6 page laminated guide includes:
- NCBE/MBE Topics
- The 14th A. & its Incorporation by the States
- Incorporation Debate
- State & Federal Statutes & Rules
- Sources of Criminal Procedure Law
- Overview of a Criminal Proceeding
- Probable Cause for Arrest
- Police Station Booking
- Filing Charges
- First Appearance
- Preliminary Hearing
- Information or Indictment
- Arraignment
- Pretrial
- Motion for Discovery
- Trial
- The 4th A.: Right Against Unreasonable Search & Seizure
- Definitions & Limitations
- What is a Search?
- Seizures are Protected by the 4th A.
- Reasonableness
- Scope & Probable Cause
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Special Standards for Reasonableness: Balancing Approach
- Warrant Requirement of the 4th A.
- Search Warrants & Arrest Warrants
- Exceptions to Search Warrant
- Terry Stop: Warrantless Brief Detention & "Stop & Frisk"
- Reasonableness of Seizures
- Ad Hoc Balancing
- Administrative Searches
- Border Searches
- Judicial Doctrines
- Exclusionary Rule
- Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
- The 5th A.: Confessions
- Due Process:
- Involuntary Confession
- Voluntariness
- Miranda Rights
- Custody
- Interrogation
- Invocation of Rights: "Bright Line"
- Limitations
- Effect of Miranda Violation
- The 6th A.: Right to Counsel
- The 8th A.: Cruel & Unusual Punishment