Gilbert's Criminal Practice Annual is an indispensable one-volume publication featuring the complete New York Criminal Procedure Law, Penal Law, and Correction Law, together with selected and relevant provisions of the Civil Practice Law and Rules, Executive Law, Family Court Act, Judiciary Law, Public Health Law, Vehicle and Traffic Law, and Court Rules. Statutory provisions are followed by concise legislative history, practice insights, and selected case annotations.

A new chapter has now been added to analyze the recently enacted Cannabis Law, where the intent of this act is to regulate, control, and in a sense to "de-criminalize" and tax marijuana (also known as cannabis) to generate significant new revenue, make substantial investments in communities and people most impacted by cannabis criminalization to address the collateral consequences of such criminalization.

Also included are the updated Sentencing Guides outlining the sentencing provisions set forth in the New York Penal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, a New York Court Structure Chart, and a New York State Court Directory.

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