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DEFENSE COUNSEL IN THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, PART 1

NCJ Number
18412
Journal
Kriminalistik Volume: 28 Issue: 9 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1974) Pages: 392-398
Author(s)
R KRUEGER
Date Published
1974
Length
7 pages
Annotation
REVIEW OF THE PROCEDURAL RIGHTS AND POWERS OF THE DEFENSE COUNSEL AS THEY ARE PROVIDED FOR IN THE WEST GERMAN CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SINCE A REVISION OF THE CODE IN 1964.
Abstract
THE ASSESSMENT IS MADE IN THE LIGHT OF A GROWING NUMBER OF CRIMINAL CASES RESULTING FROM A RECENT SERIES OF GUARANTEES OF THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED. ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS INCREASED INTEREST IN THE ROLE OF THE DEFENSE COUNSEL IS A SERIES OF CASES INVOLVING CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL AND SOCIAL OPINIONS WHICH WERE ADVOCATED BY COUNSEL AS WELL AS THE DEFENDANTS. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A CONSIDERABLE TRANSFER OF THE DEFENSE COUNSEL'S WORK FROM THE TRI TO THE PRELIMINARY INQUIRY PRIOR TO ACCUSATION (ERMITTLUNGSVERFAHREN). PART 2 IS NCJ-18408. --IN GERMAN