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Submissions from 2026
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2 - Outline and Flow-Chart of a Criminal Case
Chapter 2's Flow-Chart of a Criminal Case § 2.5
Chapter 3 - The Lawyer's Entrance into the Case – First Steps
Chapter 4's Bail Questionnaire § 4.5
Chapter 6 - Interviewing the Client
Chapter 6's Interview Checklist § 6.15
Chapter 8 - Dealings with the Police and Prosecutor
Chapter 9 - Defense Investigation
Chapter 10 - Summary of Things to Do Before First Court Appearance
Chapter 11 - Preliminary Hearing
Chapter 12 - Defensive Procedures Between Bind-over and the Filing of the Charging Paper
Chapter 13 - Defense Procedures After the Filing of the Charging Paper and Before Arraignment
Chapter 14 - Arraignment and Defensive Pleas
Chapter 16 - Representing Clients Who Are Mentally Ill or Intellectually Disabled
Chapter 17 - Defense Procedures and Considerations Between Arraignment and Trial
Chapter 18 - Pretrial Discovery; The Pretrial Conference
Chapter 19 - Motions Practice in General
Chapter 20 - Motions to Quash or Dismiss the Charging Paper
Chapter 22 - Change of Venue or for Disqualification of the Judge
Chapter 23 - Motions for Severance or for Consolidation of Counts or Defendants
Chapter 24 - Suppression Hearings
Chapter 25 - Motions To Suppress Tangible Evidence
Chapter 26 - Motions To Suppress Confessions, Admissions, and Other Statements of the Defendant
Chapter 27 - Motions To Suppress Identification Testimony
Chapter 29 - Defense Trial Preparation
Chapter 30 - Retaining and Working with Expert Consultants and Potential Expert Witnesses
Chapter 31 - Interlocutory Review of Pretrial Rulings by Means of Prerogative Writs
Chapter 32 - Election or Waiver of Jury Trial; Pretrial Matters Relating to the Jury
Chapter 33 - Selecting the Jury at Trial: The Voir Dire
Chapter 34 - Trial: General Characteristics
Chapter 35 - Opening Statements
Chapter 36 - Evidentiary Issues That Are Likely To Arise at Trial
Chapter 37 - Handling Prosecution Witnesses
Chapter 38 - Motion for Acquittal
Chapter 39 - Presenting the Case for the Defense
Chapter 41 - Renewed Motion for Acquittal
Chapter 42 - Instructions to the Jury; Defense Requests to Charge
Chapter 43 - Closing Arguments
Chapter 44 - The Court's Charge to the Jury
Chapter 45 - The Jury's Deliberations and Verdict
Chapter 47 - Postverdict Proceedings
Table of Cases and Other Authorities
