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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 latest 2026 edition of 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. Updated yearly by the Honorable Larry Alan Burns (Ret.) and Mr. Timothy A. Scott (Founding Partner of McKenzie Scott), 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.