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Criminal Law Advocacy explores the important techniques behind successful criminal law practice and offers specific guidelines for using the proper procedures. Checklists, sample forms, and real-life examples of testimony are included, with expert author commentary throughout. Topics include:
- Trial Investigation and Preparation--Initial client interview, setting fees, case management, discovery, and motion practice
- Jury Selection--Substantive law, strategies, and techniques
- Guilty Pleas--Plea bargaining, the constitutional standards for accepting pleas, Alford pleas, plea agreement procedure
- Trial Proof--Real evidence, elements of guilt, privileges, objections and the operation of the rules of evidence
- Witness Examination--Strategies and techniques
- Argument to the Jury--Techniques and analysis of pertinent laws
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Table of contents
Volume 1
TRIAL INVESTIGATION AND PREPARATION
Ch. 1 Steps in the Criminal Process
Ch. 2 Counsel’s Initial Interview With Client
Ch. 3 Fees and Employment Agreements
Ch. 4 Pretrial Ethical Considerations
Ch. 5 Bail
Ch. 6 Case Management
Ch. 7 Preliminary Hearings
Ch. 8 Investigation of the Case
Ch. 9 Discovery
Ch. 10 Misjoinder and Prejudicial Joinder
Ch. 11 Motions Challenging the Indictment
Ch. 11A Resisting Pretrial Disclosure on the Basis of the Fifth Amendment’s Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
Ch. 11B Asserting Defendant’s Right to a Speedy Trial
Ch. 12 Motions to Suppress Confessions, Statements, Lineups or Other Identification
Ch. 13 Search and Seizure
Ch. 14 Miscellaneous Pretrial Motions
Ch. 15 Preparation for Arraignment
Ch. 16 Trial Preparation Considerations for Certain Offenses
Ch. 17 [Reserved]
Ch. 18 Pretrial Publicity
Ch. 19 Representing the Military Client
Ch. 20 Preparation of an Obscenity Case
Volume 2
GUILTY PLEAS
Ch. 1 Introduction
Ch. 2 The Voluntariness Standard
Ch. 3 The “Knowing and Intelligent’ Requirement
Ch. 4 The Factual Basis Requirement
Ch. 5 The Effect of a Guilty Plea
Ch. 6 Challenging Guilty Pleas
Ch. 7 Enforcing a Plea Bargain
Ch. 8 The Role of the Parties in Entering a Plea
Ch. 9 Defendants Who Refuse to Admit Guilt: Nolo Contendere Pleas and Alford Pleas
Ch. 10 Plea Bargaining and Negotiation Skills
Ch. 11 Plea Bargaining and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Volume 2A
JURY SELECTION
Ch. 1 The Law of Jury Selection -- An Overview
Ch. 2 [Reserved]
Ch. 3 Strategic Goals in Jury Selection
Ch. 4 Preparation for Jury Selection
Ch. 4A Discrimination in Jury Selection
Ch. 5 Juror Misconduct
Ch. 6 Voir Dire Concerning the Conduct of the Trial
Ch. 7 Voir Dire Concerning Evidence
Ch. 8 Voir Dire for Specific Crimes and Defenses
Volume 3
TRIAL PROOF
Ch. 1 Overview of the Criminal Trial Process
Ch. 2 Voir Dire: An Overview
Ch. 3 Evidentiary Implications of Opening Statement and Final Argument
Ch. 4 Real and Demonstrative Evidence
Ch. 5 Scientific Evidence: Presentation and Attack
Ch. 6 Evidence and the Witness Examination Process
Ch. 7 Privileges
Ch. 8 Hearsay
Ch. 9 Elements of Guilt: Challenging Prosecution Proof by Motion
Ch. 10 Presumptions and Burden of Proof
Ch. 11 Objections
Ch. 12 Rules of Evidence with Author Commentary
Volume 4
WITNESS EXAMINATION
Ch. 1 Advocacy and Witness Examination
Ch. 2 Principles of Witness Examination
Ch. 2A Pretrial Witness Examination
Ch. 3 The Nature of Direct Examination
Ch. 4 Preparation for Direct Examination
Ch. 5 The Language of Direct Examination
Ch. 6 Presenting the Direct Case -- Foundations for Evidence
Ch. 7 Techniques of Direct Examination
Ch. 8 Direct Examination of Specific Witnesses
Ch. 9 The Nature of Cross-Examination
Ch. 10 The Development of Effective Cross-Examination
Volume 5
WITNESS EXAMINATION
Ch. 10A The Development of Effective Cross-Examination
Ch. 11 Exposing Mistaken Testimony on Cross-Examination
Ch. 12 Exposing Perjurious Testimony on Cross-Examination
Ch. 13 Cross-Examination of Specific Witnesses
Ch. 14 Character Evidence
Ch. 15 Objections During Witness Examination
Volume 6
ARGUMENT TO THE JURY
Ch. 1 Introduction
Ch. 2 The Opening Statement
Ch. 3 Opening for the Prosecution
Ch. 4 Opening for the Defense
Ch. 4A The Law of Closing Argument
Ch. 5 Closing Argument for the Defense
Ch. 6 Eyewitness Identification
Ch. 7 Closing Argument for the Prosecution
Ch. 8 Retaliation and Prosecutorial Misconduct
