Summary
In this paper the author analyzes some of the most important decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in the criminal field. The objects of his attention are: arrest, search and seizure (the exclusionary rule and other remedies, protected areas and interests, seizure and search of persons and personal effects, entry and search of premises, stop and frisk and similar lesser intrusions, inspections and regulatory searches), wiretapping and electronic surveillance, interrogation and confessions (the right to counsel, the privilege against self-in¬crimination, Miranda: nature of offense, interrogator and proceedings), grand jury investigation (self-incrimination and the compulsory production of documents, application of the act-of-production doctrine), the right to counsel (scope of the indigent’s right to counsel and other assistance, the constitutional right to self-representation, counsel’s control over defense strategy), the scope of the prose¬cution: joinder and severance, speedy trial and other prompt disposition, pleas of guilty, trial by jury and impartial judge, the criminal trial (presence of the defendant, defendant’s right to remain si¬lent and to testify, jury instructions, double jeopardy, sentencing procedures (legislative structuring of sentencing sanctions, the guidance of judicial discretion, due process), appeals, post conviction review: collateral remedies.
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