Pennsylvania Criminal Practice, 2d (Vol. 16 - 16C, West's® Pennsylvania Practice)

This procedural guide walks you through all stages of a criminal prosecution chronologically, from arrest and initial client contact through trial, post-sentencing, appeal, and pardon. Contains concise analyses and citations to thousands of cases, statutes, regulations, and rules. Encompasses practice tips; discussion of the Rules of Evidence and Rules of Criminal Procedure; grand jury indictment; pretrial motions and conference; search and seizure and suppression of evidence; confessions and admissions; double jeopardy and successive prosecution; time limitations; sentencing guidelines, charts, and commentary. Contains more than 100 forms, checklists, and model cross-examination questions and answers in print and on floppy disk.