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Basic Criminal Procedure (Police Practices): Cases, Comments, Questions (American Casebook Series) |  | Authors: Yale Kamisar, Wayne R. LaFave, Jerold H. Israel, Nancy J. King, Orin S. Kerr
Publisher: West
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Edition: 12
Pages: 1024
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0314189882
Dewey Decimal Number: 345
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Covers due process, retroactivity, the federal supervisory power, and state rights protection. Touches on the right to counsel, transcripts, and other aids such as poverty, equality, and the adversary system. Includes reflections on the police, courts, and the criminal process. Provides insight into arrest, search and seizure, wiretapping, electronic eavesdropping, the use of secret agents to obtain incriminating statements, and the Fourth Amendment.
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 Basic Criminal Procedure text July 21, 2009
Jonathan M. Breyan
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
In great shape! Cover slightly tattered, but very little highlighting or marks on the inside.
 Great Service March 19, 2010
JensLaw (Lincoln, CA)
Shipping was a little long. First copy arrived water damaged, but they sent me a replacement copy that looked great!
They had a follow up email and they actually read my response.
Would certainly buy from them again!!!
 Whats the big deal? May 6, 2010
Emily Chiarizia (MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
To be honest, I think the book was alright. I was grateful to have a teacher who properly guided us through the material, so I guess I was lucky. The order of the book shouldn't make any difference anyway. I just followed my syllabus and everything came together just fine.
Why guilt or innocence is not particulary important- insight from the master December 10, 2009
Bobby (Parsippany, NJ)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why are we spending so much time on guilt and innocence when there are far more important issues to address. Under the Kamisar revolution, other issues should be considered- how the evidence was gathered, what the police did, and the manner of trial. There may be 2, 3, 4, and even 6 hearings for the guilty defendant and if he prevails on any he gets to walk.
Because of the importance of these issues, the system generally does not have time to entertain claims that one was wrongfully convicted. Unlike European countries where an appeal may correct a wrongful conviction and reevaluate the evidence, that is rarely done in our system. Instead appeals are devoted to procedural issues and questions. While the accused is welcome to put forth repeated procedural arguments, pre-during, and post trial, and on appeal, hearings based upon new evidence are limited. Unless there is something like undisputable DNA evidence, the wrongfully convicted defendant stays in prison. We cannot waste our time on the question of whether a child murderer actually commited the crime when there are more important, weightier issues to address.
Under our current system, we let a lot of people go who were guilty, and periodically convict the innocent. Kamisar et.al., book aptly explains how and why this occurs. Since the skill of the lawyer can be as important as the guilt or innocence of the defendant, the lawyer has an important role. So study the book and learn how this works.
Only buy it if you must May 12, 2007
K. J. SOUTHERN (Brookline, Massachusetts United States)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This was a required book for my criminal procedure course in law school. I hate to say it, b/c I usually only write a positive review but this book is awful. It is terribly organized, and at times it was actually difficult to decipher what case I was actually reading. Obviously buy it if it's required for a course you are taking, otherwise, don't bother unless you enjoy being frustrated and confused.
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