NCJ Number
46143
Editor(s)
L L WEINREB
Date Published
1977
Length
842 pages
Annotation
INTENDED FOR USE IN FIRST-YEAR LAW SCHOOL COURSEWORK, THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE TEXTS OF LEADING CONSTITUTIONAL CASES ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF CRIME.
Abstract
THIS BOOK PRESENTS SELECTED, EDITED TEXTS OF THE MAJOR COURT DECISIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE LEGAL SCOPE OF THE FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: DUE PROCESS: ARREST AND SEARCH AND SEIZURE: ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE, AGENTS AND INFORMERS, AND ENTRAPMENT; THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL; THE PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION; LINEUPS; PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION; BAIL; THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL; TRIAL BY JURY; DOUBLE JEOPARDY; SENTENCING; AND COLLATERAL ATTACK. THE CASES ARE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO CONSTITUTIONAL FOCUS, AND MOST OF THE ORIGINAL FOOTNOTES ARE DELETED. CITATIONS HAVE BEEN OMITTED, AND THESE AS WELL AS OTHER OMISSIONS IN THE BODY OF AN OPINION ARE INDICATED. SELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARE PRESENTED, AS IS A TABLE OF CASES. (KBL)