Description
Suppression hearings may be used by the defense for several different purposes. To put a hearing to the most effective use, defense counsel needs to make a preliminary determination of which purposes s/he should be pursuing in this particular case. Often, a clear-cut choice between one purpose and another will be necessary, because the purposes or important means for achieving them are inconsistent. This is ordinarily not a choice that can be put off until the time of the evidentiary hearing: Both the content of the suppression motion and the nature of counsel’s pre-hearing preparation will vary considerably depending upon counsel’s choice of goals and consequent strategies for the hearing.
First Page
797
Source Publication
Trial Manual 11 for the Defense of Criminal Cases
Source Editors/Authors
Anthony G. Amsterdam, Randy A. Hertz
Publication Date
2026
Document Type
Chapter
Edition
11
Rights & Restrictions
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Recommended Citation
Anthony G. Amsterdam & Randy A. Hertz,
Chapter 24 - Suppression Hearings,
Trial Manual 11 for the Defense of Criminal Cases
797
(2026).
Available at:
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/tmdcc/30
