Description
This Trial Manual is a how-to-do-it guidebook for handling criminal cases from beginning to end. It provides a compact guide through the stages of an ordinary criminal case, from arrest and investigation to appeal. Its focus is upon the key points at which defense counsel must make decisions and take actions. Options and factors to be considered in each decision, and steps that can be taken to assert a client’s rights and protect the client’s interests at each stage, are laid out.
First Page
1
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 1 - Introduction and Overview,
Trial Manual 11 for the Defense of Criminal Cases
1
(2026).
Available at:
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/tmdcc/4
