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This new edition of Texas Criminal Lawyer's Handbookincludes updated coverage of a broad range of issues and new text throughout the book to keep you on the cutting edge of Texas criminal law, procedure and practice. The highlights include:
New Text on the following topics:
Search and Seizure — Intrusion Upon Property Principle [§2:21.4]
Pretrial DNA Testing In Capital Cases [§12:190]
Jury Charge Error [§15:24]
Charge of Court – Definitions of Terms [§15:125]
Reforming Verdicts [§15:166.1]
Promiscuity Defense to Child Sexual Assault Cases – Admissibility to Show Motive or Bias [§17:53.5]
Post-Trial Issues – Sufficiency of Serious Bodily Injury Evidence [§21:20.7]
Expanded Coverage of the following topics:
Search of Particular Places – Curtilage [§2:51]
Terry Stops [§3:32.1]
Ineffective Counsel [§4:95]
Immunity Agreements – Purpose and Policy [§5:92]
Two-Step Confessions [§6:34]
Previous Jeopardy and Subsequent Prosecutions – When Jeopardy Does Not Attach [§8:21]
Defendant's Motion for Change of Venue [§12:55]
Constitutional Speedy Trial Motions [§12:63]
Competency of Defendant to Stand Trial – Appeal [§12:165]
Guilty Pleas – Waivers of Rights [§12:172]
Involuntary Pleas [§12: 174.3]
Discovery – Exculpatory, Mitigating or Impeaching Evidence [§13:53]
Jury Selection/Voir Dire: Challenges for Cause – Bias or Prejudice as a Matter of Law [§14:64]
