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The criminal law handbook : know your rights, survive the system
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- Creator
- by Paul Bergman & Sara J. Berman-Barrett
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Fourth edition
- Berkeley, CA : Nolo, 2002
- Physical Details
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- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780873378048, 0873378040, 9780873377959, 0873377958
- OCLC
- ocm50553005, ocm48249305
- Includes index.
- Talking to the police -- Search and seizure: when the police can search for and seize evidence -- When it happens, what it means -- Police procedures to help eyewitnesses identify suspects -- Book and bail -- From suspect to defendant -- Criminal defense lawyers -- Understanding the attorney-client relationship in a criminal case -- A walk through criminal court -- Arraignments -- Developing the defense strategy -- Crimespeak -- Defensespeak -- Discovery: exchanging information with the prosecution -- Investigating the facts -- Preliminary hearing -- Fundamental trial rights of the defense -- Basic evidence rules in criminal trials -- Motions and their role in criminal cases -- Plea bargains -- The trial process -- Sentencing --- Appeals -- How the criminal justice system works -- Juvenile courts and procedures -- Prisoners' rights -- Looking up the law