NCJ Number
16021
Date Published
1975
Length
1016 pages
Annotation
A LEGAL CASEBOOK WITH CASES RELATING TO THE PROCESS OF ADJUDICATION FROM THE SOURCE OF THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT TO POST-CONVICTION REMEDIES.
Abstract
APPROXIMATELY 90 CASES ARE BRIEFED, AND WERE SELECTED TO ILLUSTRATE POINTS OF LAW AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. THE TOPIC GROUPINGS INCLUDE BARRIERS TO PROSECUTION, DISPOSITION WITHOUT TRIAL, TIME AND MANNER OF TRIAL, BASIC PROTECTIONS AT TRIAL, ROLES OF DEFENDANT, PROSECUTOR AND JUDGE, MODERATION AND REVIEW OF JUDGMENT, AND ETHICS AND TRIAL TACTICS.