Criminal Justice Administration, Fourth Edition, 1997 Supplement to Cases and Materials

• NCJ Number: 173125
• Author(s): F W Miller; R O Dawson; G E Dix; R I Parnas
• Date Published: 1997
• Length: 234 pages
• Sale Source: Foundation Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This volume reviews primarily US Supreme Court decisions made before the summer recess of the Court's October 1996 term.

Abstract

The document presents discussions of, among other topics: the Federal Constitutional Exclusionary Sanction; "Standing," fruit of the poisonous tree and attenuation of the taint; good faith and other exceptions; the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures; the requirement of particularity and execution of warrants; self-incrimination and Miranda's right to counsel; Sixth Amendment right to counsel; entrapment; the subpoena power; prosecution and adjudication; limits on prosecutorial discretion; right to trial by jury; trial procedures; plea bargaining; proof beyond a reasonable doubt; right to have counsel be "Effective"; structuring the sentencing system; reducing discretion by "determinate" sentencing; appellate review of sentences imposed; alternatives or supplements to incarceration; and appeal and collateral attack. Table of cases, notes