Easily accessible to undergraduates, Significant Cases in Criminal Procedure, Second Edition, offers a clear, comprehensive introduction to criminal procedure. Rather than providing complete opinions, which may overwhelm students, the authors present case briefs, along with analyses, explanations, and short excerpts. In addition to the case summaries, the book includes lists of all of the cases it covers, both in alphabetical order and grouped by topic; a short introduction to each topic; and an index. CRIMINAL JUSTICE CASE BRIEFS SERIES Significant Cases in Criminal Procedure, Second Edition Craig Hemmens, Alan Thompson, and Lisa S. Nored (978-0-19-995791-0) Significant Cases in Corrections, Second Edition Craig Hemmens, Barbara Belbot, and Katherine Bennett (978-0-19-994858-1) Significant Cases in Juvenile Justice, Second Edition Craig Hemmens, Benjamin Steiner, and David Mueller (978-0-19-995841-2)
Criminal Procedures: Prosecution and Adjudication, by Marc Miller, Ronald Wright, Jenia Turner, and Kay Levine, focuses on the interactions among multiple institutions in shaping the law of Criminal Procedure, bringing state courts, legislatures, prosecutor offices, and public defenders into the picture alongside the U.S. Supreme Court. Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. In Criminal Procedures: Prosecution and Adjudication: Cases, Statutes, and Executive Materials, the highly respected author team presents a student-friendly, comprehensive survey of the laws and practices at work between the time a person is charged and the moment when the courts hear an appeal after the offender’s conviction and sentence. In the Sixth Edition, the authors retain the vitality and contemporary approach of the book with an updated selection of cases, statutes, and office policies. Covering in detail the “bail-to-jail” portions of the criminal process, this casebook features extensive use of documents from multiple institutions including U.S. Supreme Court cases, state high court cases, state and federal statutes, rules of procedure, and prosecutorial policies; a real-world perspective that focuses on high-volume issues of current importance to defendants, lawyers, courts, legislators, and the public; interdisciplinary examination of the impact that different procedures have on the enforcers, lawyers, courts, communities, defendants, and victims; points of comparison between U.S. practices and the systems at work in other countries; and frequent use of Problems to give the instructor options for applying concepts and doctrines in realistic practice settings. New to the 7th Edition: Coverage of declination and plea negotiation policies in the offices of “progressive prosecutors.” Enhanced coverage of the operation of state speedy trial statutes in high-volume courts. Fresh evaluation of historical trends and current practices in plea bargaining. Coverage of recent rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court on jury selection and unanimous jury verdicts. Professors and students will benefit from: Materials that support class discussion, including criminal justice actors beyond the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: the vision is “street-level federalism.” Materials that give students a nuanced portrait of current practices in criminal justice rather than a rushed historical narrative about doctrinal trends. Supporting website that offers exemplar documents, recent news with relevance for criminal procedure, and brief video lectures to introduce each major unit. Emphasis on high-volume practical issues in criminal procedure instead of intricate but rarely-encountered questions. Intuitive organization – tracking the typical order of events in criminal court – that makes it easy to see connections among different areas of the law.
Unlike casebooks, this title provides rich narrative detail of the human stories -- and the social, political, and legal contexts -- of notable Supreme Court cases on criminal justice. It includes details not available elsewhere, and offers the insights of respected scholars who are experts on the particular cases and issues they address. This book will greatly enhance the teaching both of police practices (a.k.a "Cops and Robbers") and of criminal adjudication (a.k.a "Bail to Jail")
This casebook provides the most comprehensive treatment available, including the theoretical foundations, the common-law origins, the statutory structure, and the procedural context of modern criminal law. The book concentrates on doctrinal materials that can support both rigorous technical and sophisticated theoretical discussions. The purposes and limits of punishment are addressed through Supreme Court decisions, a focus on statutes throughout the substantive law sections enables training students in the legal art of statutory interpretation as well as exposing them to the hard moral and political problems of legislative choice, and the sentencing materials reprise the theory of punishment in the context of the practically most important stage of the modern process. The 12th edition carries forward the comprehensive approach of prior editions, empowering the teacher to design a course suited to the needs of the teacher's students and teacher's institution. New Supreme Court's decisions, changing the landscape of both substance and procedure, include Skilling v. United States, McDonald v. City of Chicago, Graham v. Florida, United States v. Jones, and Michigan v. Bryant. The material on self-defense has been comprehensively revised, both for the sake of clarity and to include discussion of so-called "stand your ground laws." Statutes (e.g., the New York and California homicide statutes) and the caselaw (e.g., up-to-the-minute material on "willful blindness") have been updated. We also now include a case about the admissibility of neuro-imaging evidence to support a diminished-capacity defense, thus acknowledging how modern brain science has begun to raise both practical evidentiary issues and a substantial challenge to important theoretical premises of the criminal law.
This thoughtful, carefully organized casebook offers a thorough grounding in the constitutional underpinnings of police practice, including responses to volatile social challenges such as the war on drugs, terrorism, and the advent of modern technology. Cases on Criminal Procedure: 2013-2014 provides a historical perspective on the Supreme Court's changing approaches to issues from the Warren Court through the Burger, Rehnquist, and Roberts Courts. A broad and deep case selection gives instructors maximum flexibility in structuring their courses and supplementing student reading. Succinct, accessible introductions show the significance of the topics and issues, and selected readings explore current thinking on each. Full voting histories are provided for each case, as are texts of the relevant Constitutional Amendments and Chart of Supreme Court Justices from 1930 to the present. The 2013-2014 Edition is completely updated with new cases: Florence v. Burlington, Arizona v. United States, Messerschmidt v. Millender, United States v. Jones, Howes v. Field, J.D.B. v. North Carolina, Perry v. New Hampshire, and Davis v. North Carolina. Features: thoughtful, carefully organized casebook thorough grounding in the constitutional underpinnings of police practice includes case responses to volatile social challenges ; the war on drugs terrorism modern technology provides a historical perspective on the Supreme Court's changing approaches to issues from the Warren Court through the Burger, Rehnquist, and Roberts Courts broad and deep case selection provides instructors with maximum flexibility in structuring courses and supplementing students' reading succinct, accessible introductions show the significance of topics and issues and readings explore current thinking on each full voting histories provided for each case includes texts of the relevant Constitutional Amendments and Chart of Supreme Court Justices from 1930 to the present Thoroughly updated, the 2013-2014 Edition presents new cases throughout: Florence v. Burlington Arizona v. United States Messerschmidt v. Millender United States v. Jones Howes v. Field J.D.B. v. North Carolina Perry v. New Hampshire Davis v. North Carolina
Expert authors introduce the study of criminal procedure. The Exclusionary Evidence Rule and other remedies for constitutional violations are covered, as well as the law of arrest. Covers the law of searches and provides a framework for analyzing its validity. Overviews privilege against self-incrimination, offers eyewitness identification techniques, and identifies the general restrictions on the identification procedure. Looks at initial custodial decisions, preliminary hearing, grand jury, discovery, and the right to a speedy trial. Examines pleas, adversarial rights, appeals, and double jeopardy. Also covers the right to counsel, effective assistance of counsel, habeas corpus, and state constitutions as an independent source of rights.
"Provides a comprehensive introduction to the rules and principles of criminal procedure law. This text uses a case study approach with a focus on the U.S. Supreme Court to help readers develop the analytical skills necessary to understand the origins, context, and evolution of the law. With an emphasis on federal constitutional law, all cases and accompanying discussions have been updated throughout"--P. [4] of cover.
