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Title

• Trial manual for defense attorneys in juvenile delinquency cases / Randy Hertz, Martin Guggenheim, Anthony G. Amsterdam.

Author

Hertz, Randy.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, [2013]

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Additional Authors

• American Bar Association. Section of Criminal Justice.
• Amsterdam, Anthony G.
• Guggenheim, Martin.

Description

xxv, 948 pages; 26 cm

Summary

"Focuses exclusively on juvenile delinquency cases. It updates all of the previous material, covering all relevant case law since 2008 while revising and supplementing the practice pointers to address new developments in the field. This manual is structured to provide guidance to juvenile defenders as they progress through a delinquency case from start to finish. It focuses on each stage of the case in order, starting with the arrest of a client who is currently at the police station and culminating in appeal and post-dispositional proceedings. At each stage, it identifies the options available to defense counsel, warns of potential pitfalls, and offers advice for avoiding or coping with challenges that may arise in the course of the case. In addition, this book offers tips and techniques for pretrial practice, trial work, plea negotiations, and dispositional advocacy in both those States that have exclusively bench in juvenile court and those States that permit juveniles to elect a jury trial. It provides practical advice for interacting with clients, the client's parent(s) or guardian(s), prosecutors, judges, probation officers, and - for those States that use jury trials in juvenile cases - the jurors. Finally, Trial Manual for Defense Attorneys in Juvenile Delinquency Cases provides extensive coverage of the many ways in which the customary practices of criminal defenders should be adjusted to take into consideration the age of a juvenile client and the special aspects of juvenile court practice. It utilizes the latest social science data on the developmental maturity of young people to analyze winning strategies at the pretrial, trial, and dispositional stages of a case, and also to consider the ethical responsibilities of a lawyer for a juvenile client"--Cover.

Subject

• Defense (Criminal procedure) > United States
• Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States
• Trial practice > United States

Note

• " ... is a newly updated and revised edition of the classic manual 'Trial manual for defense attorneys in juvenile court' / by Randy Hertz, Martin Guggenheim, Anthony G. Amsterdam, published in 1991 and 2008."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The nature, purpose, and structure of the manual -- Introduction to delinquency practice : the role of defense counsel -- Representing clients before initial hearing : steps to take if a client is at the police station or is wanted by the police -- The initial hearing : prehearing interview; arraignment; pretrial detention arguments; probable-cause hearing -- The client interview -- Case planning : deciding what things to do to prepare for trial and the order in which to do them -- Selecting and drafting motions : strategic and practical considerations -- Defense investigation -- Pretrial discovery -- Subpoenaing and preparing defense witnesses to testify at a motions hearing or trial -- Retaining and working with expert witnesses -- Representing clients who are mentally ill or mentally retarded -- Transfer or waiver to adult court -- Guilty pleas -- Defense motions to advance or for a continuance; motions to dismiss for want of prosecution; speedy trial motions.
• Motions hearings; motions arguments -- Motions to dismiss the charging paper -- Motions for severance (or consolidation) of counts or respondents -- Motions to dismiss for social reasons -- Motions for a change of venue; motions for recusal of the judge -- Election or waiver of jury trial; motions relating to the jury -- Suppression hearings -- Motions to suppress tangible evidence -- Motions to suppress confessions, admissions, and other statements of the respondent -- Motions to suppress identification testimony -- Interlocutory review of pretrial rulings by means of prerogative writs -- Trial: general characteristics; the opening stage -- Selecting the jury at trial : the voir dire -- Opening statements -- Evidentiary issues that are likely to arise at trial -- Handling prosecution witnesses -- Motion for acquittal (the prima facie motion) -- Presenting the case for the defense -- Objections to evidence; motions for mistrial; proffers; rulings on evidentiary questions.
• The closing stage of a bench trial: renewal of the motion for acquittal; closing argument -- The closing stage of a jury trial: renewal of the motion for acquittal; closing argument; jury instructions; the jury's deliberations and verdict -- Postverdict proceedings -- Dispositions -- Appeal and post-disposition proceedings.

ISBN

• 9781614388531 (print : alk. paper)
• 1614388539 (print : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013001032

OCLC

824119997

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library