NCJ Number
14217
Date Published
1972
Length
264 pages
Annotation
CASE LAW AND STATUTORY GUIDANCE FOR THE PRE-TRIAL, TRIAL, AND POST TRIAL PHASES OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS, AND FOR USE IN UNUSUAL SPECIAL SITUATIONS.
Abstract
TOPICS INCLUDE COOPERATING GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, LAW OF ARREST, CONFESSIONS, IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES, SEARCH AND SEIZURE, AND TRIAL PREPARATION. TO AID THE PROSECUTOR AT TRIAL, DATA ON THE PRELIMINARY HEARING, INDICTMENT, INFORMATIONS, AND PRESENTMENTS, THE GRAND JURY SYSTEM IN VIRGINIA, TRIAL TACTICS, EVIDENCE AND PLEA BARGAINING ARE OFFERED. POSTTRIAL APPELLATE AND HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS ARE REVIEWED. AMONG SPECIAL SUBJECTS DISCUSSED ARE JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS, VEHICLE FORFEITURES, DRUG LAWS, RIOT LAWS, DETAINERS, POLICE AND SHERIFF IN-SERVICE TRAINING, AND PROSECUTION UNDER THE VIRGINIA HABITUAL OFFENDER ACT.