Ninth Circuit Criminal Handbook

A long and established fixture to the LexisNexis Circuit Criminal Handbook series, The Ninth Circuit Criminal Handbook continues its tradition of informative excellence and guides you through every topic and every issue you need to know to succeed in the Ninth Circuit's criminal law jurisprudence. The Handbook examines and analyzes legal precedence and doctrine for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, focusing on federal criminal trials and appeals arising from a many diverse states and American territories, including: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington. Also included within the purview of the Ninth Circuit include the following territorial courts of: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. The Handbook examines and clarifies the federal criminal process and applications for all these states and territories of Ninth Circuit, starting from the pretrial procedures, the discovery process, to the trial itself, and finally the post-trial actions and appeals.

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The Ninth Circuit Criminal Handbook is the one of the oldest and most revered treatise to the LexisNexis Circuit Criminal Handbook series, offering an in-depth and conceptual guide to the legal doctrine, jurisprudence, and procedures that every practitioner must be aware of to successfully litigate a criminal case in the Ninth Circuit (comprising the states of: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington; and American territories of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa). The 2024 edition contains a Foreword written by the Honorable Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, highlighting that this Handbook "… succinctly outlines black letter criminal law, from arrest to appeal. It also provides authorities for further research and explains nuances as well as potentially conflicting case law." The 2024 Edition continues to be specifically tailored to quirks of practicing in Ninth Circuit and provides essential inside knowledge that a practitioner must be aware of to successfully prosecute or defend a criminal case in the Ninth Circuit. Covering hundreds of criminal issues, this single volume resource is broad enough to provide an excellent introduction for the newcomer to Ninth Circuit criminal practice, yet also detailed enough to become a trusted resource for veteran practitioners and judges.

Using precise, straightforward language, this essential resource analyzes a multitude of topics in the context of Ninth Circuit practice, including but not limited to:
•  Trial Procedures: from miscellaneous pre-trial issues to trial to the appellate process
•  Selected Criminal Offenses
•  Federal Rules of Evidence
•  Federal Criminal Procedure
•  Search and Seizure
•  Grand Jury
•  Appeals and Post-Conviction Issues

The Handbook is the long established and definitive text to the LexisNexis Circuit Criminal Handbook series, offering an in-depth and conceptual guide to the legal doctrine, jurisprudence, and procedures that every federal criminal practitioner must be aware of to successfully litigate a criminal case in the Ninth Circuit.

The 2023 edition ISBN is 9781663337955.

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Table of contents

Chapter 1 Grand Jury
Chapter 2 Bail
Chapter 3 Extradition and Extraterritorial Issues
Chapter 4 Discovery
Chapter 5 Pretrial Motions
Chapter 6 Search and Seizure and the Fourth Amendment
Chapter 7 Confessions and Extra-Judicial Statements
Chapter 8 Substantive Defenses
Chapter 9 Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining
Chapter 10 Common Offenses in the Ninth Circuit
Chapter 11 Juveniles
Chapter 12 Juries and Jury Selection
Chapter 13 Constitutional and Other Issues at Trial
Chapter 14 Sentencing and Supervised Release
Chapter 15 Appellate Procedure and Practice
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index