The text begins with a discussion of legal limitations on law enforcement investigative procedures including interrogations and confessions, eyewitness identification procedures, wiretapping and electronic surveillance, arrests, search and seizure, undercover work, and situations in which the exclusionary rule may apply. The judicial process is next detailed. Topics covered include prosecutorial discretion, the rights of indigents in criminal proceedings, the preliminary hearing, grand jury proceedings, the right to bail, pretrial motions, and competency to stand trial. Additional topics include disclosure and discovery, pleas, trial by jury, the quality of representation by counsel, the presentation of the case, submitting the case to the jury, post-trial motions, and post-conviction remedies. Index and appended excerpts from the United States Constitution are included.