Fundamentals of Criminal Procedure: Caught in the Act

With a new approach to understanding criminal procedure, Fundamentals of Criminal Procedure by Daniel Hall rethinks the traditional format by providing students with a thorough understanding of the constitutional and procedural dimensions of a criminal case from investigation through sentencing. Through real-life cases, contemporary examples, and questions and problems in topical sections, students are able to relate to the content and apply what they learn. With a focus on current challenges facing the criminal justice system, including police accountability and governmental power during national emergencies, this timely book is a valuable asset to any course seeking to give students a better-than-formative understanding of criminal procedure.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Overview of Criminal Procedure Introduction to Criminal Procedure Let’s Make a Deal: The Social Contract The Criminal Justice System, or Is It Systems? Competition, not Cooperation: Adversarial System Lay Down the Law: Sources of Criminal Procedure We the People: The Constitution and Criminal Procedure On the Right[s] Side of the Law The Process The People in the Process In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 2: Courts of Law, Not Justice Order in the Court System Courts of Law, Not Justice Robes and Hats Poisonous Trees and Their Fruit In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 3: To Be Let Alone: The Fourth Amendment Who Is Controlled: State Action Who Is Protected and What Is Protected When Is There a Search?: People and Places What is a Seizure? Suspicious Minds: The Fourth Amendment Pyramid Righting the Wrong: Fourth Amendment Violations The Weakest Link: Fourth Amendment Analysis In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 4: An Exception to Every Rule: Fourth Amendment Consent Stop and Frisk Plain View and Touch Search Incident to Arrest Exigencies Open Fields Border Searches In the Corrections Context Administrative and School Searches In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 5: In the Driver’s Seat: Car Searches and Seizures Putting the Brakes On: Car Stops Car Searches Drivers and Passengers Happy Camper In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 6: Good Cop, Bad Cop: Interrogations & Confessions The Problem: Wrongful Convictions and False Confessions The Reality: Innocent People Confess The Law: One Step Behind In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 7: Seeing is Believing: Eyewitness and Forensic Evidence The Problem: Eyewitness Misidentification The Solution: Blinded by the Science A Trace Behind: Forensic Science In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 8: Process is Punishment: Pretrial The Investigation Getting Formal Arraignment and Plea Bargaining Discovery Motion Practice In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 9: Hear ye, hear ye: Trial Fire, Water, and Combat Jury Trial Say It to My Face: Confrontation and Cross-Examination Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Counsel Trial Procedure In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 10: Do the Crime, Do the Time: Sentencing and Punishment To What End? Purposes of Punishment Don’t Be a Pain: The Eighth Amendment Methods of Punishment The Sentencing Process In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 11: Constitutional Kitchen Sink: Other Rights Enumerated Rights: The First Amendment Enumerated Rights: The Second Amendment and Other Enumerated Rights Unenumerated Rights In a Nutshell Key Terms Chapter 12: Police Accountability Through Liability The Facts and Figures of Civil Liability Overview of Civil Liability State and Federal Claims In a Nutshell Key Terms

About the Author :
Daniel E. Hall, earned his bachelor’s degree at Indiana University, Juris Doctor at Washburn University, and Doctor of Education in higher education curriculum and instruction at the University of Central Florida. After law school, Daniel clerked for both the Honorable Gene E. Brooks, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, and the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia. He has practiced law in the United States and in Micronesia, where he served as assistant attorney general following his judicial clerkship. In this capacity he litigated some of the young Nation’s first cases that addressed important criminal, constitutional, and traditional law issues. He has been a member of the faculties of the University of Central Florida, the University of Toledo, and Miami University, where he is currently professor of Justice and Community Studies and Political Science, and Affiliate Professor of Global and Intercultural Studies. He is also a visiting professor of law at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. Daniel is the author or coauthor of twenty-eight textbooks, including revisions, and a dozen journal articles on public law subjects. He is father of Grace and Eva, stepfather to Thea, and partner to Aryana.