NCJ Number
60286
Date Published
1979
Length
439 pages
Annotation
THIS SUPPLEMENT TO THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SOURCEBOOK IS DESIGNED TO EXPAND, CLARIFY, AND UPDATE THE PRIMARY SOURCES AND MAIN ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES IN THE MAIN TEXT.
Abstract
THE SUPPLEMENT IS BASED ON A REVIEW OF ALL U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE 1977-78 TERM, AND OF LOWER FEDERAL COURT DECISIONS TO THE BEGINNING OF 1978. CRIMINAL PROCEDURES EXAMINED INCLUDE ARREST, SEARCHES AND SEIZURE, CONFESSIONS, CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION, PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS, ARRAIGNMENT AND PRETRIAL MOTIONS, IMPANELING THE JURY, TRIAL PRACTICE AND EVIDENCE, SENTENCING AND PUNISHMENT, POST-TRIAL MOTIONS AND APPEAL, EXTRAORDINARY REVIEW, AND JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS. EACH ENTRY IS KEYED TO THE MAIN TEXT BY PAGE REFERENCES. ENTRIES OTHER THAN STATUTORY AMENDMENTS AND COMPLETIONS OF CITATIONS ARE SELF-CONTAINED. A TABLE OF CASES AND AN INDEX ARE INCLUDED. SEE NCJ 36487 AND 36488 FOR THE MAIN TEXT. (CFW)