Singer, Richard G.

Criminal procedure II : from bail to jail / Richard G. Singer. - 2nd ed. - Frederick, MD : Aspen Publishers, c2008. - xxi, 420 p. ; 25 cm. - Examples & explanations series . - Examples & explanations series. .

Includes index.

Introduction -- Early decisions about the newly arrested defendant -- Charging decisions -- The grand jury: gathering information and overseeing the prosecutor's charging -- Alternatives to the grand jury: informations and preliminary hearings -- Evidence disclosure (discovery) -- Pleas of guilt and bargained pleas -- The jury -- Double jeopardy -- Speedy trial -- Assistance of counsel -- Sentencing -- Appeals and collateral attack -- Non-criminal remedies for unacceptable lawyering -- Victim's rights.

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Criminal procedure--United States.

KF9619.3 / .S56 2008

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