Widely known as the “crim law bible,” this CEB classic answers virtually every question about criminal law practice. This is the most comprehensive portable guide to criminal law available.

• Effectively manage deadlines with charts included throughout
• Get right to the information you need using the thorough index with commonly used shorthand phrases
• Benefit from the work of over 60 attorneys and judges
• Stay on top of developments in sentencing, custody credits, probation and parole as a result of realignment
• Learn when retroactive relief is available for a defendant serving a life sentence under the Three Strikes Law and for an offender sentenced to LWOP for a crime committed while under the age of 18 years
• Know when a defendant charged with a “wobblette” has a right to a jury trial and appointed counsel
• Discover the effect on a federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus of the California Supreme Court’s denial of a petition with citations to In re Swain (1949) 34 C2d 300 and People v Duvall (1995) 9 C4th 464
• Assess whether a prospective juror in a capital case can be excused for cause based on questionnaire answers alone