For courses Criminal Procedure. Using a blend of text and edited cases, this book provides up-to-date coverage of constitutional criminal procedure. Important cases are highlighted using a case and comment approach complete with analysis, justice quotes, and dissenting opinions. This edition includes 25 important new Supreme Court cases and 70 new citations to Supreme Court decisions. Each chapter is updated to reflect the most recent criminal procedure and new legal puzzles appear in every chapter. With an emphasis on law and society, it provides essential information about the law of constitutional criminal procedure, its social, political, and historical contexts, and the most meaningful Supreme Court cases. HALLMARK FEATURES: A blend of text and edited cases gives students a full set of tools to understand criminal procedure. Explains the core knowledge of constitutional criminal procedure.

Summarizes important legal cases and important legal concepts. Cases and Comment sections provide a framework for analyzing and understanding important Supreme Court cases. Combines edited cases with analysis and comment so students can better understand important Supreme Court decisions. Captures the actual reasoning of the justices (in their own words) and includes dissenting opinions. Law in Society sections appear at the end of each chapter. Moves beyond understanding the technicalities of the law to understanding how the law fits into society. Examines topics such as: police perjury, mandatory domestic violence arrest, wrongful convictions, effect of the exclusionary rule, inadequate provision of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct. Supreme Court Justice biographies appear throughout the text.

Provides a brief biographical sketch of each Supreme Court justice. Shows students each judge's policy, philosophy and jurisprudential positions so they can better understand the law. Legal Puzzles conclude each chapter. Includes puzzles based on recent cases from lower federal and state courts. Shows how the courts apply Supreme Court rulings and uses questions to help spark in-class discussion and debate. Excerpts of the U.S. Constitution appears in Appendix A.

Includes selected portions of the Constitution for easy reference. Summary Voting Scorecard appears in Appendix B. Summarizes the typical voting style of each justice in a convenient table format. Provides valuable tips about each judge's orientation.