NCJ Number
173123
Date Published
1997
Length
306 pages
Annotation
This volume discusses cases and presents comments on criminal procedure.
Abstract
The Introduction presents an Outline of Criminal Procedure. Part One, Limitations Upon Law Enforcement Practices and Procedures, includes chapters concerning: Confessions and Interrogation; Eye-Witness Identification Procedures; Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance; The Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure; Exclusionary Principles and Alternative Remedies for Unlawful Investigative Practices; and The Limits of Undercover Work. Part Two, The Judicial Process, contains chapters on: Prosecution Discretion; The Rights of Indigent in Formal Criminal Proceedings; The Preliminary Hearing; Grand Jury Proceedings; The Right to Bail; Pre-Trial Motions; Competency To Stand Trial; Disclosure and Discovery; Pleas; Trial by Jury; Quality of Representation by Counsel; Presenting the Case -- Problems Encountered; Submitting the Case to the Jury; Sentencing; Post-Trial Motions; and Appellate and Other Post-Trial Remedies. Table of Cases, notes