Notes on Criminal Law and Procedure: The 101 Notes Series

The United States has one of the most technically sound criminal justice systems in the world. Mostly derived from English common law, the U.S. Constitution explicitly lays out when and how a citizen can be searched and arrested, as well as their other rights to trial. But, as with many of the Constitution’s powers, the experiences of the colonists at the hands of the British shaped our legal system’s criminal procedure laws.
Eight easy-to-follow chapters in this short ebook include:

1. Historical Basis for the Constitution’s Criminal Procedure Laws
2. Search and Arrest Warrants
3. Warrantless Arrests and Seizures
4. Warrantless Searches
5. The Fifth Amendment’s “Miranda Rights”
6. Rights to Counsel
7. Cruel and Unusual Punishment
8. Defendants’ Other Rights