NCJ Number
3302
Date Published
1970
Length
244 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION OF BASIC COURTROOM PROCEDURES AND RULES, AND ILLUSTRATION OF THEIR APPLICATION BY MEANS OF ACTUAL CASES.
Abstract
AMONG THE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED IN DEPTH ARE - RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE COURTS, THE COURT SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY, RULES OF EVIDENCE, GETTING TO TRIAL, APPEARANCE AND MANNER IN COURT, HONESTY AND DISCRETION IN TESTIMONY, TESTIMONY AND THE JURY, CONDUCT ON THE WITNESS STAND, FACING OPPOSITION COUNSEL, THE DEFENSE OF ENTRAPMENT, GIVING OPINION TESTIMONY, THE POLICEMAN IN CIVIL COURT, DEALING WITH PROSPECTIVE WITNESSES, CONFESSIONS, PUBLICITY AND TESTIMONY, LEGAL STANDARDS AND THE POLICE, CONDUCT AFTER THE TRIAL.