NCJ Number
86999
Date Published
1982
Length
1105 pages
Annotation
The revised textbook contains cases and materials dealing with investigation of crime and with prosecution and adjudication. New chapters include those on joinder and severance of charges and defendants, basic issues in sentencing, and appeal and collateral attack.
Abstract
Chapters dealing with investigation of crime discuss constitutional limitations, issuance and execution of arrest and search warrants, detentions (seizures) of persons, searches for and seizures of evidence of crime, electronic surveillance, interrogation and confessions, undercover investigations, grand jury investigative functions, eyewitness identification , and legal control of investigation. Chapters focusing on prosecution and adjudication discuss the initial appearance and detention, bail and preventive detention, discretion to prosecute, and the preliminary examination and the grand jury. Other topics covered include the right to a speedy trial, competency to stand trial, discovery and disclosure, right to an impartial trial, and double jeopardy. Pretrial hearings, adjudication of guilt by plea, adjudication of guilt or innocence by trial, effective assistance of counsel, and sentencing. Notes and an index are included.