Grano and Abramson's Problems in Criminal Procedure, 4th

Chapter 1 Search and Seizure

1. Fourth Amendment Activity: Defining a"Search" and "Seizure" for Fourth Amendment Purposes
2. Probable Cause: The Traditional Meaning
3. The Balancing Approach for Defining the Requisite Level of Cause
4. The Warrant Requirement and Its Exceptions
5. Consent Searches

Chapter 2 Police Interrogation and Confessions

1. Prompt Arraignment Requirements
2. The Voluntariness Doctrine
3. The Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel
4. Miranda and the Fifth Amendment

Chapter 3 Eyewitness Testimony and Pretrial Identification Procedures

1. The Right to Counsel
2. Due Process Limitations
3. Special Jury Instructions and Expert Testimony

Chapter 4 Eavesdropping and Electronic Surveillance

1. Surveillance Covered by Federal Law
2. Statutory Limitations

Chapter 5 Entrapment

Chapter 6 The Investigative Grand Jury

1. The Subpoena Duces Tecum: Possible Limitations
2. The Subpoena Ad Testificandum: Possible Limitations
3. Grand Jury Reports

Chapter 7 The Scope of the Exclusionary Rules

1. Standing
2. The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine
3. Impeachment
4. Good Faith

Chapter 8 Pretrial Release and Detention

1. Excessive Bail
2. Pretrial Detention
3. Release Pending Appeal

Chapter 9 The Prosecutor's Charging Decision

1. Policy Considerations
2. Legal Controls on the Decision Not to Charge
3. Legal Controls of the Decision to Charge

Chapter 10 The Preliminary Hearing

1. The Bindover Standard
2. Evidentiary and Procedural Issues; Harmless Error
3. The Right to Counsel

Chapter 11 The Grand Jury's Screening Function

1. The Indictment Requirement
2. Evidentiary and Procedural Challenges to an Indictment

Chapter 12 Joinder and Severance

1. Permissible Joinder: Offenses
2. Mandatory Joinder: Offenses (Double Jeopardy Implications)
3. Permissible Joinder: Defendants

Chapter 13 The Right to a Speedy Trial

1. The Sixth Amendment Right - In General
2. The Sixth Amendment Right - Issues Relating to Starting Point, Excluded Time, Etc.
3. Statutory Speedy Trial Rights
4. Due Process Limitations

Chapter 14 Discovery

1. Discovery for the Defense - In General
2. Discovery by the Defense - Particular Issues
3. Statutory Speedy Trial Rights
4. Due Process Limitations

Chapter 14 Discovery

1. Discovery for the Defense - In General
2. Discovery by the Defense - Particular Issues
3. Discovery by the Prosecutor
4. The Prosecutor's Constitutional Duty to Disclose

Chapter 15 Pleas

1. The Validity of Pleas Induced by Plea Bargaining
2. Broken Promises, Mistaken Beliefs, and Unrealized Expectations
3. The Consequences of Pleading Guilty
4. Requirements for Entering a Valid Plea; Discretionary Plea Withdrawal

Chapter 16 The Right to Counsel and Other Assistance

1. Scope of the Right to Counsel
2. Waiver and the Right of Self-Representation
3. Right to Counsel of One's Choice
4. The Effective Assistance of Counsel
5. The Equality Principle

Chapter 17 Trail by Jury

1. Scope and Meaning of the Right
2. Jury Selection: The Cross-Section Requirement
3. Jury Selection: The Voir Dire
4. Jury Selection: Challenges for Cause
5. Jury Selection: Peremptory Challenges

Chapter 18 Selected Trial Issues

1. The Defendant's Right to Remain Silent
2. Limits on Closing Arguments
3. Deadlocked Juries

Chapter 19 Double Jeopardy

1. Reprosecution After a Mistrial
2. Reprosecution Following Acquittals and Dismissals
3. Reprosecution Following Conviction
4. Increased Punishment Following a Successful Appeal