Trial manual for defense attorneys in juvenile delinquency cases

Description

"Focuses exclusively on juvenile delinquency cases. It updates all of the previous material, covering all relevant case law since 2008 while revising and supplementing the practice pointers to address new developments in the field. This manual is structured to provide guidance to juvenile defenders as they progress through a delinquency case from start to finish. It focuses on each stage of the case in order, starting with the arrest of a client who is currently at the police station and culminating in appeal and post-dispositional proceedings. At each stage, it identifies the options available to defense counsel, warns of potential pitfalls, and offers advice for avoiding or coping with challenges that may arise in the course of the case. In addition, this book offers tips and techniques for pretrial practice, trial work, plea negotiations, and dispositional advocacy in both those States that have exclusively bench in juvenile court and those States that permit juveniles to elect a jury trial. It provides practical advice for interacting with clients, the client's parent(s) or guardian(s), prosecutors, judges, probation officers, and - for those States that use jury trials in juvenile cases - the jurors. Finally, Trial Manual for Defense Attorneys in Juvenile Delinquency Cases provides extensive coverage of the many ways in which the customary practices of criminal defenders should be adjusted to take into consideration the age of a juvenile client and the special aspects of juvenile court practice. It utilizes the latest social science data on the developmental maturity of young people to analyze winning strategies at the pretrial, trial, and dispositional stages of a case, and also to consider the ethical responsibilities of a lawyer for a juvenile client"--Cover.

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Other Editions

• Trial manual for defense attorneys in juvenile delinquency casesAmerican Bar Association2013-01-01
• Trial manual for defense attorneys in juvenile delinquency casesAmerican Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section2014
• Trial Manual for Defense Attorneys in Juvenile Delinquency CasesAmerican Bar Association2015-01-01