Preliminary Sections

• Author: Mark G. Daniel/Robert K. Gill
• Pages: 1-60

HIGHLIGHTS

This new edition of Texas Criminal Lawyer’s Handbook will keep you on the cutting edge of Texas

criminal law, practice and procedure, with new and updated coverage of a broad range of issues, including:

ARRESTS

• Temporary Detentions Based on Reasonable Suspicion

SEARCH AND SEIZURE

• Scope of Warrant

• Blood Search Warrants

• Where No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Exists

• Searches of Places and Things Incident to Arrest

• Warrantless Entry of Residence Under Hot Pursuit

CONFESSIONS

• Exclusion of Evidence Due To Miranda Violation

• Lack of Miranda Warnings

• Voluntariness of Confessions

BAIL AND BOND ISSUES

• Revocation of Bond

• Amount of Bond Set

PRETRIAL MOTIONS

• Constitutional Challenges

• Withdrawal of Plea

DISCOVERY

• Scope of Statutory Discovery - Case Law

JURY SELECTION AND VOIR DOIR

• Bias or Prejudice as Matter of Law

• Preservation of Error for Denial of Defense Challenges for Cause

TRIAL ISSUES

• Preservation of Error

• Applicable Conduct Elements

• Elemental (Guilt/Innocence) Enhancement Provisions

• Enhancements in Family Assault Cases

• Sufficiency of Evidence of Deadly Weapon

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

• The “Revenge Porn” Statute

And More!

TEXAS CRIMINAL LAWYER’S HANDBOOK

BY ROBERT K. GILL

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