by Jefferson L. Ingram

Table of Contents

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Chapter 1

Constitution and the Bill of Rights: The Source of Protections for the Accused

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1.	HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: THE BASIS OF RIGHTS FOR PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIME	04
2.	THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION	05
3.	THE CONSTITUTION: REVISION IN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT	06
4.	THE CONSTITUTION: CHALLENGES TO RATIFICATION	07
5.	THE RATIONALE AND NEED FOR THE B ILL OF RIGHTS	07
6.	A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS	08
7.	CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: THE CIVILWAR ERA	09
8.	CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: THETHIRTEENTH AMENDMENT	10
9.	CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT	11
10.	CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT	12
11.	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PRIOR TO THE SELECTIVE INCORPORATION DOCTRINE	12
12.	THE SELECTIVE INCORPORATION DOCTRINE: FEDERALIZATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	13
13.	FOURTH AMENDMENT: PROHIBITION AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES	14
14.	FIFTH AMENDMENT: RIGHT TO A GRAND JURY INDICTMENT, PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION, AND PROHIBITION AGAINST DOUBLE JEOPARDY AS PART OF THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS	15
15.	SIXTH AMENDMENT: THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC JURYTRIAL, THE RIGHT TO CONFRONTWITNESSES, AND THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL	20
16.	EIGHTH AMENDMENT: PROHIBITION OF EXCESSIVE BAIL, EXCESSIVE FINES,AND PROTECTION AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT	25
17.	STATE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: BEYOND THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL MINIMUM	26
18.	SUMMARY	26
online Update 1.15	Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts