenia Iontcheva Turner
William & Mary Law School and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
Downloads 264 (224,303)

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plea bargaining, sentencing, judges, prosecutors, guilty pleas

22.

Applying Crawford's Confrontation Right in a Digital Age

Texas Tech Law Review, Vol. 45, p. 33, 2012
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 May 2012 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2015
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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confrontation, Crawford, Bryant, Facebook, Twitter, texting, social media, Sixth Amendment, Raleigh

23.

Widening Batson’s Net to Ensnare More than the Unapologetically Bigoted or Painfully Unimaginative Attorney

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 96, p. 1075, 2011, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 73, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 10-021
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 16 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2011
Jeffrey Bellin and Junichi P. Semitsu
William & Mary Law School and University of San Diego School of Law
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Batson, voir dire, jury selection, equal protection, peremptory challenge, Commonwealth v. Cook

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Crime Severity Distinctions and the Fourth Amendment: Reassessing Reasonableness in a Changing World

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 97, p. 1, 2011, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 64
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2011
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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Fourth Amendment, Search and Seizure, Crime Severity, Mincey, Atwater, Whren

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The Incredible Shrinking Confrontation Clause

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 92 p. 1865, 2012
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2013
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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Confrontation Clause, Sixth Amendment, Crawford, Davis, Bryant, testimonial, hearsay, cross-examination

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The Modest Impact of the Modern Confrontation Clause

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 89, p. 67, 2021
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 01 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2022
Jeffrey Bellin and Diana Bibb
William & Mary Law School and College of William and Mary - William and Mary Law School
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Confrontation Clause, Sixth Amendment, Hearsay, Crawford

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The Right to Remain Armed

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 93, p. 1, 2015, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-307
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2016
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 218 (269,988)

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Fourth Amendment, Search and Seizure, Second Amendment, Concealed Carry, Stop and Frisk, Heller, Peruta, Handguns

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Eliminating Rule 609 to Provide a Fair Opportunity to Defend Against Criminal Charges: A Proposal to the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence

Fordham Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Nov 2023
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 198 (295,111)

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evidence, prior convictions, witness impeachment, rule 609

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Circumventing Congress: How the Federal Courts Opened the Door to Impeaching Criminal Defendants with Prior Convictions

U.C. Davis Law Review, Vol. 42, p. 289, 2008
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 May 2008 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2010
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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federal rules of evidence, 609, prior conviction, impeachment, Mahone, Gordon, defendant testimony

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Reconceptualizing the Fifth Amendment Prohibition of Adverse Comment on Criminal Defendants' Trial Silence

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 71, p. 229, 2010
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2010
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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Griffin, Adverse Comment, Fifth Amendment, self-incrimination, Griffin v. California

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Improving the Reliability of Criminal Trials Through Legal Rules that Encourage Defendants to Testify

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 76, p. 851, 2008
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 May 2008 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2010
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 167 (343,519)
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right to remain silent, fifth amendment, defendant testimony, self-incrimination, prior convictions, griffin

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The Changing Role of the American Prosecutor

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 18, p. 329, 2020
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2021
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 160 (356,252)

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Progressive Prosecution, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors

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Pure Privacy

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 116, p. 463, 2021
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2021
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 155 (365,832)

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privacy

34.

The Case for eHearsay

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 1317, 2014, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-303
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 128 (425,683)

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hearsay, electronic evidence

35.

A World Without Prosecutors

California Law Review Online, December 2022
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 13 Dec 2022
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 108 (483,434)

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prosecutors, mass incarceration

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Murder on the Hearsay Trail

Texas A&M Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Apr 2024
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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evidence, hearsay, mystery

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The Superfluous Rules of Evidence

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 76, p. 1769, 2024
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2023
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 100 (510,461)

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evidence, rulemaking

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Expanding the Reach of Progressive Prosecution

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 110, No. 4, 2020
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 Dec 2020
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 98 (517,398)
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progressive prosecutors

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Principles of Prosecutor Lenience

Texas Law Review, Volume 18, p. 1541, 2024
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Feb 2024
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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prosecutors, progressive prosecution, mercy, lenience

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A Brief Response to John Pfaff’s Review of 'Mass Incarceration Nation'

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 29 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2023
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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mass incarceration

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The Needless Search for a Founding-Era “Hearsay” Definition

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Dec 2023
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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hearsay, confrontation clause, sixth amendment, crawford

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A Review of Anna Offit's The Imagined Juror: How Hypothetical Juries Influence Federal Prosecutors

Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, Sept. 2022
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 03 Oct 2022
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
Downloads 55 (710,136)

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prosecutors, criminal procedure

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The Volume Problem

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 65, p. 777, 2024
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 14 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2024
Jeffrey Bellin
William & Mary Law School
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mass incarceration