Preliminary Sections

• Author: Mark G. Daniel/Robert K. Gill
• Pages: 1-62

HIGHLIGHTS

Stay up to date with the latest changes in the law with the latest edition of Texas Criminal Lawyer’s

Handbook – the most comprehensive and respected . . . in Texas.

NEW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REVISED MATERIAL

Chapter 2 - Search and Seizure: Property

• §2:45 - Prevention of Destruction of Evidence

• §2:75 - Sources of Information Recited in Affidavit

Chapter 3 - Search and Seizure: Persons

• §3:20 - What Constitutes “Seizure” of a Person

Chapter 6 - Confessions

• §6:21.9 - Traffic Stops

• §6:25.1 - Statements to Inmates

• §6:25.2 - Statements to Private Citizens

• §6:55 - Art. 38.23 Issues

Chapter 8 - Double Jeopardy

• §8:15 - Allowable Units of Prosecution Analysis

Chapter 13 -Discovery

• §13:12 - Scope of Statutory Discovery

Chapter 15 - Trial Issues

• §15:31.8 - Forfeiture by Wrongdoing

• §15:60.8 - Enhancements in Failure to Register as a Sex Offender Cases

• §15:60.9 - Enhancements in Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information Cases

• §15:84.24 - Tampering With Witness in Family Violence Cases

• §15:123 - Charge Read to Jury

Chapter 16 - Evidence

• §16:53 - Certificates of Analysis

• §16:54 - Chain of Custody Affidavits

• §16:71.2.9.1 - Statutory Law (Forfeiture by Wrongdoing)

Chapter 17 - Child Sexual Abuse

• §17:57 - Three-Year Age Difference

• §17:126 - 2013 Amendments to Penal Code Sec. 12.42

Chapter 21 - Post-Trial Issues

• §21:72.3 - Writs Based on Scientific Evidence

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Texas Criminal Lawyer’s

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