Remand in the United States
The sending of a case back to the original trial court after an appeal. The case is remanded when there are matters that require reconsideration under the terms of the appellate court decision. The term remand also applies to a prisoner who is sent back to detention following a court proceeding.
See Also
Double Jeopardy (Apellate Judicial Process) Reversal (Apellate Judicial Process) Vacate (Apellate Judicial Process).
Analysis and Relevance
A case is typically remanded when the judgment of a trial court is vacated. The effect of either reversing or vacating is to set aside the outcome of the basic fact dispute because of legal error in the initial trial. When a court vacates or reverses, it does not address the fact issues after it sets aside the judgment. Rather, it sends the dispute back to the court that heard the case originally. The court may then hear the case in a manner that eliminates or otherwise remedies the error found in the original trial. The plaintiff in a civil dispute will likely bring the case again, although he or she is under no legal obligation to do so. Criminal cases are a little different because of the presence of the double jeopardy protection. Reprosecution after successful appeal has never, however, been barred by the double jeopardy prohibition. Thus, prosecutors may recharge in remanded criminal cases. The prosecutorial decision rests on what the appeals court found wrong with the first trial and whether a strong enough case remains after taking the appellate ruling into account. If, for example, the error found in the first trial focuses on a vague jury instruction, the prosecutor’s case remains intact; the prosecutor may use all the evidence presented in the first case. In this situation, the prosecutor will file charges. If, on the other hand, the original case was reversed because the defendant was improperly advised prior to interrogation, the prosecutor cannot use any statements from the defendant produced by the interrogation. It is possible that those statements constituted the bulk of the prosecution’s case. Given that the statements are inadmissible in a second trial, the prosecutor may conclude that reprosecution is pointless because conviction is not possible.
Notes and References
- Definition of Remand from the American Law Dictionary, 1991, California
Remand Definition
To send back. Of Prisoner. The ordering of a prisoner’s return to custody pending proceedings, or on a determination that he is not entitled to release. Of a Cause. The sending it back to the same court out of which it came, for the purpose of having some action on it there. March, 100.
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To send back. Of Prisoner. The ordering of a prisoner’s return to custody pending proceedings, or on a determination that he is not entitled to release. Of a Cause. The sending it back to the same court out of which it came, for the purpose of having some action on it there. March, 100.
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Remand
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According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 197 REMANDA remand is an appellate court’s act in returning a case to a lower court, usually unnecessary when the appellate court affirms the lower court’s judgment. When the Supreme Court reverses or vacates a state court judgment, it customarily remands for “proceedings not inconsistent” with the
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Meaning of Remand
In plain or simple terms, Remand means: “To send back”. For example, an appellate court may remand a case to a lower court for retrial.
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Unfavorable Decision by the Alj After Remand by the Appeals Council (in Disability Claims)
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Further Reading (Articles)
Remand in Cus
tody: Critical Factors and Key Issues, Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; May 1, 2006; Sarre, Rick King, Sue Bamford, David
Judicial Remands of Challenged Awards: Legal and Procedural Issues after Hall Street, Dispute Resolution Journal; November 1, 2008; Widman, Stuart M. Rome, Donald Lee
Remand Reprimand; Prisons Inspector Calls for Teens to Be Kept out of Grim Adult Jails, Daily Mail (London); April 4, 2000
Appellate review of remand orders: a substantive/jurisdictional conundrum., Iowa Law Review; May 1, 2006; Goodhue, Thomas C.
RIFLEMAN REMAND KULUNG DIES OF WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN AFGHANISTAN., States News Service; August 15, 2010
Imprisonment in Australia: The Remand Population, Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; October 1, 2000; Carcach, Carlos Grant, Anna
Police asked to follow previous HC direction on remand, The New Nation (Dhaka, India); June 11, 2010
Police asked to follow previous HC direction on remand., The New Nation (Dhaka, India); June 11, 2010
Third Circuit Clarifies Federal Court Jurisdiction Surrounding Remand to State Court, Mondaq Business Briefing; November 25, 2013; Forster, Paige
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION ISSUES NOTICE REGARDING NOTICE, SCHEDULING OF REMAND PROCEEDING, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; January 4, 2007
District Court Can Stay Its Remand Order Pending Appeal, Mondaq Business Briefing; May 27, 2014
Third Circuit Holds Motion for Reconsideration Does Not Avoid Prohibition of Appellate Remand Orders, Mondaq Business Briefing; September 11, 2013
RIFLEMAN REMAND KULUNG KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN., States News Service; August 15, 2010
Third Circuit Holds Motion for Reconsideration Does Not Avoid Prohibition of Appellate Review of Remand Orders, Mondaq Business Briefing; September 12, 2013; Stern, Jonathan
Rights group: Remand hearings for Palestinians are predetermined, Jerusalem Post; March 12, 2007; DAN IZENBERG
New Remand Centres Cut Overcrowding in Country’s Prisons, Cape Times (South Africa); November 27, 2007
Appealing Remand Orders under the Class Action Fairness Act, Journal of Appellate Practice and Process; September 22, 2006; Horan, David L.
Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among inmates of Ontario remand facilities, CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal; July 31, 2007; Calzavara, Liviana Ramuscak, Nancy Burchell, Ann N Swantee, Carol Et al
11 BDR suspects placed on fresh remand, The New Nation (Dhaka, India); April 2, 2009
Court reinterprets remands, Jerusalem Post; November 13, 1995; EVELYN GORDON
Remand in the Context of Law Research
The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library defined briefly Remand as: To send back for further proceedings, as when a higher court sends back to a lower court.Legal research resources, including Remand, help to identify the law that governs an activity and to find materials that explain that law.
Remand in the context of Juvenile and Family Law
Definition ofRemand published by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges:Lit., “to send back”; frequently used to describe the order transferring a minor to adult court for trial, or an adult court’s order sending a minor to the juvenile court. See also CERTIFICATION, FITNESS HEARINGS, TRANSFER AND WAIVER.
Remand Definition in the context of the Federal Court System
The act of an appellate court sending a case to a lower court for further proceedings.
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