Modern Criminal Procedure

The Sixteenth Edition continues with its comprehensive coverage of the constitutional, statutory, and ethical rules regulating the criminal investigative and adjudicatory processes with clear statements of the black-letter law as well as inclusion of the most thoughtful and provocative commentary available. The authors bring together the latest statistics, relevant legislative trends, and insightful policy and scholarly debates, facilitating critical analysis of the process and its potential reforms. The new edition pays increased attention to history, race and racial justice, and empirical studies, framing the issues in a way that makes this textbook the nation's premier text for teaching criminal procedure.The book covers such topics as:Arrest, search and seizure Right to counselDigital surveillancePolice interrogation and confessionsUndercover investigationsLineups and other pre-trial identification proceduresGrand jury investigationPretrial release and detentionProsecutorial discretion in chargingScreening the charge, preliminary hearings and grand jury reviewThe charging instrumentLocation of prosecutionJoinder of charges and defendantsSpeedy trialDiscovery and disclosureGuilty pleas and plea bargainingJury trials and trial rightsDouble JeopardySentencingAppeals and postconviction