AGGRESSIVE CRIMINAL TRIAL ADVOCACY

INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL PREPARATION

by David P. Baugh

 

 

Preface
          Attitude - The Key to Successful Defense Advocacy
         The Tactics and Tools of Aggressive Pre-Trial Practice
1.   INITIAL INTERVIEW
          Rule Number One
          Rule Number Two
          Setting the Fee
2.   INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS
          Basic Case Preparation - Early Motions
          Rule 7C:5 Sample Motion
          Demand for 6th Amendment Notice of Particulars
          Sample Request for 6th Amendment Notice
3.   GATHERING EVIDENCE
          Rule Number Three
          SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
          FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
          Sample FOIA Request
          Brady Motions
4.   ANALYSIS AND CASE HYPOTHESIS
5.   PRELIMINARY HEARING
          Rule Number Four
          Rule Number Five
          Rule Number Six
          Rule Number Seven
          Rule Number Eight
          Purposes of Preliminary Hearings for Defense
          Errors in Preliminary Hearings
          Note to Prosecutors Concerning Preliminary Hearings
          Rule Number Nine
6.   PRETRIAL MOTIONS
          Discovery
7.   MOTION TO SUPPRESS
8.   COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL
9.   TRIAL BY JUDGE OR JURY?
          First Rule and Rule Number Ten
10.  ORGANIZING THE CASE FOR TRIAL
11.  YOUR CLIENT
12.  VOIR DIRE
          Race
          Pretrial Publicity
          Recommended Voir Dire Question for Defense
          Recommended Voir Dire Questions for Prosecutor
13.  DEFENDANT TESTIFING?
          Rule Number Eleven
14.  CROSS-EXAMINATION
15.  CLOSING ARGUMENT
16.  SUGGESTED BOOKS

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