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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH PENNSYLVANIA LAW, RULES AND LEGAL PRACTICE

NCJ Number
17200
Date Published
1974
Length
400 pages
Annotation
TABULATED REVIEW OF AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (ABA) AND PENNSYLVANIA STANDARDS.
Abstract
STANDARDS BEING COMPARED ARE CATEGORIZED UNDER THE FOLLOWING GENERAL TOPICS - PRETRIAL RELEASE, PROVIDING DEFENSE SERVICES, GUILTY PLEAS, JOINDER AND SEVERANCE, SPEEDY TRIAL, TRIAL BY JURY, SENTENCING ALTERNATIVES AND PROCEDURES, APPELLATE REVIEW OF SENTENCES, POST CONVICTION REMEDIES, DISCOVERY AND PROCEDURE BEFORE TRIAL, THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE FUNCTION, PROBATION, CRIMINAL APPEALS, AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE.