Criminal procedure : principles, policies, and perspectives /

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Main Author: Dressler, Joshua
Other Authors: Thomas, George C. (George Conner), 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2010.
Edition:4th ed.
Series:American casebook series
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Table of Contents:
  • The criminal process : failures, choices, and legitimacy
  • Fourth Amendment : an overview
  • Passing the threshold of the Fourth Amendment
  • The substance of the Fourth Amendment
  • Remedies for Fourth Amendment violations
  • Confessions : the voluntariness requirement
  • Police interrogation : the self-incrimination clause
  • Police interrogation : the Sixth Amendment right to counsel
  • Entrapment
  • Eyewitness identification procedures
  • Pretrial release
  • Case screening
  • Preparing for adjudication
  • The role of defense counsel
  • Plea bargaining and guilty pleas
  • The trial process
  • Sentencing
  • Double jeopardy
  • Post-trial process : correcting erroneous verdicts.