Ebook: The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System

Talking to the police -- Search and seizure -- Arrest : when it happens, what it means -- Eyewitness identification : psychology and procedures -- Booking and bail : checking in and out of jail -- From suspect to defendant -- Criminal defense lawyers -- Understanding the attorney-client relationship in a criminal case -- A walk through criminal court -- Arraignments -- Developing the defense strategy -- Crimespeak : understanding the language of criminal laws -- Defensespeak : common defenses to criminal charges -- Discovery : exchanging information with the prosecution -- Investigating the facts -- Preliminary hearings -- Fundamental trial rights of the defense -- Basic evidence rules in criminal trials -- Motions and their role in criminal cases -- Plea bargains : how most criminal trials end -- The trial process -- Sentencing : how the court punishes the convicted defendants -- Appeals : seeking review by a higher court -- How the criminal justice system works : a walk through two drunk driving cases -- Juvenile courts and procedures -- Prisoners' rules -- Looking up the law.