Detailed resource guide on New York criminal cases, offering extensive finding features and practice aids. Provides answers to virtually any question that may arise, integrating statutes and case law into a clear, concise text. Explains exactly what to do at each stage of a criminal case, from undertaking representation through to arraignment, motion and hearing practice, trial, sentencing, and appeal. Offers informed practice tips, views from the bench, more than 2,500 citations to recent court decisions, 800 statutory provisions, and extensive model forms. An ideal addition to the library of both the general practitioner and specialist in criminal law.