Criminal Procedure Adjudication and Right to Counsel [Connected eBook with Study Center]

by Allen, Ronald J.; Hoffmann, Joseph L.; Livingston, Debra A.; Leipold, Andrew D.; Meares, Tracey L.

• ISBN13: 9798889061854
• ISBN10: 8889061855
• eBook ISBN(s): 9798889061861
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-02-21
• Publisher: Aspen Publishing
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Criminal Procedure: Adjudication and Right to Counsel, Fourth Edition is designed for the criminal procedure course focused on the pretrial, trial, and post-trial processes. It covers prosecutorial decision making, pretrial release, grand juries, speedy trial rights, venue, joinder and severance, discovery, right to counsel pretrial and at trial, guilty pleas and plea bargains, trials, sentencing, appeals, and postconviction challenges. The book is designed to be used with the annual supplement that contains the statutes and rules covered in the course. This split is derived from the successful casebook Comprehensive Criminal Procedure by an outstanding author team.

New to the Fourth Edition:

• New important judicial decisions and statutory and rule changes since the Third Edition
• New “roadmap” introductions to each set of Notes and Questions, providing guidance to both students and faculty
• Updated treatment of ineffective assistance in plea bargaining
• A reorganized and substantially revised discussion of the Crawford doctrine
• Updated notes on contemporary issues such as progressive prosecutors, cash bail, and cybercrimes

Benefits for instructors and students:

• Rigorous and challenging criminal procedure casebook with an outstanding author team
• Sound grounding in the criminal process and the right to counsel
• Helps teachers stay better connected to the world of legal scholarship
• Manageable, accessible format
• Thematic organization
• Incorporates the latest and most highly respected developments in legal scholarship in the field of criminal procedure law

Table of Contents

Summary of Contents

Contents 
Preface
Acknowledgments 

PART ONE
THE CRIMINAL PROCESS 
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Criminal Justice “System”
Chapter 2 The Idea of Due Process

PART TWO
THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL — THE LINCHPIN OF
CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION 
Chapter 3 The Right to Counsel and Other Assistance 

PART FOUR
THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS 
Chapter 8 The Charging Decision 
Chapter 9 Bail and Pretrial Detention
Chapter 10 Pretrial Screening and the Grand Jury 
Chapter 11 The Scope of the Prosecution 
Chapter 12 Discovery and Disclosure 
Chapter 13 Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining 
Chapter 14 The Jury and the Criminal Trial 

PART FIVE
POST- TRIAL PROCEEDINGS 
Chapter 15 Sentencing
Chapter 16 Double Jeopardy 
Chapter 17 Appellate and Collateral Review 
United States Constitution (Selected Provisions) 

Table of Cases 
Table of Authorities
Table of Statutes and Rules 
Index