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CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS - A SUMMARY

NCJ Number
17996
Journal
Judicature Volume: 55 Issue: 9 Dated: (MAY 1972) Pages: 369-376
Author(s)
W H ERICKSON
Date Published
1972
Length
8 pages
Annotation
OUTLINE OF THIS SET OF GUIDELINES ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW FORMULATED AS A UNIFORM CRIMINAL PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE JURISDICTIONS.
Abstract
THE SEVENTEEN STANDARDS SUMMARIZED ARE AS FOLLOWS: PROVIDING DEFENSE SERVICES, PRE-TRIAL RELEASE, ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE, DISCOVERY AND PROCEDURE BEFORE TRIAL, FAIR TRIAL AND FREE PRESS, PLEAS OF GUILTY, JOINDER AND SEVERANCE, SPEEDY TRIAL, TRIAL BY JURY, THE PROSECUTION FUNCTION AND THE DEFENSE FUNCTION, SENTENCING ALTERNATIVES AND PROCEDURES, PROBATION, CRIMINAL APPEALS, APPELLANT REVIEW OF SENTENCES, POST-CONVICTION REMEDIES, THE URBAN POLICE FUNCTION, AND THE FUNCTION OF THE TRIAL JUDGE.