Criminal Procedure : A Contemporary Perspective

by Acker, James R.; Brody, David C., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780763731694
• ISBN10: 0763731692
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett

Summary

This essential resource provides students with an introduction to the rules and principles of criminal procedure law. This text uses a case study approach to help students develop the analytical skills necessary to understand the origins, context, and evolutions of the law; concentrates on US Supreme Court decisions interpreting both state and federal constitutions; and introduces students to the reference materials and strategies used for basic legal research.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases	ix
Preface	xv
Acknowledgements	xvii
The Law of Criminal Procedure: Of Means and Ends	1	(24)
The Challenges of Criminal Procedure Law	1	(2)
Criminal Procedure Law in Action: A Case Study	3	(9)
Briefing a Case	3	(1)
In the U.S. Supreme Court: Brewer v. Williams	4	(8)
Additional Means-Ends Problems	12	(11)
``The Dirty Harry Problem''	12	(2)
Carl B. Klockars
Leon v. State	14	(2)
Brown v. Mississippi	16	(2)
Rochin v. California	18	(1)
Herbert L. Packer, The Limits of the Criminal Sanction	19	(4)
Conclusion	23	(2)
Building Blocks for the Study of Criminal Procedure Law	25	(22)
On Courts and Constitutions: State and Federal Relationships	25	(17)
The State and Federal Court Systems	26	(9)
The Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution and Its Application to the States	35	(5)
The New Federalism: State Constitutions and Criminal Procedure Law	40	(2)
A Word about Legal Research Techniques	42	(3)
Legal Research Notes	43	(2)
Conclusion	45	(2)
The Law of Search and Seizure	47	(171)
On ``Searches,'' ``Seizures,'' and Warrant Requirements	48	(31)
Searches and Reasonable Expectations of Privacy	48	(25)
Seizures: Possessory Interests	73	(2)
The General Interests Protected by the Warrant Clause	75	(4)
The Exclusionary Rule	79	(24)
Origins and Evolution of the Exclusionary Rule	80	(6)
The Good-Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule	86	(10)
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree	96	(4)
Inevitable Discovery	100	(3)
Standing	103	(9)
Arrest and ``Stop and Frisk''	112	(42)
Arrests	112	(11)
Stop and Frisk	123	(31)
The Search Warrant ``Requirement''	154	(18)
Probable Cause to Search	155	(9)
The Particularity Requirement	164	(2)
Execution of a Search Warrant	166	(6)
Exceptions to the Warrant ``Requirement''	172	(44)
Search Incident to Lawful Arrest	172	(10)
Consent Searches	182	(7)
Hot Pursuit and Other Exigencies	189	(4)
Plain View	193	(7)
The Automobile Exception and Inventory ``Searches''	200	(16)
Conclusion	216	(2)
Interrogation, Confessions, and Self-Incrimination	218	(117)
The Road to Miranda v. Arizona	220	(6)
Involuntary Confessions	220	(2)
The McNabb-Mallory Rule	222	(2)
The Right to Counsel: Massiah and Escobedo	224	(2)
Miranda and Its Progeny	226	(94)
Miranda v. Arizona	226	(12)
``In Custody''	238	(8)
Interrogation	246	(5)
The Miranda Warnings	251	(2)
Invocation of the Miranda Rights	253	(13)
The Waiver of Miranda Rights	266	(24)
Impeachment	290	(7)
``Voluntariness'' Revisited	297	(12)
The Public Safety Exception	309	(6)
Nontestimonial Evidence	315	(5)
The Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel and Its Application to Confessions	320	(14)
The Meaning of ``Deliberately Elicit''	322	(6)
Invocation and Waiver of the Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel	328	(6)
Conclusion	334	(1)
Eyewitness Identification	335	(37)
The Right to Counsel at Pretrial Identification Procedures	336	(17)
United States v. Wade	336	(5)
Kirby v. Illinois	341	(4)
United States v. Ash	345	(8)
The Due-Process Approach	353	(11)
Manson v. Brathwaite	353	(11)
Expert Testimony Regarding Eyewitness Identification	364	(7)
State v. Chapple	364	(7)
Conclusion	371	(1)
The Pretrial Process	372	(32)
The Initial Appearance	372	(5)
Bail and Preventive Detention	377	(8)
Preliminary Hearings	385	(3)
Grand Jury Proceedings	388	(15)
Composition of the Grand Jury	388	(9)
Evidence Presented to the Grand Jury	397	(6)
Conclusion	403	(1)
The Prosecutor and the Adversarial System	404	(27)
The Prosecutor's Duty to Do Justice	404	(1)
The Prosecutor's Charging Discretion	405	(11)
Selective Prosecution	406	(4)
Vindictive Prosecutions	410	(6)
Perjured Testimony and Exculpatory Evidence: The Prosecutor's Duty	416	(14)
The Knowing Use of Perjured Testimony	416	(1)
The Duty To Disclose Evidence Material to the Defense	417	(9)
Is There a Duty for the Police to Preserve Potentially Exculpatory Evidence?	426	(4)
Conclusion	430	(1)
The Accused's Right to Counsel	431	(51)
The Right to Counsel: Trial and Beyond	432	(27)
The Road to Gideon	432	(5)
The Right to Court-Appointed Trial Counsel: Beyond Gideon	437	(9)
Does the Right to Court-Appointed Counsel Extend Beyond Trial?	446	(7)
A Right of Self-Representation?	453	(6)
The Role of Defense Counsel: Obligations and Limits	459	(22)
Zealous Advocacy	459	(5)
Guilty Clients and Hard Questions	464	(8)
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel	472	(9)
Conclusion	481	(1)
Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining	482	(18)
The Guilty Plea and the Constitution	483	(2)
Boykin v. Alabama	483	(2)
Alford Pleas and the ``Innocent'' Defendant	485	(3)
North Carolina v. Alford	485	(3)
Plea Bargaining and the Constitution	488	(6)
Brady v. United States	489	(5)
Broken Promises	494	(3)
Santobello v. New York	494	(3)
The Scope of Prosecutorial Discretion in Plea Bargaining	497	(2)
Kipnis, ``Plea Bargaining: A Critic's Rejoinder''	498	(1)
Conclusion	499	(1)
The Adjudication Process	500	(93)
The Right to a Speedy Trial	502	(11)
United States v. Marion	502	(4)
Barker v. Wingo	506	(3)
Doggett v. United States	509	(4)
Competency to Stand Trial	513	(3)
Cooper v. Oklahoma	513	(3)
The Burden of Persuasion	516	(3)
In re Winship	516	(3)
Trial by Jury	519	(35)
The Right to an Impartial Jury: Pretrial Publicity	526	(10)
Jury Selection	536	(13)
Size of the Trial Jury	549	(2)
Is a Unanimous Verdict Required?	551	(1)
Burch v. Louisiana	552	(2)
Testimonial Rights of the Defendant	554	(6)
The Right to Refrain from Testifying	554	(4)
The Right to Testify	558	(2)
Confrontation and Cross-Examination	560	(13)
``Face-to-Face'' Confrontation	560	(6)
Cross-Examination as a Means of Confrontation	566	(4)
The Defendant's Right to Be Present during the Trial	570	(3)
Double Jeopardy	573	(18)
Multiple Prosecutions for the Same Offense	573	(13)
Multiple Punishments for a Single Offense	586	(3)
The Dual-Sovereignty Doctrine	589	(2)
Conclusion	591	(2)
Appendix A Legal Research Guide	593	(28)
Appendix B Select Provisions of the U.S. Constitution	621	(2)
Index	623