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NCJ Number:	137086

Title:	Criminal Procedure: Cases and Comments

Author(s):	J B Haddad; J B Zagel; G L Starkman; W J Bauer

Date Published:	1992

Annotation:	Judicial decisions regarding criminal procedure are detailed based on the case study method and summaries of State and Federal cases and United States Supreme Court decisions.

Abstract:	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.

Main Term(s):	Criminal procedures

Index Term(s):	Appellate court decisions; Criminal proceedings; Police legal limitations; US Supreme Court decisions

Publication Number:	ISBN 0-88277-976-1

Sponsoring Agency:	Foundation Press New York, NY 10001

Sale Source:	Foundation Press 11 Penn Plaza, Tenth Floor New York, NY 10001 United States of America

Page Count:	1604

Type:	Legislation/Policy Description

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Note:	4th edition, University Casebook Series



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