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

In Criminal Procedures: Prosecution and Adjudication: Cases,
Statutes, and Executive Materials, Fourth Edition, 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.

In the Fourth Edition, the authors retain the vitality and contemporary
approach of Criminal Procedures: Cases, Statutes, and Executive
Materials with an updated selection of cases and statutes and
expanded discussions of important topics.

Covering in detail the "bail-to-jail" portions of the criminal
process, this casebook features:

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  Extensive use of documents from multiple institutions including
  U.S. Supreme Court cases, state high court cases, state and federal
  statutes, rules of procedure, and prosecutorial policies.
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  A real world perspective that focuses on high-volume issues of
  current importance to defendants, lawyers, courts, legislators, and
  the public.
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  Interdisciplinary examination of the impact that different
  procedures have on the enforcers, lawyers, courts, communities,
  defendants, and victims.
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  Frequent use of Problems that gives the instructor options for
  applying concepts and doctrines in realistic practice settings.
  

Integrating the casebook with the web site to provide additional
materials, the Fourth Edition offers:

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  An updated selection of cases and statutes.
  



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  Expanded coverage of the impact of race on criminal
  adjudication and sentencing.
  



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  Reorganized and expanded coverage of plea negotiations and guilty
  pleas.