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The greatest criminal cases, changing the course of American law., J. Michael Martinez

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index

illustrations

index present

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The greatest criminal cases

bibliographylegal cases and notes

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J. Michael Martinez

changing the course of American law.

Many constitutional protections that Americans take for granted today--the right to exclude illegally obtained evidence, the right to government-financed counsel, and the right to remain silent, among others--were not part of the original Bill of Rights, but were the result of criminal trials and judicial interpretations. The untold stories behind these cases reveal circumstances far more interesting than any legal dossier can evoke. Author J. Michael Martinez provides an introduction to the drama and intrigue behind 14 leading court cases in American law.--From publisher description

Hurtado v. California (1884) and nineteenth-century criminal procedure -- Weeks v. United States (1914) and the origins of the exclusionary rule -- Olmstead v. United States (1928) and wiretapping the "baby lieutenant" -- Powell v. Alabama (1932) and the Scottsboro boys -- Brown v. Mississippi (1936) and fundamental fairness -- Mapp v. Ohio (1961) and the exclusionary rule redux -- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) and the right to counsel -- Miranda v. Arizona (1966) and the right to remain silent -- Katz v. United States (1967) and the right to privacy -- Terry v. Ohio (1968) and the stop-and-frisk search -- Chimel v. California (1969) and searches incident to arrest -- United States v. Leon (1984) and a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule -- California v. Hodari D (1991) and determining when a "seizure" occurs -- Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006) and trial by jury