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Leading Constitutional Cases on Criminal Justice

NCJ Number
163322
Editor(s)
L L Weinreb
Date Published
1996
Length
1228 pages
Annotation
This text presents the texts of leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding the investigation and prosecution of crime, using the format presented in a first-year law school course on criminal law.
Abstract
The initial chapter presents the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Subsequent chapters present cases focusing on the right to due process of law, arrest, search and seizure law, electronic surveillance, agents and informers, and entrapment. Additional chapter present cases on the right to counsel, the privilege against self-incrimination, police lineups, the preliminary examination, bail, prosecution, indictment, the right to a speedy trial, plea negotiations, trial by jury, trial, double jeopardy, sentences, and collateral attack. Table of cases