Index

• Jurisdiction: United States

Index

A

Abstract. See Discovery

Accessory. See Parties to a crime

Accomplice. See Parties to a crime

Actus reus. See Criminal law

Address block (in a legal document), 152-153

Administrative law, 22

Adversarial system, 170

Affiant, 111

Affidavit, 111

Alibi. See Defenses to criminal charges

American Bar Association, 244

Appeals, 471-493

appellant, 474
appellee, 474
filings, 474-492
interlocutory appeal, 478
notice of appeal, 478
record on appeal, 489-492
standards of review, 473-474

Arraignments, 149

Arrests, 93, 138-141

Arson, 59

Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S. 436 (1970), 33-35

Assault, 48-49

Assessments, 441

Asset forfeiture, 511

Assigned counsel, 172

Attorneys (in general) 10-11

attorney-client privilege, 180-184
attorney-client relationships, 177-186
attorney fees, 185
Attorney General, 135
attorney work product, 258
defense attorneys, 11, 133, 171-177
district attorney. See Prosecuting attorneys
fees for legal services 172, 185-186
prosecuting attorneys, 10, 133-136
states attorney. See Prosecuting attorneys
U.S. Attorney. See Prosecuting attorneys

B

Back strike, 406

Bail/bond, 142-147

Bailiffs, 17

Bates numbering, 252-253

Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), 409-414

Battered spouse syndrome, 220

Battery, 47-48

Bench trial, 17

Beyond a reasonable doubt, 5

Bill of attainder, 225

Boilerplate, 249

Bribery, 69

Burglary, 60

C

Capital crimes, 26, 444

Capital punishment. See Death penalty

Caption, 151, 249-250

Chain of custody. See Evidence

Challenge for cause, 337, 409-414

Chilling effect, 86

Civil law, 5-6

Civil Rights, 56-58

CJA panel attorney, 172

Clemency, 497-499

Client trust accounts, 185-186

Code. See Statutory law

Coercion, 49

Collateral attack/remedies, 496

Color of law, 72

Common law, 23

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. William Henry Cosby, Jr. 252 A.3d 1092 (PA 2021), 94-96

Commutation. See Clemency

Competency, 299

Complaint (Criminal charging document), 48, 57, 62-63, 76-77, 138-141, 153-156

Compulsory process, 342-349

Computer-based presentations, 392-394

Confidentiality. 178-179

Conflicts of interest, 173-175

Confrontation (the right to), 342

Conspiracy, 31

Constitutional defenses, 225-234

Content neutrality, 221

Controlled substances, 75-78

Corrections personnel, 18

Count (in a complaint), 155-156

Count bargaining, See Plea bargaining

Court clerks, 17

Court costs, 441

Court reporter, 17

Court supervision, 441

Crime Control Model, 7-8

Crimes involving alcohol, 75

Crimes involving drugs, 75

Crimes involving firearms, 73-74

Criminal justice system, 3-20

Criminal law, 5

classification of crimes, 24-28
comparison to civil law, 5-6
elements of crimes, 28-31
sources of, 22-24
types of offenses, 41-83

Criminal procedure, 89

Criminal records, 499-511

Cross-examinations (and re-cross), 412-414

Cruel and unusual punishment, 444-446

D

Damages, 5-6

Davis v. Washington, 547 U.S. 813 (206), 342-347

Deadly force. See Use of force

Death penalty, 444-448

Defendants, 6

Defense attorney relationships with clients, 170-179

Defense attorneys' duties, 177-186

Defenses to criminal charges

age of defendant, 210
alibi, 204-220
constitutional, 225-227
duress, 216-217
insanity, 211-215
intoxication, 215
law enforcement, 214
mental illness of the defendant, 211-215
overbreadth of the statute, 220
self-defense, 217-218

Deterrence, 36, 37

Dicta, 244

Disclosure, 240

Discovery, 239-289

depositions, 261-270
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