Criminal Procedures: Prosecution & Adjudication, Fourth Edition (Aspen Casebook)

Criminal Procedures: Prosecution & Adjudication, Fourth Edition (Aspen Casebook)

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In <b>Criminal Procedures: Prosecution and Adjudication: Cases, Statutes, and Executive Materials, Fourth Edition</b>, the highly respected author team of Marc L. Miller and Ronald F. Wright present a student-friendly, comprehensive survey of the laws and practices at work between the time a person is charged and the time the courts resolve the offender's conviction and sentence. </p> <p> In the Fourth Edition, the authors retain the vitality and contemporary approach of <b>Criminal Procedures: Cases, Statutes, and Executive Materials</b> with an updated selection of cases and statutes and expanded discussions of important topics. </p> <p> <b>Covering in detail the "bail-to-jail" portions of the criminal process, this casebook features: </b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>Extensive use of documents from multiple institutions</b> including U.S. Supreme Court cases, state high court cases, state and federal statutes, rules of procedure, and prosecutorial policies. </li> <li> <b>A real world perspective</b> that focuses on high-volume issues of current importance to defendants, lawyers, courts, legislators, and the public. </li> <li> <b>Interdisciplinary examination of the impact that different procedures have</b> on the enforcers, lawyers, courts, communities, defendants, and victims. </li> <li> <b>Frequent use of Problems</b> that gives the instructor options for applying concepts and doctrines in realistic practice settings. </li> </ul> <p> <b>Integrating the casebook with the web site to provide additional materials, the Fourth Edition offers:</b> </p> <ul> <li> An <b>updated selection of cases and statutes.</b> </li> <li> Expanded coverage of the <b>impact of race</b> on criminal adjudication and sentencing. </li> <li> Reorganized and expanded coverage of <b>plea negotiations and guilty pleas.</b> </li> </ul> </p>