A short & happy guide to criminal procedure

This Short and Happy Guide makes the law about police practices and criminal trial proceedings accessible and easy to remember. Learn the key points of search and seizure law, police interrogation, the right to counsel, the exclusionary rule, pretrial release, grand jury investigations, joinder, criminal discovery, plea bargaining, jury trials, pretrial publicity, double jeopardy, appeals, and post-conviction standards. Dominate your classes in Criminal Procedure and your skills courses in Trial Advocacy!

Preface -- Fourth Amendment activity -- Search warrants and arrest warrants -- Warrantless searches -- Police interrogation & confessions -- Identification procedures -- Exclusionary rule -- Prosecutorial discretion -- Right to counsel -- Pretrial release -- Preliminary proceedings -- Grand jury proceedings -- The charging instrument -- Joinder and severance -- Speedy trial -- Discovery -- Freedom of the press and fair trial -- Plea bargaining -- Jury trials -- Trial rights -- Sentencing -- Appeals -- Double jeopardy -- Post-conviction remedies.