Criminal Procedures 2008 : Case and Statutory Supplement

by Chemerinsky, Erwin

• ISBN13: 9780735577886
• ISBN10: 0735577889
• Edition: Supplement
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-25
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

Intended for use with any of the authors' three casebooks for Criminal Procedure, The 2008 Case and Statutory Supplement combines two different objectives. First, it covers the cases from the October 2007 Term, which ended on June 28, 2008. Second, it provides important statutory material related to each of the casebook's chapters. the 2008 Case and Statutory Supplement features significant new Supreme Court case decisions regarding: Searches and Seizures Seizures and Arrests Bail and Pretrial Release Preventative Detention Right to Counsel When the Right to Counsel Applies Right of Self-Representation Trial Jury Composition and Selection Sentencing Indeterminate versus Determinate Sentencing The Death Penalty Standards for Constitutional Implementation of the Death Penalty Recent Limits on the Scope of the Death Penalty Habeas Corpus And The War on Terrorism Important Statutory Material: Selected Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Selected Sections from U.S. Code Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure Selected Sections from U.S. Code Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure