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Federal Criminal Practice: a Second Circuit Handbook Gordon Mehler, John Gleeson, David C Criminal Law Federal Criminal Practice: A Second Circuit Handbook Gordon Mehler, John Gleeson, David C. James, Alicyn Cooley FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO ORDER: CONTACT your LexisNexis® account representative CALL 800.223.1940 VISIT lexisnexis.com/SecondCircuit Federal Criminal Practice: A Second Circuit Handbook Gordon Mehler, John Gleeson, David C. James, Alicyn Cooley AN INDISPENSABLE REFERENCE Federal Criminal Practice: A Second Circuit Handbook, now PRAISE FROM THE FOREWORD in its twentieth edition, is a respected and authoritative resource on virtually every aspect of federal criminal ”Twenty years is nearly a generation. This, of procedure. It is widely used by judges, defense lawyers and course, makes the twentieth edition of this prosecutors, and is designed to serve both novice and book all the more remarkable. Its authors experienced practitioners. This handy reference work is have created a work of lasting importance. organized alphabetically by topic for ease of use, and includes citations to more than They have achieved what few legal resources 4,000 cases. have: long-term relevance and utility.” From the Foreword to the Twentieth Edition This book surveys more than 50 major topics including appeals, bail, confessions, David Patton, discovery, electronic surveillance, guilty pleas, indictments, sentencing and many Executive Director, others, and places them in the context of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Defenders of New York the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Past editions received similar praise. Analyze your federal criminal case guided by a former federal district judge, a “[A]n exemplary volume … tremendously seasoned white-collar defense lawyer, a chief appellate assistant United States valuable … an accurate and easily digestible attorney and an academic at a leading law school. It contains practical advice, account of the state of the art in criminal abundant cross-references and a comprehensive index of more than 100 pages, law practice.” including hundreds of alternative terms of art. From the Foreword to the Tenth Edition Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ABOUT THE AUTHORS Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States Gordon Mehler has been a practicing white-collar defense attorney for two decades, with his own firm in New York City. He served as Deputy Assistant Attorney “The authors of this book are among the best General at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington and as chief of special and brightest in our profession. They are prosecutions (public integrity) at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District each masters of the law. … Their book is an of New York. He clerked for the Honorable Robert McWilliams of the U.S. Court of important and continuing contribution to the Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and worked as an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, strength of our criminal justice system.” Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates in New York City. His articles have appeared in From the Foreword to the Fifth Edition The Atlantic®, The New York Times®, and The Wall Street Journal®. Mary Jo White, John Gleeson is a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York City and a United States Attorney for the former U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. He served as chief Southern District of New York of Organized Crime and chief of the Criminal and Appeals Divisions at the U.S. A ttorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. He clerked for the Honorable “Experience has more than borne out Judge Boyce Martin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and worked as an [Joseph M.] Mclaughlin’s prediction, made 15 associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City. He received the Attorney years ago in the forword to the original edition General’s Distinguished Service Award for his role as lead counsel in United States v. of this book, that the text you now hold would John Gotti, et al. ‘surely become the most useful single volume on federal criminal practice within the courts David C. James is chief of the Appeals Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the of the Second District.’” Eastern District of New York. He has worked as a federal prosecutor for over three decades. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia University Law From the Foreword to the Fifteenth Edition Robert A. Katzmann School. He clerked for the Honorable Leonard B. Sand of the U.S. District Court for Chief Judge, the Southern District of New York, and worked as an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, United States Court of Appeals for the Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York City. Second Circuit Alicyn Cooley is executive director of the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement and Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law. She is also a former deputy chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section if the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. She received both her BA and JD degrees from Yale University. She clerked for the Honorable Barrington D. Parker Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Honorable John Gleeson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and worked as an associate at Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York City. TWENTIETH EDITION TABLE OF CONTENTS Ch. 1 Appeals Ch. 29A Jurisdiction Ch. 2 Arraignment Ch. 30 Jurors Ch. 3 Arrest Ch. 31 Jury Instructions Ch. 4 Bail Ch. 32 Jury Selection Ch. 5 Collateral Estoppel Ch. 32A Juveniles Ch. 6 Competency Determinations Ch. 33 New Trial Motions Ch. 7 Confessions Ch. 34 Plea Agreements Ch. 8 Conflicts of Interest Ch. 35 Pretrial Matters Ch. 9 Confrontation Ch. 36 Probable Cause Ch. 10 Contempt Ch. 37 Prosecutors Ch. 11 Continuance Ch. 38 Prosecutorial Misconduct Ch. 12 Counsel (Defense Attorneys) Ch. 39 Public Trial Ch. 13 [RESERVED] Ch. 40 Search and Seizure Ch. 14 Discovery Ch. 41 Self-Representation (Pro Se Defendants) Ch. 15 Double Jeopardy Ch. 42 Sentencing Ch. 16 Electronic Surveillance Ch. 43 Speedy Trial Ch. 17 Exclusionary Rule Ch. 43A Statutes of Limitations Ch. 18 Exculpatory Evidence Ch. 44 Stop and Frisk (Terry Stops) Ch. 19 Ex Post Facto Violations Ch. 45 Subpoenas (Compulsory Process) Ch. 20 Grand Jury Ch. 46 Sufficiency of the Evidence Ch. 21 Guilty Pleas Ch. 47 Summations (Closing Arguments) Ch. 22 Habeas Corpus Ch. 48 Venue Ch. 23 Identification Procedures Ch. 49 Verdicts Ch. 24 Immunity Ch. 50 Victims Ch. 25 Indictments Ch. 51 Warrants Ch. 26 Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Table of Cases Table of Statutes Ch. 27 Joinder and Severance Table of Rules Index Ch. 28 Judges 1 volume, softbound, replaced annually, Ch. 29 Judgment of Acquittal Motions Pub. #60506, ISBN 9781522180333 (Rule 29 Motions) eISBN 9781522193227 Order and download your eBook at Product Terms lexisnexis.com/SecondCircuit Non-Service Titles Select a NS Product Term Price includes product only, plus any updates published within 30 days of purchase or as otherwise indicated. 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