Suppressing Criminal Evidence

Publisher:: James Publishing
Publication date:: 2022-04-01

Authors:: Deja Vishny
ISBN:: 978-1-58012-308-2

Description:

Suppressing Criminal Evidence takes you through the suppression litigation process, step by step, from the initial client interview, to drafting the motion and arguing at the hearing. In 13 chapters, this single-volume book covers the ground rules for suppression motions; Fourth Amendment searches and seizures; suppression of confessions and other statements; and suppression of eyewitness identifications

Preliminary Sections

Preliminary Sections
Early steps in the case
Motion practice

Fourth amendment searches and seizures

Fourth amendment primer
Searches of the home
Probable cause and reasonable suspicion: arrests, seizures, stops and frisks
Motor vehicle searches
Special needs' and other fourth amendment searches
Search and seizure of electronic devices

Confessions and other statements

Police interrogation practices
Litigating miranda rights
Suppressing involuntary confessions
Other grounds for suppressing confessions

Other evidence subject to suppression

Eyewitness identification
Index