PROSECUTOR'S SOURCEBOOK (ISSUED IN TWO NUMBERED VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 10753
• Author(s): B J GEORGE; I A COHEN
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 888 pages
• Sale Source: Practicing Law Institute
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: CRIMINAL LAW AND PRACTICE-SOURCEBOOK SERIES NO. 1 OUT OF PRINT - V 1 & 2

Annotation

A PRACTICAL PRESENTATION OF ALL AREAS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION AND THE EFFECT OF LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE MODERN COURT AND CONGRESS.

Abstract

WORKS BY PROSECUTORS, JUDGES, LAWYERS, AND LEGAL SCHOLARS ON THE SUBJECTS OF BASIC PROSECUTORIAL FUNCTIONS AND TECHNIQUES. THE MATERIAL IS GATHERED FROM REVISIONS OF OUTLINES AND PAPERS DELIVERED BEFORE SEMINARS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION. VOLUME ONE CONTAINS ESSAYS ON THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND DEALS WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE ACQUISITION OF EVIDENCE AND THE ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE AT TRIAL. THESE ESSAYS COVER SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW, INTERROGATION, LINEUPS, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, AND DISCOVERY IN CRIMINAL CASES. VOLUME TWO INCLUDES ESSAYS ON THE ROLE OF THE PROSECUTOR AT PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS, SUCH AS PLEA NEGOTIATIONS AND BAIL HEARING. ANOTHER SECTION EXPLORES THE TRIAL TECHNIQUES OF OPENING REMARKS, CROSSEXAMINATION, AND MEETING VARIOUS DEFENSES. THE APPELLATE REVIEW PROCESS IS CONSIDERED AND VARIOUS SPECIAL PROSECUTORIAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS JUVENILE HEARINGS AND CIVIL DISORDERS, ARE EXAMINED.