The criminal justice system is complicated, understand it and your rights
Criminal law is full of complex rules and procedures, but this book demystifies them. It explains how the system works, why police, lawyers, and judges do what they do, and—most important—the options for suspects, defendants, and victims. It also provides critical information on working with a lawyer.
In plain English, The Criminal Law Handbook covers:
search and seizure
arrest, booking, and bail
Miranda
arraignment
plea bargains
trials
sentencing
working with defense attorneys
common defenses
constitutional rights
juvenile court
preliminary hearings
appeals, and
public defenders
This edition is completely updated, covering the latest changes in criminal and U.S Supreme Court cases. Written by the authors of Represent Yourself in Court, Paul Bergman, J.D. and Sara Berman, J.D.
Table of Content
Introduction
1. Talking to the Police
2. Search and Seizure
3. Arrest: When It Happens, What It Means
4. Eyewitness Identification: Psychology and Procedures
5. Booking and Bail: Checking In and Out of Jail
6. From Suspect to Defendant
7. Criminal Defense Lawyers
8. Understanding the Attorney-Client Relationship in a Criminal Case
9. A Walk Through Criminal Court
10. Arraignments
11. Developing the Defense Strategy
12. Crimespeak: Understanding the Language of Criminal Laws
13. Defensespeak: Common Defenses to Criminal Charges
14. Discovery: Exchanging Information With the Prosecution
15. Investigating the Facts
16. Preliminary Hearings
17. Fundamental Trial Rights of the Defense
18. Basic Evidence Rules in Criminal Trials
19. Motions and Their Role in Criminal Cases
20. Plea Bargains: How Most Criminal Cases End
21. The Trial Process
22. Sentencing
23. Appeals
24. How the Criminal Justice System Works
25. Juvenile Courts and Procedures
26. Prisoners’ Rules
27. Looking Up the Law
Glossary
About the author
Sara J. Berman received her law degree from UCLA. She is a Professor at the Concord University School of Law, and a founder of the PASS Online Bar Review (www.passlaw.com). She has authored several bar review course texts and legal articles, and has lectured extensively for Bar Passers, West Bar Review, and the Practicing Law Institute. She teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, criminal justice, legal writing and analysis, corporations law, and community property law. She is also the coauthor of Nolo’s Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case.
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