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Criminal Procedure, A Contemporary Approach

4th Edition
Russell L. Weaver | John M. Burkoff | Catherine Hancock
ISBN: 9781685614607
Subject: Criminal Procedure
Format: Print & Electronic - Hardbound
Page Count: 1549
Copyright: 2024 | Status: In Stock

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This new edition continues to reflect our primary goal—to create a "teacher's book"—a book that contains thought provoking problems (referred to as "hypos" or "Food for Thought" in the Interactive Casebook Series) designed to stimulate thought and produce interesting classroom discussion. The hypos and Food for Thought are woven throughout the chapters and are designed to help students learn doctrine, illuminate trends in the law, and ultimately to produce better learning. A secondary goal is to include a focus on teaching "skills." Many of the hypos place students in practical situations that they are likely to encounter in practice, and therefore encourage students to think about how they might handle those situations in real-life.

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Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Interactive Casebook Series
Publication Date: 01/29/2024

Russell L. Weaver, University of Louisville School of Law

John M. Burkoff, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Catherine Hancock, Tulane University School of Law

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The new edition includes a number of new U.S. Supreme Court decisions: Andrus v. Texas (ineffective assistance); Kansas v. Glover (reasonable suspicion) Torres v. Madrid (defining the term “seizure”); Lange v. California (misdemeanor flight); Caniglia v. Strom (exigent circumstances); Vega v. Tekoh (Miranda and civil damages); Egbert v. Boule (no implied cause of action for Fourth Amendment excessive-force or First Amendment retaliation claims); Ramos v. Louisiana (right to a unanimous jury verdict); Samia v. United States (Confrontation Clause); Hemphill v. New York (Confrontation Clause); United States v. Tsarnaev (pretrial publicity); Smith v. United States (double jeopardy); Denezpi v. United States (double jeopardy and dual sovereignty).; Shinn v. Kayer (habeas corpus) In addition, the book contains numerous new Hypos and Food for Thoughts, including one about the Chauvin case (involving pretrial publicity related to the murder of George Floyd).

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